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Orlando Expressway Authority Lights a Bridge in Solidarity

July 27, 2016

With the list of cities experiencing some type of mass-casualty violence growing in the past few weeks—Munich; Nice, France; Baton Rouge; Dallas; Baghdad; Istanbul; Paris; and Orlando, Fla.—some communities have expressed their resolve against the forces perpetrating these acts by lighting up landmark buildings and infrastructure.

Transportation

GOP Platform Calls for Phasing Out Federal Mass-Transit Funding

Party also opposes increase in federal gasoline tax

Tom Ichniowski

July 19, 2016

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Platform also advocates winding down Highway Trust Fund funding for trails, sidewalks, ferries and other non-highway projects.

Risk Management

Crane Collapses Across Traffic Lanes at Tappan Zee Bridge Project in N.Y.

No critical injuries reported as investigators examine condition of existing bridge

Aileen Cho

July 19, 2016

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Prior accidents involved construction barges, including last March's tugboat crash in which a three-man crew drowned.

Canada Weighs Privatizing Airports to Fund Infrastructure

Scott Van Voorhis

July 19, 2016

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While some airport operators oppose the plan, a report to the government says billions of dollars from asset sales could cover needed projects.

Airports

Obama Signs 14-Month FAA Extension

Newly enacted measure continues FAA programs through Sept. 30, 2017

Tom Ichniowski

July 16, 2016

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Legislation freezes funding for FAA airport construction grants at 2016 level.

Highways

GAO Recommends Improvements in FHWA Guardrail-Test Oversight

Report says states' conversion to newer test standards has been slow

Tom Ichniowski

July 14, 2016

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Report sees possible threat to independence of crash tests at labs whose parent entity also develops roadside safety equipment.

Femern Fever

COWI Ready to Start Heavy Design Work on World's Longest Immersed-Tube Tunnel

Peter Reina

July 13, 2016

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The signing of large infrastructure contracts usually is followed by hectic activity.

security line at Denver International Airport

Denver Airport Selects Team For Terminal Improvements

Mark Shaw

July 13, 2016

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Denver International Airport has selected a consortium—led by Ferrovial Airports International Ltd., Madrid, which also operates airports in Europe and the United Kingdom—to begin negotiating a public-private partnership to improve the airport’s Jeppesen Terminal.

Citing Budget, Alaska Shelves a Pair of Megaprojects

Tim Newcomb

July 13, 2016

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Alaska’s financial difficulties led Gov. Bill Walker (R) to shut down two slow-moving megaprojects before construction started on either.

FAA Stopgap Freezes Construction Grants at 2016 Level

Tom Ichniowski

July 13, 2016

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A stopgap Federal Aviation Administration authorization has been moving rapidly through Congress, as lawmakers seek to avert a cutoff of new FAA airport construction grants.