ENR interviewed California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Jeff Morales in his Sacramento office after the state Legislature approved the project. Highlights from the interview follow.
Map courtesy of chsra California's revised plan uses existing rail corridors wherever possible and starts with a focus on the Central Valley. Related Links: Calif. HSR Authority Chief Clears Air About Project Collapse of China Track Section Highlights Flaws in High-Speed-Rail Program High-speed rail got a sorely needed boost early this month when the California Legislature barely passed a bill to move forward with $5.8 billion in bonds for a 130-mile starter segment through the Central Valley. That vote came just days before delegates converged on Philadelphia for the eighth World Congress on High-Speed Rail, which met for the first
It is essentially a gigantic ditch, packed with equipment, concrete, rebar and thousands of laborers from many countries. It is a hotbed of construction challenges and a momentous sequel to one of the world's engineering epics: the original 1914 construction of the Panama Canal.
Related Links: Battle Heats Up Over Georgia's Transportation Tax Vote Architect's 'BeltLine' Idea Reshapes Atlanta A debate over taxation and government spending is heating up in advance of a July 31 vote in Georgia over a penny sales-tax increase. The deal could boost funding for transportation projects by an estimated $18.7 billion.Twelve separate regional elections for a special-purposes local-options sales tax will help decide the statewide vote over the Transportation Investment Act. If passed, the tax increase would be enacted in the regions in which voters approved the measure and remain in effect for 10 years.According to the Georgia Dept.
Related Links: A Russian Cable-Stayed Transformation The World's Top 10 Longest Cable-Stayed Bridges Whatever else Russia achieves with the planned Pacific Rim economic summit in Vladivostok in September, its legacy will include construction of the world's longest cable- stayed bridge span and a big boost to this sleepy Far East fishing port.The Russky Island bridge will extend the span record to 1,104 meters and include seeds of a new high-wire system to dampen vibrations of cables. Bridge design engineers are addressing the challenge of cable-induced vibrations as modern cable-stayed spans grow in size.Construction of the island span and, five kilometers
The quality standards set for the locks for the Panama Canal's Third Lane Expansion are enormously high, partly due to seismic risk. While the danger posed by earthquakes is perceived to be low, studies by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) found evidence of an active fault running next to the new locks on the Pacific side of the canal.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet expects to issue in October the first construction contracts for a $165-million bridge to replace the Eggner's Ferry Bridge over Kentucky Lake in the southwestern part of the state. Emergency repairs to the original 80-year-old span, which carries U.S. 68/Ky. 80 over the Tennessee River, originated this spring after a barge carrying rocket components struck the crossing in January.
As fuel costs and environmental concerns rise in conjunction with shrinking road budgets, cold in-place recycling paving, or CIRP, methods continue to gain interest nationwide. Cold in-place recycling has been used on low-volume roads for some time, but the technique may gain acceptance on higher-volume roads as well.
The status of a highly publicized $3-billion bridge-and-road program, seen as an economic driver for the impoverished nation of Bangladesh, remains unclear after the World Bank canceled a $1.2-billion credit, citing the government's "inadequate response" to charges of corruption on the project.
The status of a highly-showcased $3-billion bridge and road program in Bangladesh, seen as an economic driver for the impoverished nation, remains unclear after the World Bank canceled a $1.2-billion credit, citing the government’s “inadequate response” to charges of corruption on the project.
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