shastabe.com - Tue June 27, 2023
California Creates 'Strike Team' for Major Infrastructure Projects
To streamline the process of greenlighting state infrastructure, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an executive order that creates an "infrastructure strike team" to identify and expedite key projects through better coordination among government agencies....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 22, 2023
Ikaros LLC Leads Congestion Reduction Project in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
A $34 million effort that will enhance traffic flow and reduce congestion along busy U.S.-82 from Highway 69 to Rice Mine Road remains under construction in west-central Alabama. As the first major Rebuild Alabama Act project in Tuscaloosa County, the 2.77-mi....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 22, 2023
FDOT Makes Improvements to Daryl Carter Parkway in Central Florida
In multiple counties, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) continues to monitor work on the I-4 Beyond the Ultimate project. The ongoing construction includes reconstructing the Daryl Carter Parkway overpass into a diverging diamond interchange (DDI)....
StreetsblogMASS - Wed June 21, 2023
Work to Start in 2024 on Car-Free Mystic River Bridge Linking Two Boston Suburbs
A new motor vehicle-free bridge to connect the Boston suburbs of Everett and Somerville over the Mystic River is on schedule to begin construction in 2024, according to Massachusetts officials. The elegantly designed bicycle and pedestrian span would provide a direct link between the Encore Casino and the Northern Strand Trail on the northern banks of the Mystic River in Everett to the Assembly Square neighborhood and its Orange Line station in Somerville, on the southern bank....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 21, 2023
Bergkamp Builds Highway Across Kansas Prairie
It looked like an easy job. The project called for a 15.5-mi. highway to be built across the flat Kansas prairie where no road had been before. No traffic to contend with. No hills to flatten. No web of utilities and fiber optics to relocate....
CEG - Tue June 20, 2023
Three Aging Dam/Lock Systems on Upper Ohio River in Pa. to Be Rehabbed in 2024
More than $857 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will help fund the repair of Pennsylvania's three aging locks on the upper Ohio River to prevent failures that could result in a halt to river traffic....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Tue June 20, 2023
Ohio Gov. Announces Local Bridge Replacements, Improvements
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks announced June 2 that the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will dedicate nearly $28 million to support local projects to repair, replace or demolish 24 aging bridges in Ohio....
Maryland Matters - Mon June 19, 2023
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore Resurrects Red Line Light-Rail Project in Baltimore
State, federal and local officials in Maryland, led by Gov. Wes Moore (D), vowed June 15 to build a Baltimore transit system canceled by the Hogan administration eight years ago. During an hour-long press conference on a sweltering West Baltimore parking lot, Moore vowed to move quickly to complete a new east-west line....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Mon June 19, 2023
CPM Saves Money Using ChromX Rebar On Yarmouth Bridge Work
The contractor of Maine Department of Transportation's bridge replacement project in Yarmouth overcame the impact of the rise in steel prices during the Russia-Ukraine conflict by switching to ChromX rebar for the second half of the project....
WSDOT - Wed June 14, 2023
Washington Looking for Fixes After Slide Wipes Out 85-Ft. Bridge
Shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, May 14, debris from an adjacent hillside fell approximately 2,000 ft. above SR 504-Spirit Lake Memorial Highway-and covered the roadway with rock, mud, ice and water causing catastrophic damage to the Spirit Lake Outlet Bridge, which connects travelers to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, near Mt....
