Record rainfall for May has left Chicago's tunnel and reservoir filled to capacity, and operations to send the water into Lake Michigan didn't immediately work due to high water levels and flooding.
The International Federation of Consulting Engineers and the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association (ITA-AITES) launched a new set of contract documents specifically tailored to the challenges of underground works that involve geologic uncertainty, including tunneling and foundations.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) has declared unconstitutional a late-2018 law that would create an authority to oversee construction of a key tunnel.
An eleventh hour intervention by N.Y. Gov. Cuomo may allow rail service for big storm repair, but the abrupt change in project scope is facing some team pushback.
New Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has asked for an opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) on whether legislation to keep Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac and form the new Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority is constitutional.
