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With a massive appropriations package now in place for the rest of fiscal year 2020, engineering firms and contractors can breathe easier as the construction season approaches, knowing how much funding is available  through Sept. 30 for important federal infrastructure programs.

The state has put out the welcome mat for electric vehicles along busy travel corridors, as well as in its remote interior.

If program is scuttled, $3.1 billion in prep work at London airport could be lost, aviation authority says.

Transit agency had two derailments and a track fire this summer; safety report cites 61 corrective actions, with multiple general managers since 2010 “incredibly disruptive."

Legislation has mix of increases and cuts for infrastructure programs, but positive tax and other non-spending provisions.

The city of Columbus, Ohio, is well underway with its pilot projects for mobility after receiving a $40-million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Transportation in 2016 as part of a Smart Cities challenge.