CEG - Mon September 20, 2021
Connecticut DOT to Make Repairs Following Tropical Storm Ida
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has assumed remediation of the "slope failure" caused by Tropical Storm Ida's heavy rains near the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, which left a refined products pipeline exposed and dozens of feet of train rails unsupported....
CEG - Thu September 16, 2021
Major Improvement Project Has Begun on Nearly 12.5 Mi. of VT Route 9
The 46.96 mi. of Vermont Route 9 from the Chesterfield, N.H., bridge west to the New York State border has been around in one form or another since the 1760s. VT 9 — officially the Molly Stark Trail through the entirety of its length in southern Vermont — is part of a key east-west route between Portland, Maine, and Albany, N.Y....
Norwalk Hour - Wed September 15, 2021
Connecticut Gov. Lamont Tours Merritt 7 Train Station Being Built in Norwalk
Connecticut's governor was given an update on the major renovations of Norwalk's Merritt 7 train station by the state's Department of Transportation (CTDOT) on Sept. 10, a project set to be completed in fall 2022....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 15, 2021
Crews Install Largest Concrete Beams Manufactured in Midwest On Tri-State Tollway's $4B Project
Crews in Illinois are carefully choreographing the placement of the largest concrete beams ever manufactured in the Midwest, as they continue reconstructing the Central Tri-State Tollway. The task under way is anything but routine....
St. John Valley Times - Tue September 14, 2021
New $71.7M Land Port of Entry Being Built at Maine-Canada Border
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has officially broken ground on a $71.7 million Land Port of Entry (LPOE) project at the international border crossing between Madawaska, Maine, and Edmundston, New Brunswick in Canada....
Office of Gov. Pritzker - Tue September 14, 2021
Ground Breaks On $216.8M I-57/74 Project
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation were joined Aug. 23 by local officials and community leaders to announce the start of construction on a new Interstate 57/74 interchange, one of the cornerstone projects of the governor's historic, bipartisan Rebuild Illinois capital program....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Tue September 14, 2021
ODOT Kicks Off Major Reconstruction of I-70 in Zanesville
Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Jack Marchbanks officially kicked off an $88 million project to reconstruct Interstate 70 through the city of Zanesville on July 20. In addition, the project will resurface I-70 from U.S....
New York Daily News - Thu September 09, 2021
Twenty Years After 9/11, Two Ground Zero Buildings Still Await Rebirth
Although most of lower Manhattan's damaged areas have been rebuilt since the 9/11 terrorist attacks destroyed the World Trade Center, 20 years later there are still projects that await completion. New Yorkers have witnessed construction of the gleaming Freedom Tower — renamed One World Trade Center — on the site that was Ground Zero....
CEG - Thu September 09, 2021
TDOT Plans to Begin Building Nashville's Broadway Viaduct in 2023
With an eye toward planning the replacement of downtown Nashville's busy Broadway Viaduct, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has chosen Gresham Smith, a firm based in the capital city, to design the new structure....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 09, 2021
Maine-Based AIT Bridges Discusses Infrastructure Bill
Hailed as the largest long-term investment in the nation's infrastructure in nearly a century, the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework covers funding for a broad range of future projects, none the least of which is the $109 billion for the nation's surface transportation system....
