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Newsby StaffJune 20, 2013

Report: 67,000 U.S. bridges 'structurally deficient'

Nearly 8,000 bridges are both structurally deficient and “fracture critical,” meaning they are designed with no redundancy in their key structural components, so that if one fails the bridge could collapse.

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Newsby StaffMay 28, 2013

Report: 3 of 4 say U.S. transportation infrastructure upkeep key

Finding from national poll commissioned by the ARTBA to see how valuable Americans think road and transit network is to the nation, their everyday life, and relative to other modern necessities they routinely rely upon.

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Newsby StaffMay 2, 2013

Clean Energy creates maintenance facility unit

Will offer a range of solutions, from basic consulting and design to turnkey modification projects.

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Newsby StaffMarch 19, 2013

Report: American infrastructure gets D-plus grade

Six sectors — solid waste, drinking water, wastewater, roads, bridges and rail — each experienced incremental improvements since the last assessment. America’s rail sector saw the largest improvement, moving from a C-minus to a C-plus.

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Newsby StaffMarch 6, 2013

Congressional leaders push stricter Buy America rules

Under the Invest in American Jobs Act of 2013, all future highway, bridge, public transit, passenger rail, and airport projects financed by U.S. taxpayers would be stamped “Made in America” and crafted with American workmanship.

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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2013

Denver RTD, Kiewit launch rail construction

After a competitive bidding process following an unsolicited proposal by Kiewit Infrastructure Co., the RTD board of directors awarded a contract to Kiewit in July 2012 to complete the full I-225 Rail Line by the end of 2015. The line will open in 2016 after about six months of testing.

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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2013

NJ Transit spent $40M on Sandy repairs, wipes out OT savings

The transportation agency paid $2.9 million less in 2012 than it did in 2011 to employees cashing out their unused sick and vacation time. It also paid $4.1 million less in overtime from the previous year.

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Newsby StaffNovember 28, 2012

BREAKING: Bill Shuster to chair House T&I Committee

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was selected by the House Republican Conference to be the next Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (T&I) on Tuesday. He succeeds Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL).

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Newsby StaffSeptember 25, 2012

Amazon.com offers $5.5M to pay for streetcar, bike lanes

Hopes to offset impact of 12,000 new employees that would work at a planned high-rise campus site.

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Newsby StaffAugust 17, 2012

Obama Administration: Use or lose earmarks

Effective immediately, state departments of transportation will have the ability to use their unspent earmarked highway funds, some of which are nearly 10 years old, on any eligible highway, transit, passenger rail or port project.

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