Associated Press - Wed July 14, 2021
Infrastructure Plan Spurs Rail Construction Projects
(AP) Proposed federal infrastructure funding for rail projects has transportation planners taking another look at a Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas passenger route that Amtrak stopped in 1997 and at a high-speed rail line along the congested Interstate 15 corridor to Victorville, Calif....
Fluor Corporation/Business Wire - Tue June 22, 2021
Fluor JV Breaks Ground On CTA Red Line Stations, Tracks
Fluor Corporation announced June 2 that its joint venture with Walsh Construction Company broke ground on station house and track structure reconstruction for the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Lawrence to Bryn Mawr Modernization Project, part of the $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Program (RPM), the largest capital project in CTA's history....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 16, 2021
Granite Construction, Mahaffey Drilling Fix Railroad Issue in Encinitas
People living on or near North Vulcan Avenue in the Leucadia district of Encinitas had a problem. This beachfront community in north coastal San Diego County is home to Coast Highway 101 and Los Angeles to San Diego (LOSSAN) railroad tracks, which carry 37 passenger and freight trains per day....
Herald Extra - Tue June 15, 2021
FrontRunner Station Project Starts After Groundbreaking
The Utah Transit Authority and Utah Division of Transportation recently commemorated the start of construction on the new FrontRunner Vineyard Station. The groundbreaking for the station is the culmination of several years of transit and transportation planning for the city and area....
Texas Central - Tue May 18, 2021
Texas Central Allocates $1.6B Contract for High-Speed Rail
Texas Central Railroad is leveraging the experience and expertise of Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. [Kiewit] and affiliate Mass. Electric Construction Co. [Mass Electric] to install the core electrical systems needed for the high-speed train from Dallas to Houston to operate....
WFAA. com - Mon April 19, 2021
Officials Green Light $1.7B in Funding for DART Line
The Dallas City Council recently unanimously approved continuing with the building of a second light rail alignment going through downtown Dallas, also known as D2. The city council also said it would support DART in obtaining a Federal Transit Authority [FTA] grant to help fund the project....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed April 14, 2021
MDOT Accelerated Rail Project Wins Engineering Award
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Quandel Consultants recently received the highest honor with the Engineering Eminent Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC/M) of Michigan for work on the Accelerated Rail Project....
Associated Press - Tue April 06, 2021
Officials Want to Use $4.1B for Rail Project Construction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Officials in charge of California's high-speed rail project want to tap $4.1 billion in bond money to finish ongoing construction in the Central Valley, completing a segment of track that is just a fraction of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line voters approved the money for in 2008....
Ohio Rail Development Commission - Wed March 31, 2021
Ohio Rail Development Commission OKs $100,000 Grant Funding to M&M Industries
On Jan. 20, 2021, the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) approved a grant in the amount of $100,000 to M&M Industries Inc. to add a rail spur at its new facility in Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio....
AASHTO - Tue March 16, 2021
Wisconsin DOT Grants Support $300M Komatsu Campus
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is providing two Transportation Economic Assistance or TEA grants worth a combined $1.7 million for road and railroad projects supporting a $300 million manufacturing and headquarters facility Komatsu Mining Corp....
