As Washington State Dept. of Transportation officials look toward a fall 2018 opening of the 1.7-mile-long bored tunnel under downtown Seattle that will replace the aging 1953-opened Alaskan Way Viaduct, the final contract in the $3.3-billion project to tear down the viaduct was awarded to Kiewit Infrastructure West.
Four design-build teams have been short-listed to build the new Glendora to Montclair extension of the Gold Line light rail project in Southern California.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on October 17 celebrated the completion of the new Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway.
Weathered and weakened portions of concrete contributed to the Oroville Dam's spillway failing last February, causing panic and mass evacuations in Northern California.
The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is planning a ribbon cutting March 24 to celebration the opening of the BART Warm Springs Extension, which will go into official service March 25.
Easing up slightly on the gas pedal, the Trump administration has delayed until at least early May the award of design-build contracts for the multibillion-dollar southern border wall, even as interest mounts regarding the massive but controversial project.