ATA President Bill Graves Joins Senators in Calling for Long-Term, Fully Funded Highway Bill
“We’re only a month and a half from the expiration of the current highway bill,” Graves said, “so we implore leaders on Capitol Hill, at the Department of Transportation and in the White House to step up and deliver a plan — and funding — for the transportation system our country needs and deserves,” Graves said at an April 15 outdoor rally on the Hill.
Among those rallying for roads were Sens. James Inhofe (R-Oka.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Environment and Public Works Committee, which is working on a new highway bill.
The current funding authorization law, MAP-21, expires May 31.
“One of the things that makes this country great is our mobility — the freedom to travel this country without restriction,” Graves said. “However, we are threatening our ability to smoothly and safely move goods and people through our collective inaction.
“We again call on our leaders in Washington to find the appropriate funding to pay for the improved and expanded roads and bridges we need to continue moving America forward into the 21st century as the economic leaders we believe ourselves to be.”
