The Dallas metro area's light rail network, already the country's largest with some 85 miles of track serving 13 cities in a 700-sq-mile area, is still growing. When Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) completes the system's latest expansion, expected in 2014, it will exceed 90 miles of track—nearly double what it was just five years ago.
DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) has been named ENR Texas & Louisiana’s 2013 Owner of the Year. We’ll feature an in-depth article in the April 22 print issue.
With the launch of its $2.3-billion Terminal Renewal and Improvement Program, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport faces one of the most daunting tasks in its nearly 40-year history.
By June 1, when the 2011 hurricane season starts, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its industry and municipal partners will have delivered the bulk of a $14.6-billion program to provide New Orleans and surrounding parishes with what they say will be the best flood protection ever.
Planners at Texas Children’s Hospitals think big. Already the largest children’s hospital in the United States, the Houston-based hospital set out to further build on its vast resources with Vision 2010, a $1.5-billion expansion program.