Mon June 27, 2016
U.S. DOT Announces $874.6M TIFIA Loan for Maryland Purple Line Project
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan of $874.6 million to Purple Line Transit Partners LLC for implementation of the Maryland Purple Line....
Fri June 24, 2016
Wyoming Lawmakers Call for Higher Taxes on Wind Industry
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) A group of lawmakers is seeking to increase taxes on wind farms to put more money into education, which is mostly funded through payments made by the declining coal industry. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that the Legislature's Joint Revenue Committee discussed two proposals that would raise wind taxes....
Fri June 24, 2016
Tax Talk Raises Concern From Company Developing Wind Project
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) Increasing Wyoming's tax on wind generation could derail a proposed 1,000-turbine wind farm in Carbon County, a representative of the company behind the project said. “The discussion of increasing the taxes on wind puts the project at risk,” Roxane Perruso, vice president and general counsel of Power Company of Wyoming, said....
Sean Murphy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri June 24, 2016
Senate Approves $125M in Bonds for Oklahoma Capitol Repairs
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Renovations to the Oklahoma Capitol will reach $245 million after the Senate gave final approval to a second bond issue to complete repairs to the nearly 100-year-old building. The bill, approved 30-16, authorizes the sale of $125 million in bonds....
Thu June 23, 2016
Pres. Signs Pipeline Safety Bill
The Detroit News is reporting that President Barack Obama signed a bipartisan bill Wednesday that boosts federal pipeline safety oversight, including in the Great Lakes. The measure, known as the Protecting Our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act, subjects the Great Lakes to higher standards of operating safety....
Wed June 22, 2016
ADOT Wants to Know How You Get Around the State
How do you get around, Arizona?Spend a little time sharing what takes you from place to place and you'll help inform how we all get around in the future. The Arizona Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration are asking households, most of them outside of metropolitan Phoenix and Tucson, to participate in the National Household Travel Survey....
Wed June 22, 2016
Gov. Abbott Announces New SATA Group Construction Project In Brownsville
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that SATA Group, a high-tech components manufacturer, will be constructing a new machine plant in Brownsville, Texas. This project is expected to create 300 jobs and generate $114 million in capital investment in the Texas economy....
Wed June 22, 2016
TCI-PAC: Call Your Representative and Senator Now
The Transportation Construction Industries Political Action Committee (TCI-PAC) is asking the residents of Pennsylvania to call their House Member or Senate Member to ask them to end the transfers of money from the Motor License Fund to the General Fund....
Tue June 21, 2016
ASCE Endorses Texas High-Speed Rail Project
The Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has endorsed a high-speed rail project that it said will create jobs, generate development and help sustain Texas's “quality of life and economic vitality.”The group, which represents more than 9,000 engineers in 15 regional branches, unanimously passed a resolution last month that said it “strongly supports” the North Texas-to-Houston passenger line being privately developed by Texas Central....
Mon June 20, 2016
Bakken Pipeline Resistance Coalition Refuses to Give Up Fight
The Ames Tribune is reporting that even though the Iowa Utilities Board granted Dakota Access the permits to begin construction in Iowa on the Bakken pipeline, opponents of the project are committing to continue the fight to stop the pipeline from carrying oil through the state....
