Articles Tagged with ''transportation''

After two years of delays, crews are in the final stages of construction on a $63.7 million project to broaden a 1.6-mile section of U.S. 90 in Broussard to make it part of the future I-49 corridor between Lafayette and New Orleans.

With construction of the $1 billion North Terminal entering its final stages, officials with the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport are considering the future of the old airport building, which will become vacant when the new terminal opens on May 15.

Louisiana highway projects will get an extra $80 million boost from redistributed federal highway funds that other states did not spend. State officials say this is the largest amount of redistributed federal funds the state has ever received, although this could be the last year for the additional money because of a lack of matching state funds.

For the second consecutive summer, the Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation has completed substantial work on an accelerated bridge project early.

Intensive construction to replace the westbound portion of the Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Bridge is scheduled from July 26 through Aug. 11.

Increasing electric vehicle fleets, along with walkable and bikeable streets and access to public transportation in cities, suburbs and rural and low-income communities across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions are among the strategies in a new report calling for a regional clean transportation plan. 

ENR Texas & Louisiana has named Webber LLC as its 2018 Contractor of the Year for its impressive regional growth, expansion efforts and stellar project portfolio.

The Delaware Dept. of Transportation has been selected by ENR’s editors as the 2018 ENR MidAtlantic Owner of the Year. 

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation on Dec. 21 granted the MBTA a $100-million installment of a $1-billion grant for the 4.7-mile light-rail line from Cambridge to Medford. 

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) rolled out $461 million in traffic-relief projects for the Baltimore area.