USDOT announces $79M round of INFRA project awards

The set-asides for smaller freight and highway initiatives are part of a push to meet the financing needs of smaller scale and rural projects.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 8, 2017

I-95 transportation agencies to test per-mile driver charge

Parts of the busy East Coast thoroughfare will test the charge as a way to augment or replace the federal gas tax for funding highway projects.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 8, 2017

District Court judge rejects environmental challenges to TX highway projects

Construction and planning may now move forward on three projects that likely would have been stalled otherwise.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 7, 2017

TX lawmakers question plans to build border wall through wildlife preserve

House Democrats from Texas said they're concerned about the damage that construction of the U.S.–Mexico border wall could cause to wildlife there.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 7, 2017

With recent court rulings, CA bullet train hits environmental hurdle

The latest legal decision facing the proposed high-speed rail line insists that its construction comply with state environmental law.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 4, 2017

PCL faces class-action lawsuit over Outer Banks power outage

Local businesses affected by the week-long outage described the event as financially "catastrophic" because they rely on summer tourism.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 4, 2017

Is development draining the FL aquifer system beyond repair?

The state's aquifers, which provide the majority of its drinking water, are in peril as the population there continues to grow.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 3, 2017

USDOT proposes transit rule to boost private investment

The agency's rulemaking falls in line with the president's desire to fund infrastructure through private investment.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 3, 2017

Lawmakers say infrastructure could be shelved until 2018

GOP leaders have indicated the issue is in line behind tax reform on the post-recess Congressional agenda, but there likely won't be time to address both.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 2, 2017

DHS: Border wall construction exempt from some environmental laws

The department waived compliance along a 15-mile section of the border in San Diego where contractors will build wall prototypes and repairs are planned.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 2, 2017

EPA seeks public comment on WOTUS revision

The two-part process includes rescinding the rule's Obama-era language and recodifying it with a narrower definition of which waterways are covered.

By Kim Slowey • July 31, 2017

4 P3 groups bid on Kansas City International Airport terminal

The bidders, which include Burns & McDonnell and AECOM, have until Aug. 10 to submit plans to finance the $1 billion project.

By Kim Slowey • July 31, 2017

Legal challenges delay US–Mexico border wall prototypes

However, U.S. Customs and Border Protection could start construction of a 3-mile, funded portion of the wall in Texas as early as November.

By Kim Slowey • July 31, 2017

House approves spending package with $1.6B for US–Mexico border wall

The bill now heads to the Senate, where it is likely to face resistance from Democrats who say they won't support using taxpayer dollars to fund the wall's construction.

By Kim Slowey • July 28, 2017

ABC urges Congress to back apprenticeship expansion

The industry group stressed finding solutions that meet the needs of the institutions running the programs and the businesses hiring from them.

By Mary Tyler March • July 28, 2017

Advocacy group sues Trump and federal groups over infrastructure panel

The nonprofit Food & Water Watch lawsuit says the panel, run by Trump's developer friends, is not operating in compliance with federal transparency laws.

By Kim Slowey • July 28, 2017

Senate panel fights Trump on transportation cuts

Lawmakers didn't just ignore the president's request to reduce transportation funding — they voted to increase it.

By Kim Slowey • July 27, 2017

Life in the trenches: Why supervision and safety programs matter

Poor training, tight schedules and careless safety cultures are causing trench-related fatalities to climb.

By Kim Slowey • July 27, 2017

WV stops some work on $4.2B Rover pipeline

The state's Department of Environmental Protection is not the first agency to cite the Pennsylvania-to-Canada line for possible environmental violations.

By Kim Slowey • July 26, 2017

UPDATE: DOL publishes RFI on FLSA overtime rule

Could the Labor Department's request for information on the overtime rule mean a major pro-business shift?

By Ryan Golden , Valerie Bolden-Barrett • July 25, 2017

Lawsuit could derail $300M Beckham soccer stadium deal

Wealthy local activist Bruce Matheson is taking aim at the proposed stadium, alleging the county exploited a loophole intended to spur economic development.

By Kim Slowey • July 25, 2017

CA Gov. Brown OKs $17B Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta tunnel

By directing water from the Sacramento River into two, 35-mile tunnels, water will flow more readily into the southern part of the state.

By Kim Slowey • July 25, 2017

Engineers say they've found a way to stabilize sinking Millennium Tower

LERA and DeSimone Consulting Engineers have proposed drilling up to 100 new piles into the bedrock 200 feet underneath the San Francisco building.

By Kim Slowey • July 24, 2017

WA lawmakers fail to reach deal on $4B construction budget

In its third overtime session, the legislature could not agree on water-rights rules — a piece that made the proposed capital budget a nonstarter for Republicans.

By Kim Slowey • July 24, 2017

For better roads, majority of Americans would back gas-tax hike

A Bloomberg poll found bipartisan support for paying more at the pump to generate additional funds for infrastructure spending.

By Hallie Busta • July 21, 2017