WJHG » President Trump is meeting with governors this week at the White House to tackle issues, like infrastructure. One governor is pushing the administration to cut regulations and let states have more control over projects. The Trump administration is pushing to cut down on the years it usually takes to approve large new projects. They […]
Newsday » The state Drinking Water Quality Council, charged with recommending a safe standard for the chemical 1,4-dioxane, estimated Monday that removing the emerging contaminant could cost water suppliers in New York billions of dollars in capital spending and millions more each year to operate and maintain treatment systems. The panel also discussed two other pollutants […]
MLive » A California-based company is in talks with Michigan transportation officials to consider whether Detroit could be a potential stop for a futuristic transportation system. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) is looking to create a high-speed tube-based transportation system from Cleveland to Chicago that would theoretically reach speeds up to 760 miles per hour.
Fox9 » Minnesota roads need fixing, that much is for certain. The question, really, for the state’s Department of Transportation lies in how to pay for everything. A new study presented to the state legislature Monday looked at the viability of toll roads and concluded that, while a possible way to increase revenue, the system will not […]
Roads & Bridges » When visitors drive by the portion of S.R. 299 in California known as Big French Creek, they may notice the rock-fall protection fence or perhaps other improvements; but they most likely have no idea what local residents, the traveling public and the California Department of Transportation District 2 went through for almost two […]
The Sacramento Bee » Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that would tighten dam inspection standards following last year’s near catastrophe at Oroville Dam. On Monday, Brown signed Assembly Bill 1270. The bill codifies practices that state dam officials already were largely doing, but that the state’s Water Code only required they perform “from time to time.”