Onorato to be Featured Speaker

The Transportation Construction Industries (TCI) PAC in conjunction with Event Host, Frank Bryan Inc. has scheduled a Fundraiser Luncheon for the PAC on October 6, 2010 at The Radisson Hotel Green Tree, 101 Radisson Drive, Pittsburgh, PA.

This event’s guest speaker is Dan Onorato, Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate and Allegheny County Executive. The Private Roundtable with Mr. Onorato will begin at 11:30 am with the Luncheon following at 12:00 pm. Go here for sponsorship and registration information.

The PA House of Representatives has scheduled a series of regional transportation meetings beginning on August 2.  The bipartisan meetings will be held with key PennDOT personnel in order to, “discuss the Commonwealth’s regional transportation infrastructure needs and project priorities.”  While the meetings are NOT open to the public, we urge APC members to contact their representative and encourage them to attend.

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Since its inception in 2002, your Transportation Construction Industries Political Action Committee has become a force in Harrisburg. The five associations that comprise TCI-PAC are joined in purpose and united in action to promote full funding of Pennsylvania’s transportation infrastructure needs.

Convincing the state legislature to enact funding increases for highways and mass transit will be difficult. The current mood is opposed to anything that is regarded as a tax increase. Industry members must be prepared to assist legislators who are willing to make tough choices for long-term improvements to transportation as opposed to quick fix political deals. An important component of this effort will be broadening industry participation in TCI-PAC.

We urge  you to become a member of TCI-PAC in this critical year for our industry.

• Download the 2010 Membership Campaign Brochure

The Need is Real…Solutions Must be Developed Now!

In May 2010, the State Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) released a report recommending an immediate need for approximately $3.5 billion annually in new funding to improve the condition of the state’s highway, bridge and transit infrastructure. The report also states that Pennsylvania has extensive transportation needs which will require a variety of broad-based funding approaches, some of which could be applied in the near term and others over a longer time period.

The TCI-PAC’s vision for a long-term, comprehensive funding solution is embodied in the TAC report. It is this vision that is now shared by other transportation advocates and can be downloaded here.

With the rising prominence of transportation funding as a public policy issue in Pennsylvania, TCI-PAC has taken unprecedented initiative in engaging the gubernatorial candidates since their campaigns began.

TCI-PAC has given detailed briefings to each of the candidates, outlining the industry’s vision of a 21st Century transportation system. Each candidate has been advised that the industry’s support for their candidacy is contingent upon the degree to which they adopt that vision and make it part of their campaign platforms.

Following are summaries of the candidates’ positions on transportation funding, as gleaned from their web sites and news coverage.

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To illustrate its vision for a 21st Century transportation program, TCI-PAC has developed a PowerPoint presentation that has become the basis for briefing gubernatorial candidates.

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The TCI-PAC is pleased to announce that James W. Van Buren of New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc. will serve as Chairman and

Steven M. Bussanmas of High Steel Structures, Inc. will fill the role of Vice-Chairman.

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Following rejection of the Interstate 80 tolling proposal, Governor Rendell called a special legislative session to address transportation funding needs. The session is expected to last as long as Nov. 30, when the overall legislative session expires.

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A study by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association shows that doubling the annual transportation investment in Pennsylvania would create more than 50,000 jobs and reduce the state’s unemployment by 10 percent.

Alison Premo Black, ARTBA vice president for policy and managing director of the Research & Education Division, presented a summary of the study at the conference and annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Highway Information Association in April. The study was commissioned by Associated Pennsylvania Constructors.

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