Construction Coalition Creates Campaign Aimed at Funding Iowa Crumbling Road Network

NRMCA Vice President, National Resources, Jon Hansen reports that a newly created organization - The Iowa Good Roads Association - has been formed with $80,000 in funding from the ready mix concrete, asphalt, aggregate, cement and contractor sectors. The aim is to force the state's governor to support a fuel tax increase for road construction. "So it is never one material against another, it is about building good roads and bridges," Hansen said.

Visit www.fundourroads.com for more information and click here to read a February 7 article on the subject by the Des Moines Register.

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