Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon February 17, 2025
SEMA Construction's $562M Upgrade of I-25 On Track
In late October 2023, SEMA Construction started work on the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT) $562 million Interstate 25 Acceleration/Deceleration Lanes from Fillmore Street to Garden of the Gods Road project in Colorado Springs to improve traffic flow and safety on the busy highway....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon February 17, 2025
RCTC, Caltrans Expect 71/91 Interchange Finish in 2025
By Irwin RapoportCEG CORRESPONDENTThe Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are reconstructing the State Route 71/State Route 91 Interchange in Corona, a vital corridor serving both commuter and commercial traffic....
Maryland Matters - Thu February 13, 2025
Baltimore's Collapsed Key Bridge Set to Be Replaced By a Soaring Cable-Stayed Span
Md. officials unveiled the new design for Baltimore's new Francis Scott Key Bridge on Feb. 3, 2025, almost a year after a container ship slammed into the old span, sending it tumbling into the Patapsco River and killing six workers in the process....
Syracuse Post-Standard, NYSDOT - Thu February 13, 2025
N.Y.'s I-81 Corridor Work Promises to Be Very Heavy During 2025
The project to rebuild Interstate 81 in Syracuse, N.Y., will bring new roundabouts, highway exits, fast-speed highway transitions, new bridges, sidewalks and many new trees in 2025. In fact, every major state highway in the city is under construction as the project moves toward the middle of its six-year, $2.25 billion makeover, the Syracuse Post-Standard reported Feb....
Lorie Jewell - Wed February 12, 2025
Massive I-16, I-75 Interchange Project Moves Closer to Completion
The second and third phases of the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $500 million improvement project for the Interstate 16 and Interstate 75 interchange are on track to finish this spring, giving Macon-area motorists more room to maneuver, as well as a reprieve from construction congestion and detours....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 12, 2025
Mississippi's Greenville Bypass Project Moves Forward
Expected to be completed by September 2025, the second phase of the U.S. 82 Greenville Bypass project is moving forward in western Mississippi ahead of schedule. The $79 million project runs from State Route 1 to the Mississippi River Bridge and provides cement stabilization and paving for approximately 7 mi....
Metro Flood Diversion - Tue February 11, 2025
FM Area Diversion Project Releases Construction Update
With the removal of an earthen plug, the first two of 14 reaches of the stormwater diversion channel will become a functioning internal watershed. That means rainfall and runoff events for close to another 3 mi....
UGA Today & Tifton Gazette - Mon February 10, 2025
New Plans Call for Renovated UGA Building, GDOT Eyes I-75 Interchange Redo
The University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens announced plans in late January 2025 for a comprehensive $115.7 million renovation of Creswell Hall, one of the campus's landmark residence halls. UGA Today, an online campus news source, noted that the project is scheduled to take place in 2027 and 2028 and will modernize the 62-year-old building on Baxter Street....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Mon February 10, 2025
Cincinnati's I-471 Bridge Reopens Exactly 100 Days After Fire
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Pamela Boratyn announced that the southbound lanes of Interstate 471 approaching the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge reopened on the evening of Feb....
By Chuck MacDonald - Wed February 05, 2025
NYC Aims to Thwart Flooding in Queens
A collection of neighborhoods in southeastern Queens, N.Y., has long been known as one of the largest sections of middle class African American homes in the country. The residents there live with significant neighbors including Idlewild Park, a 160-acre public park and saltwater marsh, Brookfield Park, consisting of approximately 100 acres of greenspace, and the sprawling John F....
