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Maryland Seeks Ruling on Lawsuit Blocking Light-Rail Project

May 17, 2017

Maryland has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals to force a ruling in a long-running environmental lawsuit that has stalled the start of construction on the Purple Line light-rail project for nearly nine months.

Infrastructure Funding

Chao Fills in Some Details of Trump Infrastructure Plan

States pledging funding share will get priority for new federal dollars

Tom Ichniowski

May 15, 2017

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DOT secretary says administration wants new federal funds to augment, not replace, nonfederal dollars.

Safety

After Fatal House Explosion, Colorado Seeks New Pipeline Regulations

State oil and gas oversight agency scrambling to keep up with regulatory directives

Mark Shaw

May 9, 2017

G. John Hickenlooper has ordered that all abandoned oil and gas pipelines be marked, cut 3 ft below the surface and capped.

Renewed Hopes for Caltrain Electrification

JT Long

May 9, 2017

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Project opposed by Republicans would get $100 million in proposed budget

Construction Funding

Trump Signs $1.2-Trillion Fiscal 2017 Spending Package

Measure includes small hikes for infrastructure accounts

Tom Ichniowski

May 5, 2017

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Legislation increases highway, mass transit funding to FAST Act levels.

Construction Industry Ethics

How a Conflict Issue Forced CH2M to Cede Big Rail Job to Bechtel

The episode has prompted a UK rail agency to change its vetting system

Peter Reina

May 5, 2017

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The program management contract for $32-billion project goes to runner-up.

Trump’s First 100 Days

Construction Asks: 'Where's the Infrastructure Program?'

May 3, 2017

Trump's executive orders so far are his most effective tool, but the infrastructure 'plan' remains a mystery.

Transportation

London Mayor Pulls Plug on Garden Bridge Project

Backers were unable to secure private funding for Thomas Heatherwick's $255-million green scheme

Peter Reina

April 28, 2017

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Mayor Sadiq Khan inherited design Thomas Heatherwick's fanciful green River Thames span scheme, but withdrew support after a review showed that private funding would fall far short, leaving taxpayers on the hook

Transportation

Contractors Speed Reconstruction of Atlanta's Collapsed I-85 Bridge

GDOT says I-85 span destroyed in fire will be replaced by June 15

Jim Parsons

April 26, 2017

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Contractor C.W. Matthews construction placed the last of 61 prestressed beams on April 25.

California Boosts Gas Tax Rate

JT Long

April 26, 2017

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The first wave of bids for new road projects could go out at the beginning of 2018, now that the California Legislature has approved $52.4 billion over 10 years from a new 12¢-per-gallon gas tax, which begins in November.