Dept. of Transportation | Engineering News-Record

Infrastructure Finance

US DOT, California Launch New Supply-Chain Infrastructure Program

Tom Ichniowski

November 1, 2021

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Effort would allow TIFIA loans for groups of freight and port-related projects in the state.

Brown plaque with light-colored text says "Faubourg Treme." It is underneath an overpass.

Biden Administration Seeks to Address the Interstate Highway System's Racist Past

Corinne Grinapol

April 15, 2021

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Infrastructure plan includes $20B plan to address racism that many transportation veterans say helped fuel highway projects in the past.

Nation's Infrastructure

Trump Floats $1-Trillion Infrastructure Plan, But FY21 Budget Has Some Cuts

Tom Ichniowski

February 10, 2020

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Plan's centerpiece is $810-billion highway-transit reauthorization, not fully funded.

Advances in Satellite Imagery Benefit Alaskan Infrastructure

Jeff Rubenstone

January 15, 2020

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When working in northern Alaska, keeping the roads, bridges, and other key infrastructure in good repair takes some extra work.

Federal Spending Bill Has Mixed Results For Construction

Tom Ichniowski

December 18, 2019

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Some, but far from all, federal infrastructure and construction programs would gain increases under congressional spending measures covering the rest of fiscal year 2020.

coffer boxes being built on lower Monongahela River

The Nation's Infrastructure

Strong DOT, Corps Funding May Follow Stopgap

Tom Ichniowski

September 25, 2019

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With partisan squabbles over funds for President Donald Trump’s border wall blocking agreement on spending bills for fiscal year 2020, Congress again is turning to its usual Plan B: a stopgap bill to keep agencies’ programs, including construction accounts, operating.

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