Associated Press - Wed May 22, 2019
Feds: Honolulu Must Add $25M More Cash to Rail
HONOLULU (AP) Honolulu must contribute more money to help construct the city's rail line before getting any of the $744 million in federal funding that has been withheld from the project. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that a Federal Transit Administration spokeswoman said May 7 the agency is insisting the city provide more money....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon May 13, 2019
Pennsylvania Roads, Bridges Losing Billions in Funding
With each passing day, deteriorating roads and bridges become a bigger issue across the state of Pennsylvania. A 2018 report card on the state's infrastructure from the American Society of Civil Engineers gave Pennsylvania a D+ for its highways, roads and bridges after inspecting their condition....
Associated Press - Mon May 06, 2019
Maine DOT Warns High Bids Mean Millions of Cuts in Road Work
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation commissioner is warning that higher-than-expected bids will mean tens of millions of dollars in cuts on road work. Transportation Commissioner Bruce Van Note recently told lawmakers he's already had to reject three projects....
David Porter - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri May 03, 2019
House Chair Vows to Get New York Rail Tunnel Built
NEW YORK (AP) — The chairman of a House transportation committee said May 2, he'll get a new rail tunnel built between New Jersey and New York even if it takes legislative maneuvering. Oregon Democrat Peter DeFazio spoke at New York's Penn Station as he and several members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure prepared to tour the 109-year-old Hudson River tunnel and other rail infrastructure....
TxDOT - Tue April 23, 2019
State Asks Feds for Fair Share of Transportation Funding
Texas congressional leaders are urging fellow congressional lawmakers to address a longstanding inequity in the share of federal transportation funding Texans receive compared to what the state contributes in federal fuel taxes....
AASHTO Journal - Mon April 15, 2019
Report Outlines Funding Challenges for Southeastern Pennsylvania
A new 54-page report crafted by the Southeast Partnership for Mobility — comprised of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation — highlights ways to reverse a falloff in transportation funding affecting the southeastern region of Pennsylvania....
U.S. Department of Transportation - Wed April 10, 2019
U.S. DOT Announces $1.36B Funding Allocation for 16 Transit Projects Nationwide
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a total of $1.36 billion in federal funding allocations to 16 new and existing transit projects in the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program....
AASHTO - Mon April 01, 2019
Chicago Task Force Calls for State Fuel Tax Increase
A 48-page report issued March 14 by a 20-member Chicago transportation task force called for an increase in the Illinois state fuel tax to provide more funding to help both the Windy City and Illinois adapt to future mobility challenges....
ALAN FRAM and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press - Tue March 19, 2019
Pentagon Lists Possible Project Cuts to Pay for Wall
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon sent a 20-page list of military construction projects to Congress on March 18, that might be slashed to pay for President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border....
AASHTO - Thu March 14, 2019
Report: Mass. Faces $8.4B Funding Gap for Transportation
An eight-page report issued in mid-February indicates Massachusetts faces an estimated $8.4 billion transportation funding gap over the next 10 years to keep the state's bridges, roads and public transit infrastructure in a state of good repair....
