CBS News & CEG - Thu February 02, 2023
VIDEO: New Day, New Tunnel: Biden Touts $292M Grant to Build N.J.-N.Y. Rail Connection
President Biden traveled to New York Jan. 31 to highlight a $292 million grant that will help build a critical new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between Manhattan and New Jersey, part of a broader effort to highlight his economic vision for American infrastructure....
Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed February 01, 2023
Missouri's Gov. Parson Calls for $860M to Widen I-70
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called on state lawmakers to set aside nearly $860 million to widen and improve traffic flow on Interstate 70 in his annual State of the State address Jan....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 01, 2023
Crews Make Upgrades to Highway 10 in Anoka, Minn.
Residents of Anoka, Minn., are on a winter hiatus from a two-year, $85 million project that includes a major state highway rebuild that has a particular nasty bite to it because of the complexity of the local street network, very tight workspace and detailed traffic control....
Ohio DOT - Tue January 31, 2023
ODOT to Begin Akron Bridge Replacement Project This Fall
Department of Transportation (ODOT) is moving forward with a major project vital to Akron's transportation system. The State Route (SR) 8 Bridge Replacement Project proposes to replace the existing 1,500‐ft....
Washington Post & The White House - Tue January 31, 2023
President Biden Visits Old Baltimore Rail Tunnel Needing Billions of Dollars in Upgrades
Maryland's Baltimore & Potomac (B&P) Tunnel is turning 150 in 2023 and is still serving passengers. However, trains crawl along at 30 mph through its curves under West Baltimore, creating delays up and down the busy Washington-to-New York route....
South Carolina News - Mon January 30, 2023
South Carolina Approves $144M to Fund New Access Road to Charleston Airport
More than a decade after first proposed, construction of a new access road to Charleston International Airport could begin in mid-2024 after South Carolina officials pledged Jan. 25 to help fund the nearly $144 million project....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu January 26, 2023
Rebuilding of Two I-89 Bridges in New Hampshire Continues
Work to rebuild two bridges on Interstate 89 in Lebanon, N.H., which began in 2020, is nearing the halfway point, with progress to report. "Approximately 47 percent is complete for monies and time," according to New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT), which said the budget for the project is $43.8 million that will be paid by state and federal funds, including a $10 million U.S....
SCDOT & WSPA-TV - Thu January 26, 2023
Replacement of Greenville, S.C.'s Church Street Bridge to Begin This Summer
For years, South Carolina's Church Street Bridge has served as the gateway to Greenville, and, in turn, it has felt the effects of the never-ending traffic passing through that part of town. "Like a number of bridges in South Carolina, this one is 50 years old or older," Pete Poore, a spokesperson of the state's Department of Transportation (SCDOT), told WSPA-TV in Spartanburg in a report that aired Jan....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 26, 2023
MDOT Begins Rehabilitation Project On 10 Baltimore County Bridges
A $39.8 million project began in Maryland to rehabilitate bridge decks and parapets on 10 bridges in Baltimore County. The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) project is located at the I-95 interchange with I-695 in the Arbutus area of southwestern Baltimore County....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 26, 2023
No Quick-Fix for 'Fix-It-First' Policy
The transportation construction industry is squaring off against the FHWA in a two-year battle to get states to fix existing highways rather than expand the nation's road system with new ones. Framed as a "simple internal guidance document" in 2021, the "fix-it-first" memo has resulted in threats to challenge the rule in Congress....
