President Joe Biden has announced he will nominate Shailen Bhatt, former head of the Colorado and Delaware DOTs and now a senior executive with AECOM, to lead the Federal Highway Administration.
More than eight months after the IIIJA took effect, the House panel tackled issues related to its implementation, including inflation pressures, growth of electric vehicles and reconnecting neighborhoods.
Work was suspended on the project's cable-stayed portion based on unspecified safety concerns over the planned installation of some bridge structure elements.
Relief is on the way for a six-mile segment of Colorado’s notoriously congested I-70 Mountain Corridor, beginning with a $31-million design engineering contract awarded to Atkins.
New York and New Jersey will share state-level funding contribution for $1.7-billion Portal North Bridge project, a long-awaited Northeast Corridor upgrade to begin construction later this year.