An eight-mile widening of the West Virginia Turnpike near Beckley will be the first project to receive funding from the $1.6 billion bond program approved in a November 2016 referendum.
Along with questioning Georgia Power about measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring including, the commission is also asking whether a microgrid have minimized the fire’s effects.
Construction of Maryland’s Purple Line light-rail transit system will continue as scheduled, at least for now, following a federal appeals court ruling that frees Maryland from having to update the project’s environmental studies.
The first step toward transforming a closed 900-acre psychiatric hospital site near Annapolis, Md., into a sports and entertainment complex could begin as early as next year, under a plan presented by Mark Burdett, owner of the Major Lacrosse League’s Chesapeake Bayhawks.
The Allentown, Pa., Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority has given initial approval to a $16.6 million plan to renovate the city’s Holiday Inn hotel.