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Foxx: Old Law Drives Up Highway Construction Costs
Washington, DC,
March 25, 2013
Foxx is sponsoring a bill that would repeal requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act - passed in the 1930's - from highway projects. She says that requires union-level wages be paid by contractors working on highways. She says it is not necessary to charge
99.9 Kiss Country - Foxx: Old Law Drives Up Highway Construction Costs Why is so much spent on highway projects? North Carolina 5th District Republican Representative Virginia Foxx says it's partly because of the high paid required for workers on those jobs. Foxx is sponsoring a bill that would repeal requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act - passed in the 1930's - from highway projects. She says that requires union-level wages be paid by contractors working on highways. She says it is not necessary to charge union-level wages for highway jobs, especially in the least unionized state... North Carolina. Foxx says some studies say the Davis-Bacon Act requirements drive up highway construction costs by 22%. |