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Elon Musk's Boring Company Completes First Commercial Project

Las Vegas Convention Center loop finished in 18 months

Jim Parsons

April 16, 2021

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The new tunnel system can accommodate 4,400 riders per hour.

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.

Construction Safety

UPDATE: One Killed in North Carolina As Bridge Section Falls During Demolition

Jim Parsons

April 15, 2021

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The decommissioned Bonner Bridge was being demolished when the accident occurred.

Bills to Tighten Maryland's Use of P3 Projects Fail Again in Legislature

Jim Parsons

April 15, 2021

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Legislation that would have added scrutiny to Gov. Larry Hogan's use of project P3s died in state senate for third year in a row.

Maine Bridge Project With Novel Slide Nears Completion

The team relocated a major utility duct bank before laterally sliding the 700-ton single span structure onto its foundation

Johanna Knapschaefer

April 15, 2021

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Crews are set to begin paving, landscaping and other final work on April 19 for the $7 million Bridge Street Bridge replacement project in Gardiner, Maine.

Highway Infrastructure

Coalition Pushes National Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Program

Tom Ichniowski

April 14, 2021

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Construction, engineering and transportation groups support new fee, but projected VMT revenue is far short of closing Highway Trust Fund shortfall.

Construction Economics for April 19, 2021

April 14, 2021

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ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Las Vegas City Council Green Lights Mass Transit Proposal

Doug Puppel

April 14, 2021

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The Las Vegas City Council has approved a negotiating agreement with a company that wants to build a 19-mile light rail or other high capacity mass transit line along Charleston Boulevard, one of the main east-west arterials in the Las Vegas Valley.

UPDATE: Fla. Governor Closes Leaking Phosphate Waste Site, $15.4M for Emergency Cleanup

Mary B. Powers Bruce Buckley

April 13, 2021

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Legislature will earmark $100M to start closure, a project one legislator estimated could cost double that; crews are removing more than 35 million gallons of contaminated liquid per day from the pond

Government

Ill. Contractors Appeal Ruling That Exempts Home Rule From Transportation Lockbox

Voters okayed 2016 Safe Roads amendment to force use of transportation taxes, fees on designated projects

Jeff Yoders

April 13, 2021

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State appellate court says home-rule municipalities don't have to abide by 2016 constitutional measure that required transportation funds to be spent only on designated projects and infrastructure.