Eric D. Lawrence - DETROIT FREE PRESS - Wed November 02, 2016
Law Prevents Historic Road From Earning Honor
MONROE, Mich. (AP) The wooden remnants of a centuries-old military road known as Hull's Trace emerge when the water level is low near the spot where the Huron River empties into Lake Erie. A road has been in this spot underneath modern-day West Jefferson Avenue in what is now the southern tip of Wayne County for more than 200 years, connecting Ohio and Detroit....
Wed November 02, 2016
Jury: City Owes Property Owner $3M for Light-Rail Construction
The Phoenix, Arizona website AZCentral is reporting that a Maricopa County jury has awarded nearly $3 million in damages to the owner of a downtown Phoenix parking lot because light-rail construction cut off access from the lot to an arterial street....
Wed November 02, 2016
Construction Climate Challenge Funds New Environmental Research
The Construction Climate Challenge initiative (CCC), which promotes sustainability throughout the entire construction industry, has awarded funding to two innovative research projects that intend to reduce climate impact in construction....
Brenda Ruggiero - Tue November 01, 2016
I-79 Interchange Nears Completion in Morgantown, W.Va.
A new interchange along I-79 near Morgantown, W.Va., is nearing completion. The project is under the direction of the West Virginia Division of Highways. The $22 million project consists of providing a new interchange on I-79 approximately halfway between I-79, at Exit 152 — U.S....
Mon October 31, 2016
Phase II Construction Begins on $105M Storm Damage Reduction Project in Port Monmouth, N.J.
Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. joined Colonel David A. Caldwell, commander of the New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bob Martin, commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Middletown Mayor Gerard Scharfenberger to mark the beginning of construction for Phase II of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction project in Port Monmouth, N.J....
Dan Gelston - AP Sports Writer - Mon October 31, 2016
Villanova Faces Season on Road During Gym Renovations
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) Villanova will soon have to pack its national championship banners and raise them in another gym during a season-long road trip. The outdated Pavilion is undergoing a needed face lift....
Cindy Riley - Mon October 31, 2016
Boston's Roxbury Community College Begins Work on $67M Renovation
Work has begun on a solar canopy installation at Boston's Roxbury Community College (RCC), as the school begins its first major campus renovations in almost 30 years. The various construction projects will be completed during the next two years, at a total cost of roughly $67 million....
Fri October 28, 2016
State Board Approves Seven Wyoming Projects at Quarterly Meeting
The State Loan and Investment Board (SLIB) approved funding for seven projects at its quarterly board meeting in Cheyenne, Wyo. SLIB awarded three companies $41 million in Economic Development Large Project loan requests....
Fri October 28, 2016
Volvo MC115C Skid Steer Makes Its Mark in Golden State
The first painted highway centerlines were inspired in 1911 by a leaking milk wagon, dribbling a white trail down the middle of a dirt road. More than 100 years later, road surface markings rank alongside inventions like three-point seatbelts, airbags and traffic lights in helping keep motorists safe....
Ellen Knickmeyer - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Fri October 28, 2016
Measure Would Give State Voters Say on Mega-Projects
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A proposition that a prosperous farmer brought to the California ballot would threaten two ambitious water and rail projects that Gov. Jerry Brown is pushing, requiring voters' OK before launching any state building project requiring $2 billion or more in revenue bonds....
