Thu August 06, 2015
Nearly $22M Awarded to 86 Projects Under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund
Caltrans recently announced that 86 more local projects that improve public transportation and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions were issued funding from the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program. This program is one of the strategies the state is employing to meet its ambitious goals to address climate change, and specifically prioritizes projects that will serve disadvantaged communities....
Thu August 06, 2015
CTC Allocates $561M to Upgrade State, Local Infrastructure
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $561 million to 125 transportation projects that will help rebuild and maintain California’s infrastructure, as well as encourage and support the use of alternate forms of transportation, such as bicycling and walking....
Thu August 06, 2015
Brown’s New Tunnels Plan Ratchets Back Habitat Restoration
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The latest version of Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to build two giant tunnels ferrying water across California locks in just 15,600 acres for habitat restoration, one-sixth of that committed under Brown’s original tunnels proposal, state officials confirmed....
Mon August 03, 2015
Illinois Tollway Awards Over $166M in Construction, Engineering Contracts
The Illinois Tollway board of directors approved three new construction contracts totaling $59.4 million and five new engineering contracts totaling nearly $107 million at its July meeting. More than $775 million in construction and engineering contracts have been approved by the Tollway board so far in 2015, as part of the fourth year of the 15-year, $12 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future....
ERICA WERNER and JOAN LOWY - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu July 30, 2015
Fighting Over Highway Funding May Lead to Another Short-Term Fix
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators overruled heated conservative opposition Monday and added a measure reviving the federal Export-Import Bank to must-pass highway legislation. But House Republicans declared the Senate transportation bill dead on arrival....
Thu July 30, 2015
What’s in the 6-Year Senate Transportation Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is moving toward the likely passage this week of a sweeping, six-year transportation bill, but the House is putting off consideration of the measure until this fall. With a Friday deadline to prevent a cutoff of highway and transit aid to states, House and Senate Republican leaders say they will also pass an $8 billion short-term bill to shore up the federal Highway Trust Fund through late October....
Tue July 28, 2015
Secretary Foxx Announces $2 Million in Emergency Relief Funds to Repair Alaska’s Flood-Damaged
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $2 million in Emergency Relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities pay for repairs to the Dalton Highway damaged by recent floods....
Tue July 14, 2015
DCED Secretary, Dignitaries Tour Curry Supply Facility
Dennis Davin, Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) secretary, along with local dignitaries, toured the manufacturing facilities of Curry Supply Company on June 22. The visit was part of Davin’s “Jobs That Pay” tour, highlighting Pennsylvania Gov....
Tue July 07, 2015
Lawsuit Set to Challenge EPA’s ’Vague’, ’Unwieldy’ Clean Water Act
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has joined a broad coalition of national organizations challenging in federal court new Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations issued by the U.S....
Giles Lambertson - Wed July 01, 2015
Court Affirm Jobsite Safety Trumps Drug Legality
Construction industry employers everywhere exhaled with relief when the Colorado Supreme Court ruled pot-smoking employees can be fired even if they live in a state where marijuana use is legal. It was a victory for safe workplaces....
