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A two-year pause of work will have uncertain impacts on the supply chain, overall program costs and local communities, according to a new report.

The Federal Transit Administration OKed the NJ-NY crossing to advance to the engineering phase of its Capital Investment Grants program.

Work on the estimated $1.3B span has launched a restart following an agreement between the Panamanian government and the Chinese joint venture set to build it,

Hochtief Infrastructure is casting three hefty parallel walls along the highway and roofing them with 4-ft-deep slabs while keeping eight lanes open.  

Congressional appropriators face the threat of new cutbacks as they aim to meet a yearend deadline.

Roadway projects received approximately half of the total funding, with about $1.1 billion.

With Oregon and Washington each pledging $1 billion in funds, the project is now eligible to apply for up to $3 billion in federal funding.

Department's combined application, now called the Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant program, has an Aug. 21 deadline.

Initial round of grant funding in the five-year program will total $34 million.

Cleanup efforts continue following the June 24 derailment that sent 10 rail cars of toxic materials into the Yellowstone River.