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Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons

Jim Parsons is a freelance writer who covers the industry from metro Washington, DC.

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Transportation

Virginia I-95 Express Lane Extension Nears Milestone

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Jim Parsons
August 9, 2023
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Privately financed, $670-million 10-mile project is set to partially open this month that extends lanes' terminus in Stafford County to just north of Fredericksburg, nearly two years after contractor settled dispute with developer and state that added $100 million to its contract.



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New Delay, Cost Boost Seen for $3.4B Maryland Purple Line

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Jim Parsons
July 17, 2023
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New schedule, funding are approved by state oversight board June 19 as 16.2-mile P3 light rail in Washington, D.C. suburbs sims to recover after costly two-year delay.


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Maryland Revives Baltimore's Red Line Transit Project

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Jim Parsons
June 16, 2023
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New Gov. Wes Moore (D) plans to revive the multi-billion-dollar east-west transit project across Baltimore that was canceled in 2015.


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Colombia Plans to Invest $2.7B in Five Airports

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Jim Parsons
June 2, 2023
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The South American country plans to use public-private partnerships for the modernizations.



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Safety

AGC Calls for Updated State Highway Work Zone Policies

Rise in crashes requires new enforcement, education measures, AGC survey says
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Jim Parsons
May 25, 2023
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Group cites need for better crew safeguards, citing its member firm study that work zones are either as dangerous, or more dangerous, than they were a year ago.


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Transportation

Norwalk River Rail Bridge Begins Six-Year, $925M Path to Replacement

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Jim Parsons
May 16, 2023
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Construction begins to replace the troublesome 127-year-old Norwalk, Conn., railroad crossing with a structure better suited to serve the region’s growing volume of passenger rail traffic.


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Sports/Entertainment

Penn State Stadium Renovation Set to Kick Off in 2025

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Jim Parsons
May 8, 2023
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The university’s board of trustees has given the go-ahead for the first phase of a planned four-year, $700-million renovation to Beaver Stadium.




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Baltimore Construction Zone Crash Kills Six Workers

A car struck construction workers after entering the work zone in a jersey barrier gap
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Jim Parsons
March 23, 2023
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Five contractor employees and construction inspector died when a car entered their Interstate-695 work zone at high speed through a barrier gap.


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$69M Project Adds Immersive Museum Underneath Lincoln Memorial

Consigli Construction began work in early March on the nearly $69-million project scheduled to open in 2026
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Jim Parsons
March 15, 2023
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A 15,000-sq-ft immersive museum is under construction in the Lincoln Memorial's cavernous undercroft.


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Amazon Hits Pause on $2.5B HQ2 Project in Arlington, Va.

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Jim Parsons
March 3, 2023
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Amazon's two-building, 2.1-million-sq-ft first-phase campus called Metropolitan Park is scheduled for completion in June.



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