It's not clear why one team opted out of competition for the estimated $11 billion I-270/Beltway expansion in a major commuter corridor outside Washington, D.C.

The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced January 5 that it has identified California Rail Builders as the Apparent Best Value Proposer for the Design-Build Services Contract for Construction Package 4, the next segment of construction through the counties of Tulare and Kern and the cities of Wasco and Shafter.