Washington Observer.

This article focuses on various developments related to the construction industry in the United States. With U.S. House and Senate negotiators working to finalize a multi-year transportation bill before a July 19, 2005 deadline, some remain optimistic that a final pact can be reached on the $286.5-billion measure that funds highway and transit projects. The deadline is when funding for the eighth extension of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century runs out. North Carolina's attorney general and four environmental groups have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block its Clean Air Interstate Rule. The lawsuit was filed July 8, 2005 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.