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| Date/Time | Title | Description |
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| July 29, 2021 | Infrastructure Bill Passes Major Hurdle With Bipartisan Support | The US Senate voted on Wednesday to start debating the roughly $1 trillion infrastructure package, a longtime and key component of the Biden Administration’s agenda. The current iteration o ...Read more |
| July 21, 2021 | Scranton Pennsylvania to NYC Rail Line May Soon Become Reality | Amtrak’s agreement with the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNRRA) will see the former providing professional services, like infrastructure assessment and, forecasting ridersh ...Read more |
| July 8, 2021 | Minnesota DOT Funds 7 Rail Projects Aimed at Economic Development | The seven projects were picked from a pool of 21 proposals and were chosen for their ability to aid economic development in the state. "The number of applicants for the 2021 MRSI grants sho ...Read more |
| June 30, 2021 | BREAKING: USDOT Proposes $905m in Future Infrastructure Grants | The awards will come as part of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program and will go to economically important rail and highway projects. “These timely ...Read more |
| May 27, 2021 | USDOT Announces $10 Million in Funding for Tribal Transit Projects | The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced on Wednesday that $10 million is available in competitive grant funding for Native authorities for use towards tra ...Read more |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
| April 16, 2021 | Federal Railroad Agency to Conduct First Nationwide M/WBE Disparity Study | The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will be running a disparity study on small, minority-owned, and women-owned businesses to better understand whether or not firms applying for subcontracts ...Read more |