ARTBA - Thu January 09, 2020
Trump Environmental Modernization Reforms Will Help Spur Transportation Infrastructure Improvements, ARTBA Says
The Trump administration's Jan. 9 proposals to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will both reduce delays to key transportation improvements projects and maintain environmental safeguards, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
AGC - Thu January 09, 2020
AGC: New Proposal Will Make Federal Environmental Review Process More Efficient Without Sacrificing Protections
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in reaction to the release of the Administration's Proposal to Reform the National Environmental Protection Act Permitting Process on Jan....
Associated Press - Wed January 08, 2020
Funds Would Aid Great Lakes Clean Up
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) A wide-ranging cleanup of the Great Lakes would receive a funding boost under a spending bill moving toward enactment in Congress. The measure, approved Dec. 17 by the House, includes $320 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative....
ADOT - Mon December 30, 2019
Native Plants Return Along South Mountain Freeway
After spending time in temporary nurseries, more than 1,000 saguaro cactuses, palo verde trees and other native plants removed from the path of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway are now being used to grace the 22-mile corridor....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 26, 2019
USACE Keeps Indiana Harbor, Canal Clean
Monitoring efforts are under way following completion of this season's dredging operations at Indiana Harbor and Canal (IHC) in East Chicago, Ind. It is one of the most polluted waterways in the Great Lakes area....
MASS.GOV - Thu December 19, 2019
Massachusetts Among States to Get Big Investment for Infrastructure
Massachusetts and 11 other states across the Northeast and the District of Columbia announced the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) draft agreement would generate $1.4 billion to $7 billion per year regionally for transportation-related investments and about $500 million per year in Massachusetts to enhance transit system infrastructure, reduce roadway congestion and deliver more resilient, efficient transportation programs....
CEG - Tue December 17, 2019
Generator, Engine Sales Leader Started Out as 'a Dream'
California emission standards. Those were three dirty words for many in the construction industry at the turn of the century as the state was at the forefront of a nationwide push to clean up the discharge of the diesel engines it relied so heavily upon....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon November 25, 2019
Preventing Floods in an NYC Neighborhood
Work has begun on the $39 million Phase II of the New Creek Bluebelt on Staten Island, N.Y. The project is for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and is being done by the New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC)....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 25, 2019
Expanding California's Wheeler North Reef
In an effort to create one of the world's largest artificial reefs, crews in San Clemente, Calif., are strategically dumping tons of rock onto the ocean floor. The $20-million dollar expansion project will stretch Wheeler North Reef — a 174-acre, man-made kelp forest — more than 200 acres to Dana Point Waters....
Keith Ridler - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue September 24, 2019
U.S. Officials Approve Railroad's Plans for Northern Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) BNSF Railway's plan to build two bridges as part of a second railroad line in northern Idaho to accommodate increased train traffic and future growth meets environmental requirements, federal officials said....
