Articles Tagged with ''budget''

Federal Spending

Trump Budget Would Cut Some Construction Accounts, Spare Others

Hit list includes TIGER grants, new transit starts, rural water grants and loans

Tom Ichniowski

March 16, 2017

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OMB director says funds cut from some programs will go into expected infrastructure investment program later this year.

Transportation Infrastructure

Senators Worry About Trump 2018 Budget Plans for DOT

Upcoming budget outline will seek $54B in cuts in overall nondefense category.

Tom Ichniowski

March 13, 2017

Collins and Reed are concerned about how the budget plan will affect programs such as the popular TIGER grants.

Kansas Road Funds Face Cuts Due to State Budget Shortfalls

February 1, 2017

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Kansas’ already financially strained highway funding could be cut further, as the state’s budget woes worsen.

Encouraging Words About Corps FY17 Spending

Tom Ichniowski

March 3, 2016

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Top appropriators oppose Obama budget's proposed cuts in civil works' budget.

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Boston's Green Line Extension: No More Fig Leafs, Please

Richard Korman

January 13, 2016

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While the MBTA has released much information about the halted project, some crucial backstory remains unknown. We need new ways to talk about public works.

Why Massachusetts Agencies Hit Pause Button on Green Line Extension

Massachusetts transportation officials confront ‘cost growth’ as terminated contractor hopes for future role on the project

Scott Van Voorhis

January 13, 2016

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There is one bright spot in the December “termination for convenience” of the main contracting joint venture on the Boston area’s Green Line Extension light-rail project: No one is pointing fingers at the contractor as the key culprit behind the project’s soaring cost, which currently is $700 million to $1 billion over its roughly $2-billion budget.

Tom Ichniowski

October 30, 2015

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Congress has passed a new budget blueprint that would provide relatively modest increases in federal spending for the current fiscal year and the next one. That could provide a boost for construction programs.

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Articles Tagged with ''budget''

Trump Budget Would Cut Some Construction Accounts, Spare Others

Senators Worry About Trump 2018 Budget Plans for DOT

Kansas Road Funds Face Cuts Due to State Budget Shortfalls

Encouraging Words About Corps FY17 Spending

Boston's Green Line Extension: No More Fig Leafs, Please

Why Massachusetts Agencies Hit Pause Button on Green Line Extension

Budget Deal Would Boost Spending in Fiscal 2016 and 2017

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