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Trump Wall Plan Faces Hurdles in Congress, Courts

March 7, 2019

President Donald Trump is facing challenges on Capitol Hill and in the courts over his emergency declaration, which would let him transfer funds from other construction accounts to pay for his long-desired wall along the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

Tom Ichniowski

March 6, 2019

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Congressional committees are laying the groundwork for a new multiyear surface transportation bill, or maybe a more wide-ranging infrastructure package.

Water Infrastructure

EPA Approves $202M WIFIA Loan to Baltimore

Tom Ichniowski

February 27, 2019

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Loan covers 21% of the $942-million of a package of wastewater treatment plant and sewer system improvements.

Companies

SNC-Lavalin Pushes Forward as Case Roils Canada Politics

Montreal DB giant lost $1.2B, but said it will fight criminal bribe charges and sues former CEO for "millions"

Debra K. Rubin

Scott Van Voorhis

February 27, 2019

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Montreal DB giant lost $1.2B, but said it will fight criminal bribe charges and sues former CEO for "millions"

Legal

High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case

Mary B. Powers

February 23, 2019

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Supreme Court justices will weigh lower court rulings in a Hawaii-based dispute over treated sewage carried to the ocean through groundwater.

Tom Ichniowski

February 21, 2019

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Corps changes are part of broader list of annual reassignments in late winter, early spring.

Legal

Trump Emergency Action Draws Lawsuits from States, 'Green' Groups

Move to shift funds from military, Corps civil projects to wall faces challenges

Pam Hunter McFarland

February 20, 2019

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Litigants contend Trump lacks authority to declare emergency to build wall using funds Congress appropriated for other uses.

Infrastructure Funding

New Spending Package Has Mixed Results for Federal Construction Programs

Measure reflects Year Two of budget pact's infrastructure boost—over 2017

Tom Ichniowski

February 20, 2019

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Highway funding fares well in fiscal 2019 shutdown-ending package, other programs pared.

US Appeals Court Slams FERC on Long-Muddled State Environmental Permits

Big California-Oregon dam removals, which triggered the Jan. 25 federal ruling on clean-water okays, are moving to contract.

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

February 19, 2019

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Big Calif.-Ore. dam removals, which triggered the Jan. 25 federal ruling on state clean-water okays, are proceeding to contract.

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive Bridge Closes for Emergency Repairs, Reopens With Temporary Fix

Chicago River span shut for 24-plus hours for cracked steel girder repairs

Jeff Yoders

February 18, 2019

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Lake Shore Drive, a part of U.S. Highway 41 that runs parallel with and along the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, was closed to northbound traffic from the morning of February 11 to the afternoon of February 12 due to cracks in structural steel support girders on the elevated roadway that leads to the Outer Drive Bridge which crosses the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan.

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Trump Wall Plan Faces Hurdles in Congress, Courts

Window is Narrow for Passing Infrastructure Bill

EPA Approves $202M WIFIA Loan to Baltimore

SNC-Lavalin Pushes Forward as Case Roils Canada Politics

High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case

Army Shifts Some Senior Corps of Engineers Positions

Trump Emergency Action Draws Lawsuits from States, 'Green' Groups

New Spending Package Has Mixed Results for Federal Construction Programs

US Appeals Court Slams FERC on Long-Muddled State Environmental Permits

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive Bridge Closes for Emergency Repairs, Reopens With Temporary Fix

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