Brightline West - Wed May 01, 2024
Brightline Breaks Ground On $3B Vegas-to-California Rail
Brightline West officially broke ground on the high-speed rail system which will connect Las Vegas to Southern California. The 218-mi. system will be constructed in the middle of the I-15 and is based on Brightline's vision to connect city pairs that are too short to fly and too far to drive....
Seattle Department of Transportation - Wed May 01, 2024
Seattle Officials Propose $1.35B Transportation Levy
Mayor Harrell collaborated with the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to develop an 8-year, $1.35 billion draft transportation levy proposal to replace the existing Levy to Move Seattle expiring this year....
Ohio Turnpike - Tue April 23, 2024
Ohio Turnpike, Infrastructure Commission Announce 2024 Projects
The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission is urging motorists to be self-aware of dangerous behaviors behind the wheel — such as aggressive and distracted driving — especially in work zones, to reduce crashes....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 02, 2024
'Key Corridor' Project Creates City Connection Points in Texas
The Texas Transportation Commission's (TTC) latest report on the state's multi-billion dollar Statewide and Rural Connectivity Program (SRCP) illustrated the progress being made by contractors working for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to expand the highway network across the state....
Indiana Department of Transportation - Tue March 26, 2024
INDOT Awards $155.6M to Cities, Towns for Various Infrastructure Improvements
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced March 6 that $155.6 million in federal transportation funding is being awarded to 51 cities, towns and counties in rural portions of Indiana to invest in local road and bridge improvements and sidewalk projects....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu March 21, 2024
Proposed Budget Boosts IIJA Transportation Construction Programs
Citing its vision to protect and build on the progress made over the past three years, the Biden administration released its proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year. With almost $79 billion earmarked for highway, safety and transit programs, the budget also adds $9.5 billion to support the resilience, safety and sustainability of the nation's transportation network via the bipartisan infrastructure law....
ADOT - Wed March 20, 2024
Arizona Seeks Input On Five-Year, $7.9B Transportation Plan
The Arizona Department of Transportation is targeting pavement improvements and expanding several key highways as major parts of its Tentative Five-Year Construction Program for 2025-2029. This proposed annual update to the ADOT's list of projects in design and construction is now available for public comment through late May....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu March 07, 2024
Industry Calls FHWA's Arbitrary Emissions Performance Mandate an Overreach
The construction industry has declared its support of 22 states challenging the FHWA's greenhouse gas (GHG) performance rules, which went into effect this past December. The AGC and ARTBA believe the federal agency lacks the authority to impose performance measures and that FHWA has underestimated the administrative costs resulting from the mandate....
Brightline - Tue March 05, 2024
Brightline Announces Plans to Open a New Stuart, Fla., Station in Second Half of 2026
Brightline, the intercity high-speed rail line that connects Miami to Orlando, with stops at several other cities along Florida's Atlantic Coast, announced March 4 that it has selected the city of Stuart in Martin County as the site for its next passenger rail station....
Providence Journal - Thu February 29, 2024
Rhode Island Transit Officials to Decide Where to Build New Bus Hub Near Providence
Rhode Island's central bus hub has taken another small step toward moving from Kennedy Plaza to a vacant lot near Interstate 95. The panel that controls vacant land freed by the relocation of Interstate 195 voted Feb....
