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Prefabricated Concourse at Dallas-Fort Worth Will Be a First for US Airports

April 21, 2021

Preparatory work is underway for a summer installation of a new concourse at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport using prefabrication and modular methods—a first for U.S. airports, say officials.

Construction Jobs March '20 to March '21

Economics

AGC Analysis: Construction Employment Bounces Back, But Lockdown States Still Lag

Full year of worker-hours data shows how states have weathered the pandemic

Jeff Yoders

April 20, 2021

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An AGC and Procore analysis of more than a full year of worker-hour data shows construction employment recovering but not yet to pre-pandemic levels.

Long-Awaited MBTA Green Line Extension Stays on Track

The first station in the $2.3 billion project is expected to be finished in the fall

Scott Van Voorhis

April 20, 2021

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The $2.3 billion Green Line Extension is trundling towards completion, with the first station in the long-awaited project set to open this fall in Somerville.

Transportation

Elon Musk's Boring Co. Completes First Commercial Project

Las Vegas Convention Center transit loop finished in 18 months

Jim Parsons

April 16, 2021

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Vegas tunnel system, which cost $52.5 million, can accommodate 4,400 riders per hour.

Brown plaque with light-colored text says "Faubourg Treme." It is underneath an overpass.

Biden Administration Seeks to Address the Interstate Highway System's Racist Past

Corinne Grinapol

April 15, 2021

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Infrastructure plan includes $20B plan to address racism that many transportation veterans say helped fuel highway projects in the past.

Bills to Tighten Maryland's Use of P3 Projects Fail Again in Legislature

Jim Parsons

April 15, 2021

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Legislation that would have added scrutiny to Gov. Larry Hogan's use of project P3s died in state senate for third year in a row.

Maine Bridge Project With Novel Slide Nears Completion

The team relocated a major utility duct bank before laterally sliding the 700-ton single span structure onto its foundation

Johanna Knapschaefer

April 15, 2021

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Crews are set to begin paving, landscaping and other final work on April 19 for the $7 million Bridge Street Bridge replacement project in Gardiner, Maine.

Highway Infrastructure

Coalition Pushes National Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Program

Tom Ichniowski

April 14, 2021

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Construction, engineering and transportation groups support new fee, but projected VMT revenue is far short of closing Highway Trust Fund shortfall.

Las Vegas City Council Green Lights Mass Transit Proposal

Doug Puppel

April 14, 2021

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The Las Vegas City Council has approved a negotiating agreement with a company that wants to build a 19-mile light rail or other high capacity mass transit line along Charleston Boulevard, one of the main east-west arterials in the Las Vegas Valley.

Government

Ill. Contractors Appeal Ruling That Exempts Home Rule From Transportation Lockbox

Voters okayed 2016 Safe Roads amendment to force use of transportation taxes, fees on designated projects

Jeff Yoders

April 13, 2021

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State appellate court says home-rule municipalities don't have to abide by 2016 constitutional measure that required transportation funds to be spent only on designated projects and infrastructure.