ARTBA - Tue March 16, 2021
Data Reveals Federal Investment Helped Advance 22,000 Highway Improvement Projects in 2020
State governments leveraged $29 billion in federal funds to advance $70 billion in highway improvements during fiscal year (FY) 2020, according to new federal data. An interactive dashboard created by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) provides U.S....
Indiana Department of Transportation - Tue March 16, 2021
Feds Grant $100M for Rural Indiana Work
The Indiana Department of Transportation announced Feb. 22 that $100.8 million in federal transportation funding is being awarded to 54 cities, towns and counties in rural portions of Indiana to invest in local road and bridge improvements as well as sidewalk and trail projects....
Portland Press Herald - Tue March 16, 2021
Maine Turnpike's $28M Rebuild of Key Portland Interchange Kicks Off
The Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA) is starting construction on one of its most expensive transportation projects in years, a $28 million rebuild of the Exit 45 interchange. The heavily traveled turnpike exit facilitates the movement of traffic in and around the congested Maine Mall in South Portland....
Baltimore Business Journal - Mon March 15, 2021
Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel on Track for Rebuild
Shovels could go into the ground this summer or early fall as CSX Corp.'s long-awaited reconstruction of the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore continues to inch toward becoming reality. Maryland officials have been pushing for years to increase the height of the 126-year-old tunnel to allow for double-stacking of containers on trains traveling to and from the Port of Baltimore....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 11, 2021
Decade-Long N.J. Project Comes Into Focus
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is replacing the Route 7/Wittpenn Bridge over the Hackensack River at a cost of $495 million, with the goal of having the new bridge completed in early 2023....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 11, 2021
North Hero-Grand Isle Bridge Work Proceeds After Setback
A $60 million Vermont bridge project is back on track after unexpected hazardous material held up work for months. Construction crews are currently excavating the cofferdam with a crane and clam bucket on the east side of the existing North Hero-Grand Isle bridge....
The Advocate - Thu March 11, 2021
Finish of Baton Rouge's $343M Anti-Flood Project Pushed to Late 2022
The Comite River Diversion Canal, a long-awaited flood-control channel for the Baton Rouge, La., area, is expected to take a year longer than anticipated to build and will not be finished until December 2022, federal officials have announced....
Associated Press - Thu March 11, 2021
America's Roads Earn C- Grade On Civil Engineers' 'Report Card'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) America's infrastructure has scored near-failing grades for its deteriorating roads, public transit and storm water systems due to years of inaction from the federal government, the American Society of Civil Engineers reports....
Rebuild SoCal - Wed March 10, 2021
Organizations Urge Admin to Address Aging Water Issues
A coalition of urban and rural water districts and more than 200 agricultural organizations are urging newly inaugurated President Joe Biden to address aging western water infrastructure as a part of any potential infrastructure or economic recovery package....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 10, 2021
Crews Demolish I-45 Bridge in Four Days; Upgrades to Continue
The demolition of the Holland Road bridge over the six mainlanes of IH-45 Gulf Freeway in Galveston County, Texas, part of the I-45 expansion project between FM 517 to FM 1764, took four days to complete....
