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A multiyear plan designed to boost funding for new highways and bridges would provide employment for people currently looking for work, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said while accepting her party’s presidential nomination on July 28 at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

The co-chairman of the state’s powerful budget-writing committee called on Gov. Scott Walker this week to consider finding ways to raise revenue for the state’s transportation budget, which will suffer from a $939 million shortfall in the next biennium, according to the latest estimates.

The value of commodities moved by truck among the United States, Canada and Mexico increased 1.3% to $59.3 billion in May, the Department of Transportation announced.

Twenty-eight drivers with disabilities in one eye have been allowed to drive trucks on interstate highways, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced July 19.

TAG Truck Center filed construction documents showing it intends to build facilities valued at more than $23 million at the old Mall of Memphis site.

The Port of Palm Beach broke ground July 21 on construction of a $10.4 million mini-slip at its southernmost berth that could eventually serve as a base for cargo service to Cuba.

The country’s infrastructure would be modernized if he is elected, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump told supporters during his acceptance speech in Cleveland on July 21.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance deemed this year’s Roadcheck a success.