Construction Materials Industry Letter to Senate EPW and House T&I Committees Regarding Proposals on Innovative Materials Preference in the Upcoming Surface Transportation Reauthorization
The American Cement Association, National Asphalt Pavement Association, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, and the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association are writing to share the perspective of the industries producing the construction materials used to build surface transportation projects. We would like to provide our perspectives on the market-driven innovations occurring in the construction materials space and how these innovations can be advanced through surface transportation reauthorization. Our industries are investing in the development of innovative construction materials and we are concerned with proposals that seek to unnecessarily utilize taxpayer dollars on new programs that will undermine our goal of advancing the sustainability of our built environment without sacrificing cost or performance.