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Let's hope the next transportation reauthorization bill will actually be passed by the folks in Congress, who have largely let partisan bickering get in the way of doing much of anything.

I'll bet that construction executives will be paying close attention to James F. Lomma.

An architectural partnership is a legacy within a legacy; an appreciation that comes home with the passing of the last of three men whose more than four decades of practice together shows how the construction life is a continuum that can span from life to life to life.

The share of ARRA highway and water funds under contract keeps rising, according to the latest update from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee,  

The picture varies from state to state, with some drawing on  reserves to keep projects alive, but that funding may only last for weeks, or days.

With federal highway and transit authorizations due to expire at midnight Feb. 28 and a stopgap extension stalled in the Senate, federal reimbursements to states will be cut off March 1 and  furloughs will hit the Federal Highway Administration the next day,  says REp. James Oberstar (D-Minn.).

I'm numbed by both novocaine and the stymied state of our nation's infrastructure

The cost of clean diesel is adding up.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Feb.11 proposed a slimmed-down jobs bill that includes two infrastructure provisions, but is much less generous to public works than the $154-billion version that the House approved in December.