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Kansas City International Airport Redesign Revealed

October 18, 2017

The $1.3-billion redesign of Kansas City International Airport finally has a face, or at least renderings of what the proposed single terminal would look like if voters approve a Nov. 7 referendum authorizing construction.

Bridge Repair Blamed for Delays on Chicago Lakefront Flyover

October 18, 2017

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Aimed at improving safety along Chicago's popular Lakefront Trail bordering Lake Michigan, a new flyover structure will miss its scheduled 2018 completion date by at least a year, likely boosting the project's original $60-million cost.

La. Votes To Spend Fuel Tax Only on Transportation Projects

October 18, 2017

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Louisiana's future gas taxes will be dedicated solely to transportation maintenance under a constitutional amendment approved by voters on Oct. 14.

Suit Over Failed Brisbane P3 Focuses on Traffic Projections

Debra K. Rubin

October 18, 2017

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Engineer Arup's traffic projections that fell short for the project, which went into receivership, are the crux of the dispute's new trial stage; deal financier Macquarie has been cross-sued.

Infrastructure Financing

Direct Federal Spending High on Industry's Infrastructure List

Industry officials, lawmakers also agree on need for Highway Trust Fund fix.

Tom Ichniowski

October 14, 2017

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Witnesses at House hearing acknowledged P3s can help, but undescored need for federal funds.

Virginia Tunnel Builders Deliver Latest Project Phase Early

October 11, 2017

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The design-build phase of the $2.1- billion Elizabeth River Tunnels project in Norfolk, Va., finished last month—one year ahead of schedule—in a P3 collaboration between a Skanska USA-Kiewit-Weeks Marine Inc. team and the Virginia Dept. of Transportation.

Guardrail Maker Scores Win in Court Case

Tom Ichniowski

October 11, 2017

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Highway guardrail manufacturer Trinity Industries Inc. won the latest round in a long-running legal fight, when a federal appeals court overturned an earlier $682.4-million judgment against the Dallas-based company.

W.Va. Voters OK Billions in Road Funding

Jim Parsons

October 11, 2017

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Only 10% of the electorate tuned out for the Saturday vote, but they went big for an initiative set to fund more than 950 projects.

ENR Global Best Projects 2017

Award of Merit, Rail - Nigerian Railway Modernization Project Addendum No. 1: Abuja-Kaduna

October 11, 2017

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While Nigeria’s entire 1,300-kilometer railway will be modernized, the 185-km Abuja-Kaduna project is key because it reduces worker commute times and boosts the economy in the country’s capital region, and creates a primary cargo corridor from inland to sea.

ENR Global Best Projects 2017

Best Rail - WTC Transportation Hub

October 11, 2017

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With its iconic wings that evoke a dove, the symbol of peace, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub honors those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks while serving New Yorkers and visitors today.