President Donald Trump says he backs legislation to launch a mammoth infrastructure investment program, in a follow-up bill to the new Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (see p. 8).
Six Bay Area counties announced Tuesday that most construction is to be halted due to a tightened, joint shelter-in-place order. Meanwhile, Los Angeles issues new site safety guidelines and additional site inspections based on public reports of violations.
After areas where the afflicted workers were working in were shut down and sanitized, work proceeds at SoFi stadium in Los Angeles and Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Officials override local shelter-in-place and other restrictions for state workers and contractors deemed essential to ease conflict and confusion linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UPDATE: Non-essential jobsites must close, effective now, except key infrastructure, medical facilities, and affordable housing, with time to insure projects are 'safely stabilized,' state said March 27; NY reports more than 60,000 cases and 965 deaths as of Mar. 30
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