Infrastructure: Page 62
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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 -
Port of Alaska construction costs soar to nearly $2B
The cost is nearly twice earlier estimates, which the port's home city, Anchorage, cannot afford — but one official says the necessary funds could be raised by increasing tariffs on incoming cargo.
By Kim Slowey • Feb. 4, 2019 -
Miami-Dade approves zoning change to encourage TODs
The county's new zoning allows for higher density residential construction along six transit corridors.
By Kim Slowey • Feb. 4, 2019 -
DOJ settles with Washington, DC, Metro's Silver Line concrete supplier for $1M
The agreement settles allegations that Universal Concrete Products falsified test records for concrete panels used in the extension of the Metrorail line.
By Kim Slowey • Jan. 31, 2019 -
New Jersey lawmakers keep pressure on feds to help fund $13B Hudson River tunnel
The tunnel sustained significant damage from Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and could fail in the next 10 to 15 years.
By Kim Slowey • Jan. 31, 2019 -
NYC mayor unveils plan to decrease costs, schedules of city capital projects
The Department of Design and Construction's initiative would aim to streamline most aspects of the city's procurement and construction processes.
By Kim Slowey • Jan. 30, 2019 -
NY Gov. Cuomo backs Bronx-Manhattan rail project
The Pennsylvania Access Project involves the construction of four new Metro-North Railroad stations and modification of existing infrastructure.
By Kim Slowey • Jan. 29, 2019 -
Detroit-area I-75 to see $799M of construction through 2023, part of $1.6B modernization
Using a single group to design, build and finance Segment 3 shaved an estimated 10 years off the Michigan DOT's original plan, echoing a trend of state transit agencies opting for public-private partnerships.
By Kim Slowey • Jan. 28, 2019
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