Category: Infrastructure

October 17, 2018

In a major milestone for construction of the first section of the Metro Purple Line Extension Project, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) began tunneling work underneath Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue. Twin tunnel boring machines (TBMs), […]

October 12, 2018

‘COMMONALITY’ ON INFRASTRUCTURE? President Donald Trump said Thursday in an interview with Fox and Friends that he sees infrastructure as a top area for cooperation if Democrats take the House in November. He doesn’t think that’s going to happen, but […]

September 19, 2018

The U.S. Senate is expected to take up as early as this month House-passed legislation that would authorize projects designed to improve infrastructure at ports, harbors and waterways, as well as boost flood protection programs. The Senate’s top lawmakers on […]

July 18, 2018

Despite his lame-duck status, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is ordering a $10 million study on placing electronic tolls on the state’s highways and finding ways to fund needed transportation improvements. “As Connecticut’s General Assembly and next governor consider how […]

June 19, 2018

The North Carolina legislature recently passed a bill that would provide a financing tool to support highway projects. The bill, called the Build North Carolina Bond Act, passed through the House June 12 and now goes to the governor’s desk. […]

June 13, 2018

A fire caused by a car crash, inside a 2.5-mile tunnel under a major American city. It’s a terrifying idea, but if you want that kind of problem to ignite anywhere, it’s in the stretch of State Route 99 that, […]

May 25, 2018

Infrastructure Week became infrastructure weeks, and the months may yet turn into years, dear MT readers. Our Lauren Gardner writes: “With President Donald Trump’s big infrastructure vision resigned to claiming small wins among expected reauthorizations, lobbyists are beginning to look […]

May 11, 2018

House Republican leaders have dumped thousands of dollars into a campaign in California to repeal the state’s 2017 gas tax hike via ballot measure in “a move that stands in contrast to the Trump administration’s preference that states cough up […]

April 5, 2018

With Tuesday’s news that White House infrastructure guru DJ Gribbin is leaving his post, Beltway infrastructure geeks got existential: What does it all mean? Gribbin was the infrastructure plan’s architect and a point person for lobbyists around town working the […]

March 29, 2018

President Donald Trump heads to Richfield, Ohio, today to talk up his infrastructure proposal — his first trip to trumpet the plan since the principles document came out in February. The Ohio excursion comes after weeks of op-eds from Cabinet […]