House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders have unveiled a proposed transportation bill that would authorize $325 billion over six years, but the proposal has a big hole: at best, it would have just three years' actual funding.
A federal appeals court has blocked an Army Corps of Engineers-Environmental Protection Agency rule that aimed to clear up the murky definition of which bodies of water fall under federal regulation.
A wide-ranging plan to restore damaged Gulf Coast wetlands and other environmentally sensitive areas has received a boost with oil giant BP’s agreement to pay federal, state and local governments $20.8 billion to resolve civil claims stemming from its massive 2010 Gulf oil spill.
Faced with chronically underfunded budgets, public-works officials are emphasizing technology-based solutions, such as drone surveys to inform preliminary designs and adaptive traffic signals to maximize corridor movement.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has tightened its standard governing ozone levels to 70 parts per billion from the current 75 ppb, a move that sparked strong criticism from industry groups and only modestly positive comments from environmentalists.
Racing against a midnight Sept. 30 deadline, Congress approved a 10-week government-wide spending bill and a separate extension to keep Federal Aviation Administration programs, including construction grants, operating for six months.
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