Los Angeles Times » It’s the biggest infrastructure project in state history, but the California bullet train gets hardly any attention on the campaign trail. The leading candidates for governor have said little, if anything, publicly about how they would fix dire problems in the $77-billion mega-project that has already overrun its initial cost estimate by $44 […]
South China Morning Post » Contractors working on the bridge project connecting Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macau have slapped the Hong Kong government with claims totaling HK$8.8 billion, plunging the project deeper into controversy.
The Christian Science Monitor » The “Big Dig” has become the “Big If.” As the costliest federal highway project ever, the $10.6 billion Central Artery/Harbor Tunnel project – or the Big Dig – being constructed in and under downtown Boston, is now scrambling to find completion funds.
KIRO7 » Tunnel-borer Bertha may complete drilling the State Route 99 tunnel in Seattle this week after four years of work, state officials reported. The tunnel should be in use by 2019, replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
The Seattle Times » A 360-degree video shot inside the tunnel being built beneath Seattle gives viewers a unique new perspective of what it’s like to bore a 2-mile tube and construct a highway 200 feet underground.
San Francisco Chronicle » San Francisco’s over-budget and oversize $2.4 billion Transbay Transit Center will open in December – but it’s going to cost an estimated $20 million a year to run the place, and no one knows where all the money will come from.