Chuck Harvey - Fri September 16, 2016
Work Under Way on $41M Project to Widen State Route 86
Work has begun on a $41 million project to widen southern Arizona's State Route 86 (Ajo Way) from Valencia Road to Kinney Road. The project is located in Pima County near Tucson. A dirt median will also be provided for added safety....
Thu September 15, 2016
$1B 'Trade District' Proposed for New Orleans
Local New Orleans news affiliate WWL is reporting that the authority that oversees the Morial Convention Center said it is applying for zoning changes that would allow construction of a so-called "Trade District" on the upriver side of the Crescent City Connection....
Thu September 15, 2016
Amazon Announces Its Largest Wind Farm to Date
Amazon today announced “Amazon Wind Farm Texas,” a new 253-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Scurry County, Texas, that will generate 1,000,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind energy annually – enough energy to power almost 90,000 U.S....
Thu September 15, 2016
I-35 Project From U.S. 79 to SH 45 North Breaks Ground
Construction is under way on a $28.1 million project to improve safety and mobility along I-35 in Williamson County between U.S. 79 and SH 45 North. The project will address the existing traffic bottleneck north of SH 45N where more than 177,000 vehicles a day use the I-35 mainlanes....
Wed September 14, 2016
Texas High School Plans $70M Football Stadium
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) Rising construction costs have pushed the price tag for a high school stadium north of Dallas to a whopping $70 million. Voters in McKinney approved a bond package in May that set aside $50 million to build a 12,000-seat football stadium....
Wed September 14, 2016
Billions Proposed to Transform the Big Apple
The website Gothamist is reporting that someone has finally found a solution to New York's affordable housing crisis: turn Red Hook and the Columbia Waterfront into a futuristic super-neighborhood with 45 million new square feet of real estate, a new subway line, greenways, a marina for fun waterfront activities, and more....
Wed September 14, 2016
Crew Painstakingly Rebuilds Historic Stone Walls in the Rocky Mountains
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) - With steady hands and a mountain of patience, skilled masons Kaeli Roman and Louis Browning are excavating and repairing historic stone walls built by hand in the 1930s and 1940s in Rocky Mountain National Park....
Tue September 13, 2016
TTC Approves $70B to Fund Projects Over Next 10 Years
The Texas Transportation Commission approved the 2017 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) with $70 billion worth of projects to help TxDOT meet the state's growing transportation demands. The plan is the largest of its kind in the agency's history that addresses capacity, maintenance and safety needs around the state....
Lori Tobias - Tue September 13, 2016
Water Project Leads to Padre Island Bridge Concept
When the Army Corps of Engineers deemed a new water exchange between Padre Island, Texas, and an old canal system was necessary, the city of Corpus Christi and private developers could have simply gone with culverts....
Chuck Harvey - Tue September 13, 2016
$743M Texas-Sized 12-Lane Superhighway Coming to Austin
Work started this year on a $743 million 183 South Expressway project in Austin that will widen U.S. 183 between U.S. 290 and SH 71 into a Texas-sized 12-lane superhighway. The project was started in April and is expected to be complete in 2020....
