Dear Speaker Johnson and Leaders Thune, Jefferies and Schumer:
The undersigned organizations call on Congress to honor the Highway Trust Fund obligation limitation for fiscal year 2025 contained in the most recent surface transportation program reauthorization. We are especially thankful for the FY 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations measures approved by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that would, if enacted, provide $61.3 billion for highway programs and $15.6 billion for transit programs.
Infrastructure investments are long-term endeavors that require both resources and certainty, and we appreciate that members of both parties have routinely recognized this reality by approving five-year investment and policy measures for projects that drive economic growth and personal mobility in every state and congressional district. Any reduction from planned funding levels will disrupt state and local government implementation of long-term transportation plans, as well as private sector efforts to ensure the equipment, materials and personnel necessary for infrastructure improvements are in place.
The U.S. surface transportation network is the circulatory system that enables the movement of people and products essential for prosperity and quality of life. As such, the undersigned organizations urge that any final FY 2025 funding package provide the obligation limitation for highway and public transportation consistent with what Congress provided for this fiscal year under the current surface transportation authorization.
Sincerely,
- American Road and Transportation Builders Association
- Associated General Contractors of America
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
- National Conference of State Legislatures
- AAA
- National Association of Regional Councils
- International Union of Operating Engineers
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Council of Engineering Companies
- Association of Equipment Manufacturers
- Laborers' International Union of North America
- International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers
- American Highway Users Alliance
- Portland Cement Association
- Associated Equipment Distributors
- National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
- National Asphalt Pavement Association
- American Iron and Steel Institute
- American Concrete Pavement Association
- American Concrete Pipe Association
- American Traffic Safety Services Association
- Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors
- National Association of Surety Bond Producers
- International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association
- Surety and Fidelity Association of America
- American Coal Ash Association
- American Subcontractors Association
- National Electrical Contractors Association
- Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association
- National Ready Mixed Concrete Association
- Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association
- Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute
- International Slurry Surfacing Association
- National Steel Bridge Alliance
- National Utility Contractors Association
- Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
- Essential Minerals Association
- Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association
- National Lime Association
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association
- Governors Highway Safety Association
- Design-Build Institute of America
- Institute of Makers of Explosives
- American Institute of Steel Construction