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| May 24, 2021 | New Jersey’s $1.8 Billion Bridge Project Sees Outreach to Hundreds of DBEs | Things are finally starting to push forward in the construction of the new $1.8 billion Portal North Bridge project. The more than 100-year-old bridge spans the Hackensack River in New Jersey ...Read more |
| May 20, 2021 | USDOT Expands Workforce Development Programs with Focus on Minorities | Training is often the biggest barrier to employment in the industry, and those who enter the program may use it as a bridge to entering the construction workforce. On Wednesday, Secretary of ...Read more |
| May 19, 2021 | Washington Governor Approves $18 Billion for Construction and Transportation | Included in the state construction budget is funding for the construction of 33 new schools as well as buildings for community college campuses and behavioral health facilities. “Grants for ...Read more |
| May 11, 2021 | Texas Central’s $20b High Speed Rail Project Begins Construction This Year | “The $1.6 billion contract with Kiewit includes the installation of core electrical systems including critical safety and systems elements like Traction power, signaling and communications equipm ...Read more |
| May 3, 2021 | Illinois Port Construction Will Spawn 500 Union Jobs | The new inland port in the Alexander Cairo Port District will have other benefits for the Illinois economy as well. |
| April 25, 2021 | New Mexico Road Project to Benefit State Energy Sector | “This budget is responsible and responsive to the needs of New Mexicans right now and in the future,” Democratic Governor Lujan Grisham said. “This legislative season has been a remar ...Read more |
| April 28, 2021 | GOP Unveils $568b Infrastructure Counter Offer | Biden’s plan, covered previously by Contractor News here, calls for $2 trillion to be ...Read more |
| April 27, 2021 | Nation’s Small Shipyards Get $20m Boost From Maritime Admin | The goal of the funding is to “strengthen U.S. shipyard economic competitiveness.” The funds will be administered through the Small Shipyard Grant Program, which has doled out $262.5 mill ...Read more |
| April 26, 2021 | South Carolina Holds Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony on New 3,000ft Bridge | The $77 million project is the largest in the state’s 10-year Strategic Plan to replace hundreds of bridges that have become structurally deficient in the state. Local media The Island Pack ...Read more |
| April 19, 2021 | Transportation Planners Talk LA-Vegas Rail Service | As we have previously reported, the White House’s infrastructure plan calls on Congre ...Read more |