Chico Enterprise Record » Oroville Dam Boulevard East reopened to the general public on Monday from Glen Drive to Canyon Drive. Since February 2017, only those associated with construction and members of the press have been able to get in to see the spillway face-on from that stretch of the road.
Trib Live » This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $4 billion in grant funding to help upgrade and rebuild rural water infrastructure throughout the nation. Monday’s announcement is expected to benefit 165,000 people living in rural communities in 24 states.
Equipment World » The project, expected to be completed in late 2021, adds toll lanes, and aims to improve traffic flow and expand capacity.
W. Va. DOT Secretary: High construction costs raise issues for Roads to Prosperity » West Virginia’s top transportation official says that his department is concerned about a reported 8.8 percent inflation rate for construction costs as the state embarks on its $2.8 billion “Roads to Prosperity” initiative. Among the reasons for the sharp price hike: higher prices […]
The New York Times » Far from the debates in Washington and Sacramento, the $100 billion Los Angeles-to-San Francisco bullet train has moved off the drawing board and onto 21 construction sites spread across five Central California counties. Work began two weeks ago on one of the more ambitious pieces of the project — an overpass that […]