While still jubilant about the unprecedented amount of federal funding for transit, rail advocates also are concerned about the shortage of workers, the need to better manage project risks and the ability to implement mandated asset-management plans for their infrastructure and vehicles.
Completed $2.5B Mariner 2 East line in Pennsylvania was charged on 48 counts last year over drilling fluid pollution at building sites along 350-mile route.
Developers, local officials question state plan to immediately tighten flood plain, rainfall projection and stormwater management rules for new projects.
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