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Improving Minnesota Roads, BNSF Rail Operations

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Construction began in mid-July for the $34 million, design-build Willmar Wye project, an initiative led by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and its partners — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), city of Willmar, Kandiyohi County and the Kandiyohi ...

As Rail Tunnel Effort Teeters, a Smaller Win for New Jersey

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CEG - NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP) As a multibillion-dollar rail tunnel project languishes amid political squabbling, New Jersey celebrated a smaller infrastructure victory. Officials announced an $18 million grant to rebuild a crumbling highway bridge near the Lincoln Tunnel, the culmination of a ...

$50M Project Under Way on Delaware Station

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Cindy Riley - A more than $50 million project that's been years in the making is finally under way in Delaware. An improved Newark Rail Station is being constructed in the location of the existing SEPTA rail station, west of SR 896 in Newark.“The existing Newark train station has minimal passe...

Rochester's $21M Inner Loop Transformation Advances

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Irwin Rapoport - Concrete Applied Technologies Corporation (Catco) began work on Rochester's $21 million Inner Loop East Transformation Project in May 2015 and expects to complete the project in September 2017.The federal government is funding the bulk of the project with $16.7 million from the TIGER p...

Work Begins in Earnest on Three-Quarter of Billion-Dollar Infrastructure Project

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Irwin Rapoport - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet's (KYTC) multi-year Mountain Parkway Expansion is in full swing. The project started in early 2015 and four construction contracts have been awarded. Roadway improvements totaling 8.5 mi. (13.6 km) are under way and more projects are nearing letting. The $...

$10M Grant Approved for 'North Avenue Rising' Project

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CEG - Federal, state and local officials gathered at Coppin State University to celebrate the award of a $10 million federal grant for the North Avenue Rising project in Baltimore City, which is part of the Hogan administration's transformative BaltimoreLink transit improvement plan. The $27 millio...

DOT: No Connection Between Pedestrian Bridge Collapse, Grant Award Process

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AASHTO - A 20-page report issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Oct. 29 determined that there was "no evidence" connecting the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery or TIGER grant approval process and the March 15th ...

TxDOT Awarded $20 Million Grant to Improve Rural Transit

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CEG - The Texas Department of Transportation was awarded more than $20 million in federal TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants to improve transportation services for rural populations. The funding will help replace 325 vehicles located throughout the state that are used...

TIGER Funds to Accelerate Providence Viaduct Project

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CEG - Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced that the receipt of $10 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation's TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant program will allow the department to accelerate the rehabili...