Even scaled-back California bullet train could fall $1B-$3B short

The rail authority might be underestimating construction costs and availability of funds for the shortened $16 billion to $18 billion route Gov. Newsom proposed, a Los Angeles Times analysis found.

By Kim Slowey • March 6, 2019

LA Metro approves $3.2B Purple Line extension budget

The cost of the subway's Section 3 has almost doubled since Los Angeles County voters approved a tax to fund the project in 2016.

By Kim Slowey • March 5, 2019

$3.3B GoTriangle rail in North Carolina officially dead

The Durham-Orange light-rail project faced a significant lack of funding, couldn't get agreements with Duke University and other necessary partners and faced mounting costs and additional environmental reviews.

By Kim Slowey • Updated April 1, 2019

Musk almost ready to unveil new tunneling machine

The Boring Co. founder said the Line-Storm, reportedly able to dig continuously as opposed to the 10 minutes per hour current machines operate, could be ready in as little as a month.

By Kim Slowey • March 1, 2019

Phase 2 of Michigan's $2B I-75 to start

By splitting the modernization project into three contracts, including this $224 million, 8-mile segment, the state shrunk the schedule by 10 years.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 27, 2019

Tennessee DOT mandates use of PlanGrid on public projects

More states are bucking paper systems for digital and transparent recordkeeping and project management.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 27, 2019

Diverting funds for border wall could be slow going

Even if President Trump pulls off his emergency declaration, the Department of Defense could take months to reallocate the $3.6 billion being eyed for construction of the wall.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 26, 2019

Illinois DOT needs at least $39B for transportation and infrastructure work

The funding request includes up to $15 billion during the next 10 years for highway maintenance alone.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 25, 2019

Work starts on 14-mile, $101M portion of border wall in California

SLSCO will replace steel mesh near San Diego with a 30-foot-tall steel bollard system in a $101 million federal contract.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 22, 2019

$12B Texas bullet train construction could start this year

Texas Central Partners is pressing on with the Dallas-to-Houston line and will appeal a court ruling that denied it railroad designation and land rights.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 22, 2019

BUILD grants take $600M hit in new spending bill

With the federal transportation infrastructure program reduced to $900 million, competition for funds will be even fiercer in the next award application round.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 22, 2019

Justice Department subpoenas $9B Honolulu high-speed rail records

A federal grand jury is pursuing an investigation into funding and management of the beleaguered line, which has almost doubled in costs since 2012.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 21, 2019

Tutor Perini wins $1.4B Los Angeles Purple Line Section 3 contract

Pending federal funding, the contractor and partner O&G Industries will design and build 2.6 miles of rail and two stations for operation by 2026.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 21, 2019

Trump administration to kill $929M grant for California bullet train

The USDOT's move comes after the California High-Speed Rail Authority said it would reduce the $77 billion project to just its $10 billion Central Valley section.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 20, 2019

Virginia awards $3.3B Hampton Roads tunnel project to Dragados-led design-build team

The winning group beat out Hampton Roads Capacity Constructors, which included Fluor Corp., The Lane Construction Co. and AECOM.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 20, 2019

3 suffer fall injuries on $2.3B I-4 Ultimate project

In addition, since 2016, four workers have died working on the 21-mile expansion of Interstate 4 through Orlando, Florida, including one on Feb. 4.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 19, 2019

North Dakota city 'poised for billion-dollar boom'

Potential projects include reconstruction of a major downtown avenue as well as mixed-use and residential developments, Grand Forks' mayor said.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 19, 2019

Trump declares national emergency in goal of getting $8B for wall

Congress' offer of $1.4 billion meant to avoid a shutdown is just a fraction of the $5.7 billion requested for border wall construction, and Democrats have vowed to fight Trump's move.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 15, 2019

Tolls may help Florida's pending $10B infrastructure program

Some state lawmakers maintain that an expansion of the toll road system into rural areas would ease congestion, but the proposal is getting pushback from residents.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 14, 2019

$313M seismic retrofit of San Francisco's Transbay Tube underway

The project includes attaching, welding and grouting steel plates along the inner surface to create a liner and will take more than three years.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 14, 2019

Federal lawmakers propose $1.4B for border wall

President Trump has not said whether he will agree to the deal, which will cover only 55 miles of new barrier construction.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 13, 2019

California governor scales back $77B bullet train project

But Gov. Gavin Newsom promises not to abandon high-speed rail, which would mean the state had spent billions with nothing but negatives to show.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 13, 2019

Trump light on trade, infrastructure details in State of the Union address

Though the White House spent much of 2018 attempting to steer the national conversation toward infrastructure, the topic received just two sentences with no specific appropriations mentioned.

By Emma Cosgrove • Feb. 6, 2019

Bridge replacement top priority in Maryland's $9B Beltway expansion

Lanes will also be added to the Capital Beltway within its existing footprint, even if that means "stacking" them or putting them underground.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 5, 2019

Trump executive order extends Buy American policy

The directive asks federal agencies to encourage contractors on infrastructure projects to buy iron, aluminum, steel, cement and other goods domestically.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 5, 2019