Transportation Special Report Elusive Recipe: How to Make Recycled Road Materials That Last Illinois guilty plea shed light on hit-or-miss search for way to use recycled asphalt shingles Jeff Yoders Aileen Cho February 25, 2020 One Comment The cost of funding research and shepherding new materials through the regulatory process was often paid by trade groups.Read More
Environmental Regulations Skirmishing Continues Over Proposed NEPA Rules Revisions Tom Ichniowski February 24, 2020 No Comments Industry officials praise changes as way to speed project reviews; critics blast plan as rollback for key environmental law.Read More
Infrastructure & Politics Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum Doug Puppel February 17, 2020 No Comments Biden, Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Steyer made bipartisan pitches to boost attention to biggest US needs.Read More
Design-Build Three Teams Qualify for New York City Rail Station Contract Joint ventures vie for key component of major infrastructure program Richard Korman February 14, 2020 No Comments Contract is another test for NY state and Metropolitan Transportation Authority new project delivery methods.Read More
Transit Projects Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor Mark Shaw February 13, 2020 One Comment Agency says Balfour Beatty-Graham team managing the $510-million project missed another completion deadline to transfer it for testing.Read More
Water Resources Infrastructure Corps 2020 Plan Funds New Dredging Program on Gulf Coast Tom Ichniowski February 13, 2020 No Comments Pilot program includes $378 million for Mobile harbor, south Louisiana projects.Read More
Infrastructure Work Progresses 24/7 to Replace Collapsed Genoa Viaduct With 18 piers complete, crews are working round the clock on central spans Peter Reina February 13, 2020 No Comments Fincantieri-Salini joint venture expedites work on structure in place of span that collapsed in 2018, killing 43.Read More
Driverless Shuttles Make Headway in the U.S. Scott Lewis February 12, 2020 No Comments At several dozen college campuses, airports and residential communities, low-slung, driverless shuttle buses cruise around predefined routes.Read More
Feds Approve Eligibility of $1.6B for New NJ Bridge, But Nix $12B For Key Hudson River Tunnel Aileen Cho February 11, 2020 One Comment Planned Northeast Corridor underground rail link has been held up for years.Read More
Nation's Infrastructure Trump Floats $1-Trillion Infrastructure Plan, But FY21 Budget Has Some Cuts Tom Ichniowski February 10, 2020 One Comment Plan's centerpiece is $810-billion highway-transit reauthorization, not fully funded.Read More