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LEGISLATIVEACTION
State
Expenditures on
Transportation
Climb in 2019,
Water Spending
Drops
ACEC Secures Repeal of
$7.6 Billion Rescission of
Federal Highway Funding
F
ollowing months of advocacy by ACEC and a strong cohort of industry allies, Congress
repealed a scheduled rescission of unobligated highway funding in a short-term stopgap
spending bill.
The $7.6 billion rescission was originally included in the FAST Act in 2015 and
would have resulted in significant drawbacks to state department of transportation
highway programs.
ACEC joined with American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Officials, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and dozens of other stakeholders
in repeatedly calling on Congress to repeal the rescission. According to the Federal Highway
Administration, states had $5.4 billion in unobligated funds at the beginning of the fiscal year when
the rescission was to be calculated, and an additional $2.2 billion would have been pulled out of FY
2020 apportionments.
The coalition explained that the cuts would have had a disproportionate impact on state planning,
project delivery, and asset management. State departments of transportation were facing the threat
of delaying existing projects in order to provide the necessary amount of contract authority to be
rescinded.
"This was a great outcome for ACEC and our DOT partners," said Council President and CEO
Linda Bauer Darr. "What was done as a budget gimmick in the FAST Act to artificially lower the
apparent cost of the bill would have seriously undermined our collective efforts to invest more in
transportation infrastructure."
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S
trong tax collections over the past
several years have
led to record state
expenditures, with the
total reaching $2.1 trillion
in FY 2019, up from $2.0
trillion in FY 2018, according to the annual report
from the National Association of State Budget
Officers.
Transportation was the
largest capital expenditure, climbing 9.3 percent
in FY 2019 to $73.1 billion.
That comes on the heels
of a 2.8 percent decline
in state transportation
spending in 2018. Since
2010, state transportation spending has averaged 4.9 percent annual
growth.
In contrast, state
spending on environmental projects, including
water and wastewater, fell
5.6 percent in FY 2019 to
$6.4 billion. Since 2010,
environmental spending
has grown at an average
annual 1.3 percent rate.
Other large FY 2019
capital expenditure categories were higher education (up 2.4 percent to
$12.1 billion), corrections
(up 5.7 percent to $1.2
billion), and all other-
including parks, hospitals,
community development
projects, and information technology systems
(up 13 percent to $17.2
billion).
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020
Contents
FROM ACEC TO YOU
MARKET WATCH
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
THE PRIVATE SIDE
GROWTH CONTINUES IN LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES SECTOR
TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS ON THE FAST TRACK
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DISCUSS INFRASTRUCTURE
FAIR WARNING
ACEC OKLAHOMA PROFILE
CULTIVATING STEM
IN THE NEWS
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
RISK MANAGEMENT
MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - Intro
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - Cover2
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - Contents
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 2
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 3
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - FROM ACEC TO YOU
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 5
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - MARKET WATCH
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 7
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 9
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - THE PRIVATE SIDE
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 11
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 12
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 13
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 14
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 15
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 16
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 17
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - GROWTH CONTINUES IN LIFE AND HEALTH SCIENCES SECTOR
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Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 20
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 21
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS ON THE FAST TRACK
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 23
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 24
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 25
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DISCUSS INFRASTRUCTURE
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 27
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 28
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 29
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 30
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - FAIR WARNING
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 32
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 33
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 34
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 35
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - ACEC OKLAHOMA PROFILE
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 37
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 38
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 39
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - CULTIVATING STEM
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 41
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 42
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 43
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - IN THE NEWS
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 45
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 47
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - RISK MANAGEMENT
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 50
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 51
Engineering Inc. - Winter 2020 - 52
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