”Dig once” legislation won’t be attached to the surface transportation...
"Dig once” legislation won’t be attached to the surface transportation bill in the Senate, a spokesman for Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., told us Monday. Warner and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., had an amendment that would have required states to include…
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broadband conduit during the construction of federal highways (CD Feb 23 p4). The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials “had some concerns” and GOP members on the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee “had questions, so we'll have to look for other opportunities to advance this common sense idea,” the Warner spokesman said. House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., has a similar amendment in the House requiring states to evaluate whether to include the conduit. But House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said last week that the House would vote on the Senate’s version of the transportation bill.