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Wet spot on Oroville Dam spillway wasn’t unexpected

Chico Enterprise-Record » There was quite a buzz around Oroville last week about aerial photos that showed a wet streak down the face of the repaired main Oroville Dam spillway. But it was something that had been expected, and the Department of Water Resources said as early as January that it might happen.

April 1, 2018|

Support for California high-speed rail unchanged after 10 years

Curbed SF » California’s high-speed rail project is facing years of delays and tens of billions of dollars in cost overruns, with the worst case scenarios approaching $100 billion, however, support for the project remains virtually unchanged since voters approved it ten years ago, according to a poll released last week by the non-profit research group the Public Policy Institute of California.

March 30, 2018|

Experts Dissect FIU bridge collapse, but can’t identify cause

Miami Herald » In the two weeks since the deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge under construction at Florida International University, engineers the world over have obsessively dissected photos, scrutinized video clips and picked over preliminary plans for the singular structure in search of the mysterious and elusive breaking point.

March 30, 2018|

Trump: $1.5T infrastructure plan may be passed in ‘a series of measures’

UPI » President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan could be passed through a series of measures. Addressing the International Union of Operating Engineers in Richfield, Ohio, Trump said he is willing to adopt a piecemeal approach to passing the package.

March 29, 2018|

Trump promised $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending. He’s 1 percent of the way there.

The Washington Post » The president wants $1.5 trillion in new spending on infrastructure, but Congress so far has allocated $21 billion — slightly more than 1 percent of the president’s goal.

March 29, 2018|

Caltrans Gets Green Light to Improve Bridges on Hwy. 101

Noozhawk » Caltrans will improve and extend the service life of two bridges on Highway 101 at the Refugio Road undercrossing in Santa Barbara County due to funding by Senate Bill 1. More than 33,000 vehicles per day cross the bridges to reach their destination. The $1.4 million project has been awarded to Truesdale Corp.

March 29, 2018|
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