Rising Construction Costs: Implications for Reauthorization
WEBINAR: November 6, 2025, 11:00AM - 11:45AM PT
The Eno Center for Transportation (Eno) is hosting a free webinar to discuss how rising construction costs are impacting companies and how increased costs are influencing advocacy efforts heading into surface transportation reauthorization.
Since the passage of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA) in 2021, there has been significant growth in highway construction costs. Potential factors for cost escalations include supply chain disruptions, materials and inputs costs, labor market shortages, demand side increases, number of bidders on projects, state capacity and reliance on consultants, borrowing costs, regulatory costs, and higher quality projects.
In August 2025, the Eno Center issued“Rising Construction Costs: Analyzing the Contributors to Cost Escalations and the Impact on Federal Transportation Infrastructure Investments”, exploring competing cost indices, long-term construction cost trends, contributing factors to cost escalations, the impact on federal infrastructure investments, and implications for future transportation funding.
Presenters:
- Susan Howard, Director of Policy & Government Relations, AASHTO
- Dr. Alison Premo Black, Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, ARTBA
- Grace Truslow, Policy Analyst, Eno Center for Transportation (Moderator)
About Eno
The Eno Center for Transportation (Eno) is an independent, non-partisan think-tank that shapes public debate on critical multimodal transportation issues and builds an innovative network of transportation professionals.
Through its professional development programs, Eno cultivates creative and visionary leadership by giving public and private transportation leaders the tools and training they need to succeed.
