Transportation Research Board attendance was down as US COVID-19 cases rose, but participants spoke volumes about efforts underway and risks ahead to wisely spend billions coming to the sector.
Purple Line's new JV contractor Dragados-OHL will start in spring as state approves its contract on Jan. 26. Construction tab now is $3.4B, with opening four years past original estimate, say officials.
Former coal sector lobbyist Andrew Wheeler fits incoming Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's slower approach on fossil fuel transition, but nomination has clean energy proponents aghast.
Completion of a privately financed 10-mile extension of Virginia’s I-95 express lanes will be pushed past the originally scheduled October 2022 completion deadline as the state’s toll road operator and contractor work to resolve responsibility for addressing geologic conditions that have slowed progress on the $565 million project.
Unusually warm air led to a rare December windstorm across a wide region on Dec. 15. Construction sites were closed and power was interrupted for hundreds of thousands.
Miami Central Station transit hub may require modifications to accommodate a planned addition of regional commuter rail service that is four years overdue.
Oklahoma’s turnpike system could see upwards of $5 billion of upgrades and new construction over the next 15 years under a long-range plan announced Dec. 7.