Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 11, 2023
Carter and Company Rebuilding Salt Creek Span
Contractors in Yamhill County, Ore., are preparing to pour the deck on a new bridge in the rural town of Amity with an eye toward completing it in approximately six months. The opening can't come a day too soon....
TxDOT - Tue July 11, 2023
Officials Celebrate $17M Overpass Project in Fort Worth
Brandye Hendrickson, TxDOT deputy executive director for planning and administration, joined Federal Railroad Administration officials, the NCTCOG Transportation Department, Fort Worth officials and BNSF Railway leadership recently to celebrate a $17 million FRA grant to construct an overpass at Bonds Ranch Road just west of U.S....
GDOT - Mon July 10, 2023
Crews Wrap Project Four Years Ahead of Schedule
The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) announced its second Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) project has been completed ahead of schedule. The I-85 Widening, Phase 2 project expanded I-85 north and southbound from two to three lanes between State Route (SR) 53 and U.S....
New York Times & CEG - Mon July 10, 2023
VIDEO: Long-Delayed Gateway Tunnel Under Hudson River to Get $6.9B in Grant Funding
The federal government is on track to give $6.88 billion, the largest amount ever awarded to a mass-transit project, for the construction of a second rail tunnel under the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City....
Balfour Beatty - Mon July 10, 2023
Balfour Beatty Awarded $36M Highway Project in Columbus County, N.C.
Balfour Beatty was awarded an approximately $36 million contract on behalf of North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to reconstruct the junction of state highways N.C. 87 and N.C. 11 near Sandyfield, which is northwest of Wilmington, N.C....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 10, 2023
Mississippi's I-59 Receives $67M Makeover
A $66.75 million project to improve one of the worst concrete roadways in Mississippi is almost 50 percent complete and on schedule, said Scott White, district construction engineer with Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT)....
WCVB-TV & Boston.com - Thu July 06, 2023
Six-Week Shutdown of MBTA Green Line in Suburban Boston Delayed Until September
One of the newest stretches of the MBTA's Green Line Extension will remain open through the summer, the office of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced July 5. The news comes less than one week after the transit agency said the portion of commuter rail line would need to close for six weeks amid construction on the Squires Bridge....
Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise - Thu July 06, 2023
Massachusetts Governor's $14B Capital Spending to Focus On Roads, Housing, Development
The administration of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey rolled out its five-year Capital Investment Plan (CIP) in late June, which called for $14 billion in spending with a focus on investments in roads, housing, economic development and climate projects....
NorthJersey.com - Wed July 05, 2023
Gov. Hochul Tells Architects to Proceed With Designs for NYC's Penn Station Rebuild
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in late June announced revisions to the state's approach to rebuilding New York City's Penn Station, the busiest transportation hub in North America. The reconstruction effort has long been regarded by many of the top architects and engineers in the country as a prestigious design project — one that any firm would be lucky to land, noted NorthJersey.com....
Illinois Department of Transportation - Wed July 05, 2023
Record Bid Letting for Illinois Department of Transportation in June
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced June 21 that bids on 236 contracts for highway and bridge projects were accepted at its June letting, representing a potential investment of more than $910.4 million in infrastructure in communities throughout Illinois....
