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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s plan to upgrade the country’s transportation network will be unveiled in a few weeks, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for the start of Infrastructure Week.

Along with increasing its diesel tax by 10 cents, Indiana recently approved a 10-cent increase to a surcharge tax for trucks.

The fifth annual Infrastructure Week will commence May 15 with a keynote address from the country’s top transportation officer.

With more than 100 colleagues joining him in urging the tax policy committee to ensure the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund this year, the leader of the subcommittee on highways is continuing to push for sustainable funding for infrastructure projects as Congress turns its attention to reforming tax policy.

The country's mayors want details on President Donald Trump's long-term infrastructure funding plan, and the AFL-CIO's Tom Trotter stops by to talk about that plan. See the video and check out the��week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion of privatizing infrastructure projects that could expand tolling nationwide would fail to gain broad public support, Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), ranking member on the House transportation panel, told reporters May 7.

A meal and rest break provision for truck drivers was not included in federal legislation approved last week that kept the federal government open, but the trucking industry is not giving up on congressional action on the matter.

Legislation that would ensure funding for the federal government through the end of September advanced with funding for the Obama-era grants for infrastructure projects.

WASHINGTON — For the second time this year, Wyoming’s top transportation officer told senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee that infrastructure projects backed primarily by private funding are not ideal for rural states.