Construction spending surged 1 percent in January, to an annual rate of $378.5 billion, mainly as a result of highway building.

No one else has tried to muscle into highway building in China.

Over time, DOT officials re-focused highway building from a national level to the local scale.

Mr. Franklin blames the highway building of the 1950's, "roaring right through the black community," for the final destruction of such neighborhoods.

From job training and environmental protection to highway building and public housing, social needs will be pitted against national security and fiscal prudence.

Can the age of highway building really be over?

Opponents criticized the expected environmental damage of the project and questioned the economic viability of highway building in the face of declining oil production.

Construction spending, bolstered by a big jump in highway building, rose 1 percent in January, the Government reported today.

Examples include subsidies for highway building, fossil fuels, and electricity.

Sales were particularly strong in 1987 as a result of an increase in highway building.