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| September 7, 2021 | Oregon’s Port of Coos Bay to get New $1b Container Facility, Rail Upgrades | The Port of Coos Bay in Oregon is just one of three major ports on the West Coast, so improvements to it are always welcomed. Earlier this month, the port entered into a memorandum of underst ...Read more |
| September 2, 2021 | What’s the point of Amtrak? | The $1 trillion infrastructure bill, if made into law as in its current form, will give $66 billion in new funding for Amtrak, which has a wish list of more than 50 new routes it wants to construct ...Read more |
| 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 |