by TQL
9/28/2011
Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Federal Aviation Administration and Highway Extensions Act in September 2011, which will continue current funding levels that would have expired in another six months.
This is the latest in a series of short-term extensions that have been passed since the 2009 expiration of the “Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users” highway legislation. Trucking industry organizations such as the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) continue to push congress for multi-year legislation. “States cannot make long-term plans without short-term extensions. We need multi-year legislation,” says AASHTO.
