Tue July 19, 2016
$60M Grant to Fund Road Project
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana is getting a $60 million federal grant that will allow the state to complete a nearly 15-mi. (24 km) pavement replacement and lane addition project between the Interstate 10 and Interstate 49 interchange and the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge....
Mon July 18, 2016
State Announces $200M in Bridge Funding
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the availability of $200 million in enhanced assistance for local governments over the next two years to rehabilitate and replace bridges and culverts statewide. This funding, provided through the Governor's BRIDGE NY initiative, is being administered by the New York State Department of Transportation as part of its $21.1 billion five-year Capital Plan....
Fri July 15, 2016
Bakken Pipeline to Run Under Sacred Tribal Site
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Iowa officials will allow work on a four-state oil pipeline to go forward after the company submitted a plan to avoid disrupting an American Indian burial ground. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins told The Des Moines Register that Texas-based Dakota Access LLC was given an amendment on its permit to dig at Big Sioux River Wildlife Management Area....
David Eggert - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu July 14, 2016
Snyder Calls for Revisions to Road Funding
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Gov. Rick Snyder is calling for unspecified “wholesale revisions' of how Michigan divvies up road construction money after his veto of legislation that would have ended a requirement that 45 cities cover some of the cost of state road projects within their limits....
Wed July 13, 2016
Government Sues Homebuilder Over Construction-Sparked Fire
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Federal prosecutors have filed a $1.6 million lawsuit against a Utah homebuilder accused of sparking a 2012 wildfire that torched more than three square miles in Utah County. The U.S....
Tue July 12, 2016
Cuomo Announces PAVE NY Funding to Municipalities
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that $100 million has been awarded to almost 1,600 municipalities throughout the state to support the rehabilitation and reconstruction of local highways and roads. This funding, provided under the Governor's PAVE NY initiative, is being administered by the New York State Department of Transportation as part of its $21.1 billion five-year Capital Plan....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue July 12, 2016
Purple Line Gets Green Light
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan gave the green light to the Maryland Department of Transportation in March for the Purple Line light rail project. When completed, it will run from New Carrollton to Bethesda....
Mon July 11, 2016
At Least $41M, 1,700 Workers Sidelined in First Week of N.J. Shutdown
A new analysis finds that a week-long shutdown of New Jersey transportation improvement projects that began July 8 will cost the transportation construction industry and New Jersey taxpayers at least $41 million and displace as many as 1,700 construction workers....
Fri July 08, 2016
Idaho, Oregon, Washington... Emergency Funds On Way
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the immediate availability of $2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to stabilize and repair roads damaged by heavy rains on federal lands throughout Idaho, Oregon and Washington....
Fri July 08, 2016
Nearly $800M Awarded to FASTLANE Projects by DOT
The Hill is reporting that The Department of Transportation (DOT) has selected over a dozen transportation projects to receive funding from a newly created competitive grant program, quickly drawing the praise of lawmakers who represent districts or states that will benefit from the fresh injection of infrastructure cash....
