In a bipartisan approval April 21 of a proposed framework to plan and pay for new and upgraded US grid capacity to link booming clean power projects, the federal energy regulator aims to involve states up front and expand infrastructure planning to a 20-year-ahead cycle.
The U.S. government will spend nearly $900 million in the next five years to address aquatic trash, a problem that vexes municipal stormwater agencies.
Kiewit would start $445M Klamath River work next year to take down four dams in Oregon and California after FERC and Interior Dept. sign off on key environmental review.
The Carolina Panthers football team is terminating a contract with the city of Rock Hill, S.C., for an $800-million headquarters and training facility.
The congressionally requested report showed that half of the state DOTs spent at least 60% of their total engineering and design-related costs for such highway projects on outside engineering consultants.
Water and electric utility Turlock Irrigation District was awarded a $20-million state grant to test the water- and energy-saving concept on two locations in its canal systems.