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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.

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.

Executive News

New State DOT Chiefs Face Tougher Times

Debra K. Rubin

February 14, 2019

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Kansas Democrat Laura Kelly taps a Burns & McDonnell female exec; NYU engineering school names new construction innovation hub leads.

Water Infrastructure

White House Plan Would Break Up Corps Civil-Works Functions

Proposal is one of many organizational changes sought by Trump administration

Tom Ichniowski

July 3, 2018

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Plan would shift navigation responsibilities to DOT, other nonmilitary operations to Interior Dept.

Federal Funding

More Federal Disaster-Relief Spending Bills Expected

Senator says newly enacted $15.3-billion package may only last "weeks"

Tom Ichniowski

September 12, 2017

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White House official says as many as three additional emergency spending bills will be coming.

Aileen Cho

Jim Parsons

January 18, 2017

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Technology, transitions and transformation are all topping the discussions among transportation professionals.

Chao Hearing Gives a Peek at Trump Infrastructure Plan

Tom Ichniowski

January 18, 2017

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Construction industry officials hungering for details about President-elect Donald Trump’s $1-trillion infrastructure proposal have gleaned some hints about the plan from Elaine Chao, Trump’s nominee to lead the Dept. of Transportation.

Feds Probe Civil Rights Issues on I-70 Project

Review follows a civil rights complaint that the $1.2-billion Denver highway expansion harms minority community.

December 20, 2016

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Review follows a civil rights complaint that the $1.2-billion Denver highway expansion harms minority community.

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

Advances in Satellite Imagery Benefit Alaskan Infrastructure

Federal Spending Bill Has Mixed Results For Construction

Strong DOT, Corps Funding May Follow Stopgap

New State DOT Chiefs Face Tougher Times

White House Plan Would Break Up Corps Civil-Works Functions

More Federal Disaster-Relief Spending Bills Expected

Disruptive Technologies, Divided Politics as US DOT Marks Its 50th Anniversary

Chao Hearing Gives a Peek at Trump Infrastructure Plan

Feds Probe Civil Rights Issues on I-70 Project

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