Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk - Mon April 14, 2025
Mississippi River Officials, Town Mayors Worry Over Loss of Flood-Control Funding
An official with the federal Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is warning of a potential backlog for flood–control work as its budget flatlines. The concerns come as portions of the lower river basin face increased flood risk and mayors in towns and cities along the Mississippi are lobbying Congress for more funding for flood control....
Blue Ridge Public Radio - Wed April 02, 2025
With FEMA Easing Major Floodplain Construction Rules, Impact on Storm Recovery Unclear
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer enforcing certain rules around rebuilding in floodplains as a Trump administration decision rolls some federal funding criteria back to pre-Obama administration standards....
Valley News - Thu March 27, 2025
Funding for Connecticut River Conservancy Projects in N.H. Now Paused at Federal Level
Water quality improvement and flooding mitigation projects along the Connecticut River and its tributaries are on hold due to a federal funding freeze, according to a March 24, 2025, article in the Valley News, published in West Lebanon, N.H....
U.S. Sen Alex Padilla - Tue March 18, 2025
Padilla Announces $258M for California Transportation Infrastructure Projects
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla announced on Jan. 7, 2025, that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will award 25 California projects a combined $258 million for transportation infrastructure upgrades. The grants come through three programs funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) Grant Program, the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Grant Program, and the Rural Surface Transportation Grant (Rural)Program....
California Department of Industrial Relations - Tue March 18, 2025
California Announces $13M for Women's Careers in Construction
The California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) announced on Jan. 21, 2025, $13 million in funding to be made available through the Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeship (ERiCA) grant....
New Mexico Department of Transportation - Mon March 17, 2025
NM House Committee Passes $1.5B Road Funding Legislation
A bipartisan bill authorizing $1.5 billion in transportation bonds cleared its first legislative hurdle on Feb. 20, 2025, winning unanimous approval from the House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee to help address New Mexico's $5.6 billion road funding shortfall....
The Maine Monitor - Wed March 12, 2025
More Than Year After Destructive Storms Slammed Maine's Coast, Communities Shift to Resiliency
When last year's winter storms devastated the Maine coast, Sam Belknap's family wharf on Round Pond Harbor in Bristol was saved by its concrete floor. The surface, which his family poured years ago when they put in a seafood processing room, provided enough weight to keep most of the wharf from floating away....
AASHTO - Tue March 11, 2025
VIDEO: Michigan Governor Unveils $3B Road Investment Plan
In early February, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a long-term $3 billion road investment plan, with $1 billion of that proposal focused on rural and local roadways as well as transit and safety improvements....
NCDOT & Raleigh News & Observer - Mon March 03, 2025
Crews Begin Building N.C.'s $450M New Alligator River Replacement Bridge
Construction is under way in coastal North Carolina to replace the aging Lindsay C. Warren Bridge on U.S. Highway 64 over the Alligator River in Tyrrell and Dare counties, the state Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced Feb....
WRBL-TV & Auburn City Schools - Thu February 20, 2025
Alabama's Auburn City Schools' Proposed $383M Expansion to Include Two New Schools
The Auburn City Schools (ACS) in east-central Alabama is launching 2025 with a massive investment in education infrastructure, highlighted by a second high school, a new middle school and the reconstruction of two of the district's oldest elementary schools....
