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Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed February 01, 2023
Missouri's Gov. Parson Calls for $860M to Widen I-70
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called on state lawmakers to set aside nearly $860 million to widen and improve traffic flow on Interstate 70 in his annual State of the State address Jan....
Mattracks - Wed February 01, 2023
Klobuchar Visits Mattracks, Discusses Workforce, Innovation
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D – Minn., made a stop at Mattracks — a Karlstad, Minn., based manufacturer of track conversion systems, on Jan. 11 to discuss the progress and current challenges facing industry leaders in the northwest corner of the state....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 26, 2023
No Quick-Fix for 'Fix-It-First' Policy
The transportation construction industry is squaring off against the FHWA in a two-year battle to get states to fix existing highways rather than expand the nation's road system with new ones. Framed as a "simple internal guidance document" in 2021, the "fix-it-first" memo has resulted in threats to challenge the rule in Congress....
ABC Pennsylvania - Wed January 25, 2023
ABC Pennsylvania Praises Gov. Shapiro for Removing Barriers to Entry
ABC Pennsylvania praised newly elected Gov. Josh Shapiro for making the commitment to remove barriers to entry for employment, creating opportunity and prosperity for all businesses and employees in Pennsylvania....
ARTBA - Mon January 23, 2023
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and its coalition allies Jan. 18 sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court over the agency's recent proposal that expands federal jurisdiction over roadside ditches....
ARTBA - Tue January 03, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Dec. 30 rule expanding Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction over roadside ditches will slow delivery of transportation projects and threatens to nullify the benefits of the 2021 federal infrastructure law, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
Syracuse.com - Wed December 07, 2022
Judge Lets NYDOT Plan, Not Build, I-81 in Syracuse While Lawsuit is Pending
A New York State Supreme Court judge on Dec. 5 modified his earlier injunction halting work on the Interstate 81 project in Syracuse to allow state officials to do paperwork necessary to award the first construction contract for the $2.25 billion project....
Albany Times Union - Mon December 05, 2022
Construction Gets Going On $4.5B Underground Power Line From Quebec to NYC
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul was in the Washington County village of Whitehall Nov. 30 to announce the start of construction on a 339-mi.-long underground transmission line that will bring clean power from Quebec's hydroelectric plants to New York City....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed November 30, 2022
Infrastructure Bill … One Year Later
Mid-November marked the end of year one of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and ARTBA reviewed U.S. Treasury Department data on new project starts spawned by the bill. The road and bridge construction association reports that 29,000 new projects were supported by $53.5 billion in highway and bridge formula funds leveraged at the state level....
NTEA - Mon November 21, 2022
NTEA Supports U.S. Senate Catalytic Converter Anti-Theft Legislation
NTEA — The Association for the Work Truck Industry announced support for legislation to combat the rise in catalytic converter theft. The Preventing Auto Recycling Theft (PART) Act (Senate Bill 5024) — introduced by U.S....
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