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Transportation Secretary Chao Hints more details coming on Infrastructure Plan

Transportation Topics » Transportation leaders should look forward to a document coming out in the next few days that will provide additional details about President Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan, according to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Chao delivered keynote remarks at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ legislative meeting in Washington, Wednesday.

February 28, 2018|

N.C. board recommends tolling proposed new bridge

Star News Online » Board members passed a resolution supporting the concept of making the $1 billion new crossing a toll bridge — something the state has long planned to do. The N.C. Department of Transportation has not included replacing the bridge in its long-range transportation plans. So far, funds have been approved only for planning and environmental studies only in the state’s 2018-27 long-term plan.

February 28, 2018|

GOP chairman says infrastructure bill could pass in lame-duck session

The Hill » House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) said Wednesday that an infrastructure bill could pass in a lame-duck session of Congress if it doesn’t succeed before the midterm elections.. Shuster, who is working on a bill with House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee ranking member Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), said he is “committed” to producing a package that he argues must be bipartisan to succeed.

February 28, 2018|

$10B plant in Wisconsin will cut available funds for road construction

Wisconsin State Journal » A new road project serving the $10 billion Foxconn plant in Racine County could reduce funding for other state roads by as much as $90 million in the current budget, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. The reduction leaves state highway rehabilitation funding as much as $870 million short of the $2.4 billion per biennium the Department of Transportation estimates is needed to maintain road conditions at current levels for the next decade.

February 28, 2018|

What could have prevented the Cape Town water crisis

Green Biz » As Cape Town and, to a less urgent extent, many other parts of the world deal with the ongoing effects of climate change and drought, officials can leverage SROI analysis to determine how best to address water crises before they begin, from both a policy and infrastructure perspective.

February 28, 2018|

Illinois Tollway approves $54.3 million in construction contracts for February

Equipment World » The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors has approved eight construction contracts and three professional engineering service contracts totaling $54.3 million. They are among nearly $174.2 million in construction contracts approved in 2018. The awards come during the seventh year of the tollway’s 15-year, $14 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future.

February 27, 2018|
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