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$107M toll lane project moves forward in San Francisco

The Mercury News » The San Francisco Bay Area may add another 125 miles of tolled express lanes to reduce congestion that has resulted in a 17% longer commute time over the past 10 years. A groundbreaking is scheduled today for a northbound toll lane on a $107 million Interstate 680 project.

April 18, 2018|

High-speed rail project vastly underestimated cost of relocating utility lines beneath Fresno

Los Angeles Times » Buried beneath Fresno were some costly surprises for the California bullet train authority, which disclosed Tuesday that the price of utility relocations along a 29-mile section of railway has surged from a 2013 estimate of $69 million to $396 million. The California High-Speed Rail Authority board on Friday took up the problem, hearing from its staff that the original estimate contained a number of miscalculations.

April 18, 2018|

Caltrans 101 HOV Project Environmental Document Upheld in Court

Edhat » Caltrans and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments will move forward on the South Coast 101 HOV Lanes Project following a favorable ruling from the Santa Barbara Superior Court this morning. The court upheld a Revised Environmental Impact Report which focused specifically on the topic of intersection analysis. It serves as a revision to the previously approved August 2014 Final EIR.

April 17, 2018|

Hong Kong bridge prepares to open amid fears over structural integrity

Dezeen » Chinese authorities have announced that the bridge between Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and Macau is on track to open, despite concerns that parts of the structure have been washed away by the sea. Hong Kong’s Highways Department rebuffed claims that the concrete blocks protecting an artificial island connecting the Hong Kong side of the bridge to the tunnel under Mainland China’s waters have been damaged by waves.

April 17, 2018|
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