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Bridge toll hikes to pay for transportation improvements tossed to voters

SF Gate » Bay Area voters will decide in June whether to raise tolls by $3 on all bridges but the Golden Gate to pay for $4.5 billion in transportation improvements. The Bay Area Toll Authority voted unanimously Wednesday to place a regional measure on the June 5 ballot asking voters to increase tolls over a span of six years with $1 boosts in 2019, 2022 and 2025.

January 24, 2018|

Trump raises infrastructure investment plan to $1.7 trillion

Reuters » President Trump said on Wednesday that his long-awaited plan to help rebuild the nation’s infrastructure would result in about $1.7 trillion in overall investment over the next 10 years, a larger figure than he previously announced. The administration is expected to ask Congress for $200 billion in federal spending on infrastructure aimed at encouraging more than $1 trillion in state, local and private financing.

January 24, 2018|

Trump could reveal long-promised infrastructure plan within two weeks

Politico » A top White House official told conservative groups that President Donald Trump’s long-delayed infrastructure plan could — finally — be unveiled in as little as two weeks, according to people briefed on the meeting. Top aide Paul Teller was asked about a leaked infrastructure plan at the Tuesday meeting. Teller said the president will give more details during next week’s State of the Union address and then present a concrete document to lawmakers in two to four weeks.

January 24, 2018|

Bayou Bridge Pipeline begins construction in Louisiana amid protests, legal challenges

The Advocate » Hailed by oil industry advocates as a needed link in the state’s industrial infrastructure during a boom in the petrochemical sector, the pipeline will carry crude oil between a hub in Lake Charles and a terminal in St. James Parish but also cut through the environmentally sensitive Atchafalaya Basin.

January 24, 2018|
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