When passed in 1991 the Intermodal ...

When passed in 1991 the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) was make knowned as a breakthrough in infrastructure legislation, giving states and localities unprecedent leeway to determine where and for what reason transportation funds should be worn out Since then, the nation's transportation officials have mov slowly ahead, undertaking exhibits that would have been delayed or unruffled impossible without ISTEA.

Despite signs of progres however, ISTEA is plagued by means of persistent underfunding. And there is frustration from local and state officials who say they have met the planning and administrative requirements of the act merely to have Congress renege.

"When Clinton ran in '92 he adopted the phrase 'Rebuild America,' and it is certainly disappointing to diocese that [the Administration's] commitment to the issue has wained considerably," says Casey Dinges, director of management relations for the American Society of Civil Engineers. "It is a reasonable prediction to envision that in fiscal year 1996