Thu May 19, 2016
Bullet Train Deadline Pushed Back Four Years
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the Obama administration threw the California bullet train project another lifeline Wednesday, extending the schedule by four years for construction of 118 miles of rail through the Central Valley, according to congressional officials....
Dave Gram - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed May 18, 2016
Vermont High Court Sides With Developers
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) A fragmented Vermont Supreme Court sided with developers of a major solar power project in Rutland Town against the wishes of the town and its neighbors. The five-member court split three ways before ruling 3-2 in support of allowing construction of the Rutland Town project....
Wed May 18, 2016
CASE Construction Equipment Launches Dire States Equipment Grant
CASE Construction Equipment has launched the Dire States Equipment Grant – a new grant that will provide one winning community with $25,000 in free equipment use to help offset the costs of building or repairing a critical piece of local infrastructure....
Matthew Barakat - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed May 18, 2016
Army Studies Arlington National Cemetery Expansion
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) The Army is beginning a yearlong environmental assessment of a proposed 38-acre expansion of Arlington National Cemetery that it hopes will extend the life of the facility by 20 years....
Tue May 17, 2016
Feds Approve Plan to Build Gas Pipeline for Pa. Power Plant
SHAMOKIN DAM, Pa. (AP) Federal officials have signed off on a plan to build a 34-mi. (54.7 km) pipeline through five central Pennsylvania counties that will carry natural gas to a power plant being built along the Susquehanna River....
David Porter - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue May 17, 2016
As Deficit Looms, State Transit Director Backs Out of Job
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) The man picked to lead New Jersey Transit decided he does not want the job, just days before he was scheduled to start running the nation's third-busiest commuter railroad amid a looming budget deficit....
Tue May 17, 2016
Mayor's Budget Assigns More Than $1.5B for Transportation, Infrastructure
Mayor Bill de Blasio presented New York City's Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17). The FY17 Executive Budget is balanced, totaling $82.2 billion, an increase over the Preliminary Budget of just $0.1 billion....
Mon May 16, 2016
City Official: Company Withdraws From Pipeline Project
WARRENTON, Ore. (AP) An energy company that wanted to export liquefied natural gas from the northwest Oregon coast will withdraw from the $6 billion terminal and pipeline project, city officials in Warrenton said....
Mon May 16, 2016
Feds Eye 4,000-Well Drilling Project Across Uinta Basin
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Federal land managers are eying a major oil and gas drilling project that would cross the heart of the Uinta Basin, covering three unincorporated towns and several rivers and reservoirs....
Mon May 16, 2016
Voters Will Have Say on Sales Tax in Nov.
By Chuck HarveyCEG CORRESPONDENTThe Sacramento Transportation Authority will seek voter approval of a half-cent transportation sales tax in November to cover $3.6 billion in highway, bridge, rail and road maintenance projects within Sacramento County over the next 30 years....
