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Transportation infrastructure stakeholders say it’s a good time to be in the business, despite myriad challenges, and they are holding out hope for bipartisan agreements on federal funding and regulatory reform.

The construction of Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group’s $10-billion liquid crystal display manufacturing plant along I-94 south of Milwaukee has made the Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation’s plan to equip its freeway with infrastructure for connected and autonomous vehicle technology more critical. 

Six piers constructed as part of a $23-million interchange upgrade in Iowa will have to be modified as a result of a contractor’s measurement error that left them too tall for a planned flyover bridge.

Peter Ruane, American Road & Transportation Builders Association president and CEO, will retire in October after 30 years heading the organization, ARTBA said on June 19.

The Ohio Dept. of Transportation is adding $100 million to upgrade the Central Interchange in Akron.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike found itself in a bit of a pickle recently over a 20-year-old disposal plan for 66,000 tons of buried industrial sludge during construction of a $91-million segment of the Southern Beltway near Pittsburgh.