Congressman David Price to Participate in Virtual Summer Meeting

Congressman Price will attend the ICPI Government Relations Committee meeting on Tuesday, August 25th at 3:00pm ET. All ICPI members are welcome to attend the question and answer session moderated by Fred Adam constituent of the Congressman and past Chair of the ICPI Government Relations Committee. Congressman Price currently serves on the House Appropriations Committee and is the Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee. He also serves on the House Budget Committee and is a member of the Appropriations subcommittees on homeland security, State Department, and foreign operations. Congressman Price has been a supporter of permeable interlocking concrete pavements and his subcommittee recently passed language including permeable pavement for FY21 THUD Appropriations bill.

The House Appropriations Committee has released its draft report accompanying the FY21 THUD Appropriations bill ahead of the full committee markup.

The draft contains the ICPI-recommended language regarding permeables.  

It is noteworthy that ICPI's recommendation encompasses all of the report's explicit reference to permeables that is used by the Committee, the only reference to permeables.  

(House Committee on Appropriations, FY21 THUD Appropriations Committee report draft, excerpt):

Permeable pavements.—The Committee encourages the Secretary to accelerate research, demonstration, and deployment of permeable pavements to achieve flood mitigation, pollutant reduction, stormwater runoff reduction, environmental conservation, and resilience for new road construction and retrofit of existing roads. The Committee encourages the Secretary to conduct structural evaluations of flood-damaged pavements, with emphasis on local roads and highways subject to flooding and extended periods of inundation. Such evaluations will contribute to understanding the mechanisms of flood damage and how permeable pavements might be used to prevent or reduce damage from future flooding.