Next week, May 12- 16, is Infrastructure Week 2014. Official events are being held all over Washington, DC, and the nation to help draw the attention of decision makers to the infrastructure needs of our country. The week is designed to explore emerging solutions, innovative approaches and best practices being developed nationwide to modernize aging infrastructure. Daily signature events will focus on major infrastructure challenges, including freight and goods movement, passenger transportation, and drinking water and wastewater treatment. The events will focus the consequences of inaction and the importance of interconnected infrastructure that provides a safe, secure and competitive climate for business operations nationwide. From highways to water to pipelines, our nation’s infrastructure is in need of reprioritization, refocus and repair.

To help drive home the message, NRMCA, as part of our work with the Highway Materials Group - the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, the National Asphalt Pavement Association, the American Concrete Pavement Association, the Portland Cement Association and the Concrete Steel Reinforcing Association - will issue a press release and participate in a one-week grassroots letter writing campaign. Check your in-boxes and alert your friends and family when the letter goes live on NRMCA's Web site on Monday, May 12.

If you have never used our grassroots Web site, visit today and check out our other action alerts on the NLRB and Department of Labor’s attempts to enact Card Check through regulation, Resilient Construction legislation, Sustainable Water Infrastructure legislation and WRDA. If you haven’t participated, it’s not too late. If you have already participated in these alerts, let your friends, family, and co-workers know about them. Write to Congress today!