ACEC PAC 2009 Annual Report

Thank you to our 2009 donors!

ACEC/PA President Steve Bolt presented testimony on behalf of the Council to a joint hearing of the House Transportation, House Democratic Policy and House Republican Policy Committees on May 27. This hearing kicked off a series of hearings across the  Commonwealth.

Click here to read the testimony

ACEC/PA asks that members  encourage their employees to contact their state representative and ask them to attend  local hearings (listed above under “Joint Transportation Hearings”).

ACEC/PA worked with member firms to find an engineering intern to testify about the impact of a lack of funding on students and recent college graduates. Thank you to Mike Ryan and Michael Baker for making it possible for Karlynn Kerney to testify. You can read Ms. Kerney’s testimony here. Ms. Kerney offered her testimony on June 3 during the Lehigh Valley transportation funding hearing.

ACEC/PA President Steve Bolt provided testimony on June 4 in Philadelphia. This testimony was similar to the testimony provided by ACEC/PA at the Derry Township hearing.

State Adverse Interest Act

You have heard by now that FHWA has rejected the Commowealth’s application to toll I-80. This is of course a setback for funding in the state.

ACEC/PA will be working with the Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition and the Legislature and Governor to insure that Pennsylvania funds transportation.

Interstate 80 Letter to Rendell

Read the Bill

Summary

Governor’s Management Directives

Act 44

• 2008 Letter to DOT Secretary Peters
• DOT/FHWA Reply Letter
• Pew Report Finds Major Flaws in Pennsylvania’s Effort to Lease Turnpike

Transportation Issue Funding Statement

• ACEC/PA Transportation Funding & Privatization Issue Statement

Legislative Action Center

House Transportation Committee Chairman Joseph Markosek and Republican Chairman Rick Geist announced that they have scheduled seven hearings to discuss the nearly $3.5 billion a year the state needs to maintain Pennsylvania’s existing highway, bridge and public transit systems, and to take input on ways to develop sustainable transportation funding.

“By holding these hearings across the state, we can explain what we need to bring our large and aging transportation infrastructure up to date,” said Markosek,” D-Allegheny/Westmoreland. “This is one of the most pressing problems in Pennsylvania, and I hope to hear from people who have innovative ideas. As I have said, all options are on the table.”

“As the Legislature faces the challenge of adequately funding the Commonwealth’s transportation system now and into the future, these hearings will provide constructive public forums for illustrating the true magnitude and urgency of the problem and for discussing the merits of proposed solutions,” said Geist, R-Blair.

The House Majority Policy Committee and House Republican Policy Committee will be participating in the hearings at the invitation of Markosek and Geist, who are seeking a bipartisan solution.

ACEC/PA asks that members encourage their employees to contact their state representative and ask them to attend their local hearing(s).

If you would like to speak at one of the hearings send an email to ahilt@acecpa.org and let us know which one.

PA Procurement Law

PaCE PAC Information

ACEC/PA Prior Approval Form (pdf)

PaCE PAC Policy on Hosting Candidate Fundraisers
The ACEC/PA Board of Directors has adopted the following policy on PaCE PAC HOSTING fundraisers for political candidates:

This means that if the candidate is running for a state office, the requestor shall have given to PaCE PAC. If the candidate is running for Congress, then the requestor shall have given to ACEC PAC.

The requestor will need to show the committee that the candidate is supportive of issues that are important to ACEC/PA.

Please feel free to contact Andrew Hilt, executive vice president, if you have any questions about this policy, or if you have a candidate with whom you would like us to contact.

Pennsylvania State Agencies

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