Over 400 construction industry executives, including AGC contractors and chapter executives from around the country, participated in the 2018 Transportation Construction Coalition’s (TCC) legislative Fly-In, May 15-16, 2018.
The coalition delivered three key messages to elected officials on both sides of the aisle: fix the Highway Trust Fund, increase infrastructure investment, and complete action on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization through increased funding levels and a lifted cap on the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC). The coalition’s Hill visits were augmented by an aggressive social media campaign, launched a week prior to the fly-in and running through the in-person lobbying blitz.
Attendees also heard from elected officials, as Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), ranking democrat on the Senate Environment and Infrastructure Committee, and Sam Graves (R-MO), chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways, addressed the trust fund shortfall, similarly characterizing the issue as pressing. For his part, Rep. John Katko (R-NY) discussed the Problem Solver’s Caucus, a bipartisan group of representatives working together to enact compromise legislation on a variety of issues, including infrastructure.
AGC members also participated in meetings with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials who discussed issues related to contract administration, safety, drone use, and e-construction. Additionally, AGC meetings focused on the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) concept and reviewed the status of nation-wide pilot programs testing VMT collected user fees as a means of providing revenue for future highway and bridge improvements.
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