New Viewpoint from HNTB highlights benefits of long-term U.S. infrastructure investment
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (PRWEB) April 01, 2015 -- HNTB Corporation recently issued a new Viewpoint that ties transportation investment to job growth and provides an update on federal surface transportation authorization, which is set to expire on May 31, 2015.
“Funding transportation infrastructure generates a host of benefits, including real, meaningful American jobs. Quality jobs that can’t be outsourced,” wrote Paul Yarossi, PE, president HNTB Holdings Ltd. “Today you can walk onto a construction site as a laborer and walk out as an equipment operator.”
Yarossi encouraged all funding options remain on the table for Congress, but also detailed a potential solution to the shortfall in the federal transportation budget that involves increasing the gas tax. “Every penny added to the gas tax costs the average driver about $10 a year, and would support or create more than 13,860 jobs in the transportation construction sector that would positively impact overall U.S. employment, economic development and quality of life,” Yarossi added.
About HNTB
HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure firm serving public and private owners and contractors. With more than a century of service in the United States, HNTB understands the life cycle of infrastructure and addresses clients’ most complex technical, financial and operational challenges. Professionals nationwide deliver a full range of infrastructure-related services, including award-winning planning, design, program management and construction management. For more information, visit http://www.hntb.com.
Andrew Hoskins, HNTB Corporation, http://news.hntb.com, +1 8165272122, [email protected]
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