DOT Secretary warned on May 10 that he might shut down Metrorail if it failed to adhere to earlier FTA directives.

Discussed and debated for decades, the vision of a freight rail tunnel across New York City’s harbor recently took a small step forward: The Federal Highway Administration and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey now are able to conduct environmental reviews on two preferred alternatives—a rail tunnel and a floating railcar option.

The Tennessee Valley Authority ended the possibility of completing two partially built nuclear units in Alabama on May 5, when its board voted to declare as surplus and for sale the 1,600-acre Bellefonte site.

Alan Krause is named executive vice president of Canada-based design firm Stantec Inc., following the May 6 closing of its $795- million acquisition of engineer-constructor MWH Global, of which he was chairman and CEO.

The U.S. House of Representatives edged U.S. flood insurance policy—and with it, risk financing needed to rebuild after losses from flooding—closer to rationality with a unanimous vote April 28.