{"id":18545,"date":"2025-09-22T10:10:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/?p=18545"},"modified":"2025-10-27T15:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:28:19","slug":"advocacy-brief-naca-surface-transportation-letter-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2025\/09\/22\/advocacy-brief-naca-surface-transportation-letter-july-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy Brief: NACA Surface Transportation Letter (July 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1k.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1k.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1k-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The North American Concrete Alliance submitted a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee emphasizing the role of cement and concrete in national surface transportation infrastructure. While the focus remains largely on roads, bridges, and pavements, the letter highlights resilience, durability, and the economic contribution of the concrete industry\u2014messages that align with TCA\u2019s broader advocacy goals.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though tilt-up is not explicitly addressed, there are indirect benefits worth monitoring, particularly around federal investment in freight networks and disaster-resilient infrastructure\u2014both areas where tilt-up plays a key supporting role. TCA will continue to engage strategically with NACA to ensure vertical construction, including tilt-up, is represented in future infrastructure and sustainability discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The North American Concrete Alliance submitted a letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee emphasizing the role of cement and concrete in national surface transportation infrastructure. While the focus remains largely on roads, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/2025\/09\/22\/advocacy-brief-naca-surface-transportation-letter-july-2025\/\" title=\"Advocacy Brief: NACA Surface Transportation Letter (July 2025)\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[364,369],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-standards-codes-regulations","8":"category-sustainability-resilience"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18545"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18896,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18545\/revisions\/18896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tilt-up.org\/tilt-uptoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}