National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Cindy Riley - Thu February 22, 2018

After Nearly a Decade, U.S.-98, SR-158 Extension Resumes

After almost a decade of inactivity, construction of the U.S.-98 and SR-158 extension projects in Mobile County, Ala., has resumed, beginning with work on the Big Creek Bridge. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is overseeing the current effort, which is expected to be completed by fall 2018....

Wed December 20, 2017

ARTBA Helps Secure Purple Line Victory in Federal Court

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Dec. 19 hailed a federal appeals court decision to overrule a lower court ruling blocking the Maryland Purple Line light-rail project, one of the nation's most high profile transit public-private partnerships (P3)....

Ayana Byrd - Wed July 26, 2017

Update: Border Wall Construction Continues Without Environmental Impact Study

Though funding for the estimated $21.6 billion U.S.-Mexico wall has not yet been secured, the federal government continues to move forward with construction. In the latest development, the Trump Administration intends to invoke a 2005 anti-terror law to avoid conducting an environmental review of the impact the wall will have on a national wildlife refuge....