2015/16 State of the Industry

摘要

This year has delivered big developments for the aggregates industry, and 2016 promises even more. The biggest news comes from Washington, with the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate each passing six-year highway bills, the first real hope for long-term funding since SAFETEA-LU expired in 2009. As we went to press, the two houses of Congress were working to reconcile the two bills. The president, trade associations and labor unions have long been pushing for a long-term bill to provide assurance that money will be there for major infrastructure projects.