- Washington State DOT Is Searching For A Toll Systems Development Manager
- Infrastructure Framework Negotiations Bog Down
- Report: Infrastructure Framework Would Produce Significant Job Growth
- An Update On Kansas Turnpike Bridge-Raising Efforts
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Washington State DOT Is Searching For A Toll Systems Development Manager
Washington State DOT is seeking applicants for the position of Toll Systems Development Manager. The person selected will lead toll system development and implementation working out of project offices in Seattle. The job entails implementing strategic toll projects on major urban corridors while partnering with other WSDOT project teams and external partners. Applications for the position, which has an annual salary range of $95,520 to $122,522, are being accepted online.
ETC Systems Washington State Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)Infrastructure Framework Negotiations Bog Down
The New York Times reports, “Nearly five weeks after President Biden and a group of Republican and Democratic senators triumphantly announced that they had risen above the polarization gripping Washington to agree on a framework for an infrastructure deal, there was trouble in bipartisan paradise [yesterday] as their agreement appeared to teeter on the brink of collapse.” According to the article, “private policy disagreements turned into public finger-pointing between the two parties,” senators open to compromise are tiring of negotiation, and the immediate past president issued an unsolicited comment aimed at upending any deal. The Times also notes, “The contents of the agreement have remained shrouded in mystery to all but the negotiators as details shift. The framework the White House released last month is now out of date, according to people familiar with it, as a key financing provision has been gutted and replaced.”
The Washington Post and The Hill also report on the delicate state of negotiations.
US Gov't Transportation Funding US Highway Trust Fund US Infrastructure Funding And Financing InitiativesReport: Infrastructure Framework Would Produce Significant Job Growth
The Hill reports, “Bipartisan infrastructure legislation would create nearly half a million manufacturing jobs before the end of President Biden’s first term, according to a new analysis released [today]. The report, authored by research firm IHS Markit on behalf of the [AEM, trade group representing heavy equipment manufacturers like Caterpillar], includes jobs created by the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal and the Senate’s $304 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill.” AEM is reportedly one of the several business groups “prodding lawmakers to swiftly pass the bipartisan infrastructure framework, which forgoes tax hikes on corporations.”
An AEM (Association of Equipment Manufacturers) news release has more information about the analysis of the infrastructure deal’s potential to create new high-quality manufacturing jobs.
US Gov't Transportation Funding US Highway Trust Fund US Infrastructure Funding And Financing InitiativesAn Update On Kansas Turnpike Bridge-Raising Efforts
KVOE post an update on the latest round of Kansas Turnpike Authority bridge-raising projects. The article notes, “[B]ridges are disconnected from their support structures as part of the process. Hydraulic pistons serve as temporary supports before the bridges are raised, perhaps as high as 17 inches as bridges are lifted to at least a minimum standard of 15 feet, 9 inches. Roads going above the highway are closed during this process.” A KTA spokesperson tells KVOE another multiyear phase of bridge raisings could get underway “within the next few years.”
Highway and Bridge Maintenance Kansas Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA)These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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