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Guest Blog Post: AASHTO’s Tymon on the Public Rewards of Transportation Research Funding

Industry News / Infrastructure August 22, 2019 Guest Blog Post: AASHTO’s Tymon on the Public Rewards of Transportation Research Funding AASHTO Executive Director Jim Tymon By Jim Tymon Imagine getting…

States Report $1.2 Billion in Infrastructure Damage from 2019 Storms

Industry News / Infrastructure August 14, 2019 States Report $1.2 Billion in Infrastructure Damage from 2019 Storms Storms and floods in the first half of 2019 have caused more than…

Study Finds U.S. Water Infrastructure to be Inadequate for Increasingly Severe Weather

Industry News / Infrastructure August 5, 2019 Study Finds U.S. Water Infrastructure to be Inadequate for Increasingly Severe Weather Current design standards for U.S. hydrologic infrastructure are not adequate for…

Corps of Engineers to Evaluate Four Potential P3 Projects

Industry News / Infrastructure June 26, 2019 Corps of Engineers to Evaluate Four Potential P3 Projects In its effort to reduce its nearly $100 billion backlog of authorized but unfunded…

Survey Finds Americans Avoiding Automobile Travel Due To Highway Congestion

Industry News / Infrastructure June 4, 2019 Survey Finds Americans Avoiding Automobile Travel Due To Highway Congestion Americans avoided an estimated 47.5 million car trips last year because of highway…

Nevada Tops Best Transportation System Report

Industry News / Infrastructure June 3, 2019 Nevada Tops Best Transportation System Report Nevada ranks first in the United States for transportation, according to a recent study by U.S. News…

EPA Targets Making All Environmental Permit Decisions Within Six Months

Industry News / Infrastructure May 21, 2019 EPA Targets Making All Environmental Permit Decisions Within Six Months Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said last week the…

U.S. Army Corps Plans to Strengthen Flood Control Along Missouri River

Industry News / Infrastructure May 21, 2019 U.S. Army Corps Plans to Strengthen Flood Control Along Missouri River In the wake of the record-breaking flooding this spring in states along…

Upgrading of Deficient Bridges at Slowest Pace in Five Years

Industry News / Infrastructure April 4, 2019 Upgrading of Deficient Bridges at Slowest Pace in Five Years The number of structurally deficient bridges across the country declined last year to…

U.S. DOT Secretary Chao Calls for Streamlined Permitting

Industry News / Infrastructure March 5, 2019 U.S. DOT Secretary Chao Calls for Streamlined Permitting U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said cutting red tape at the federal level continues to…