Keith Ridler - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 24, 2019
U.S. Officials Approve Railroad's Plans for Northern Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) BNSF Railway's plan to build two bridges as part of a second railroad line in northern Idaho to accommodate increased train traffic and future growth meets environmental requirements, federal officials said....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed September 04, 2019
$2B Light Rail Expansion Benefits Twin Cities
Despite not being ready until 2023, the people of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area have something worth looking forward to. That's when the newest light-rail line in Minnesota will be completed, designed to give riders in the southwest suburbs an easier, quicker and alternative way to reach the Twin Cities....
Amtrak - Tue August 27, 2019
Amtrak Matches ODOT Grant to Improve Nation's Transportation Infrastructure
In support of an Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) grant application, Amtrak announced a matching $750,000 contribution to reduce delays in the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor. ODOT's grant application, if successful, will restore an out-of-service siding between Portland and Salem....
Sound Transit - Tue August 27, 2019
Sound Transit Selects JV Stacy, Witbeck/Kuney to Build $729M Downtown Redmond Link Extension
The Sound Transit Board of Directors on July 25 selected Stacy and Witbeck/Kuney, a joint venture, to complete final design and build the Downtown Redmond Link Extension. The project will extend the Blue Line 3.4 mi....
Maryland Transit Administration - Thu August 15, 2019
MDOT MTA Celebrates Purple Line Milestone at Glenridge Facility Site
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration (MDOT MTA) and concessionaire Purple Line Transit Partners celebrated the completion of the framework of the 170,000-sq.-ft. operations and maintenance facility (OMF)....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 14, 2019
$1.7B ACE Projects Will Improve Rail Traffic
A grade separation project north of Los Angeles is calling for a different approach than many of the other Alameda Corridor-East Projects (ACE). Crews working on the Fairway Drive grade separation project, one of 19 separation projects in the San Gabriel Valley, will not only depress the roadway, but raise the railroad tracks, as well....
GCGV - Tue July 30, 2019
Savage to Design, Build, Operate Rail Facility for ExxonMobil-SABIC Project
Savage has been selected by ExxonMobil and SABIC to design, build and operate a rail facility that will serve their recently announced joint venture — Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) — to be constructed in San Patricio County Texas....
U.S. Department of Transportation - Wed July 17, 2019
USDOT Allots $300M for Projects in Arizona, California, Washington State
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced a total of $300 million in federal funding allocations to three rail transit projects in Arizona, California and Washington....
MassDOT - Wed July 17, 2019
Baker-Polito Administration Celebrates South Coast Rail Groundbreaking
Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, MassDOT Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack and MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak joined municipal leaders, elected officials and local stakeholder groups to celebrate the beginning of Phase 1 South Coast Rail work and tour action taking place along the New Bedford Main Line in East Freetown, an area in which culvert work is taking place....
Gateway Program - Mon July 15, 2019
Statement of Gateway Program Development Corporation Trustees on NY-NJ Passage of Bi-State GDC Legislation
The following can be attributed to Jerry Zaro, Chairman, Anthony R. Coscia, Vice-Chairman, and Steven M. Cohen, New York Trustee of the Gateway Program Development Corporation. "The Gateway Program Development Corporation (GDC) thanks Govs....
