Infrastructure News Updates

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Indiana Will Ask FHWA to Be First State to Toll Interstates

Indiana lawmakers voted to seek federal authority to become the first state that charges tolls on interstate highways, a move taken over the objections of state truckers.

July 28, 2025
GovernmentSafety

Infrastructure Update: House Panel Approves $200 Million for Truck Parking

Appropriations committee also allots $927 million for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration operations.

July 25, 2025
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Oregon Backs $100 Million Coos Bay Container Terminal

Oregon lawmakers on June 30 approved $100 million for a new container terminal at the Port of Coos Bay, propelling the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port from proposal to construction plan.

July 7, 2025
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NYC Expands Crackdown on BQE Overweight Trucks

New York City has started ticketing overweight trucks headed toward Staten Island on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, expanding its automated enforcement program.

June 24, 2025
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Keyera to Buy Plains’ Canada Natural Gas Liquids Unit for $3.8B

Keyera agreed to buy Plains All American Pipeline’s Canadian natural gas liquids business and some U.S. assets for C$5.15 billion, bulking up its pipeline system around the country.

June 18, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Canada Premiers Pitch Carney on Pipelines, Ports and Mines

Canada’s provincial leaders urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to back new oil pipelines, electricity grids, critical mineral mines, ports and railways at a meeting June 2 meant to identify “nation-building” projects to be fast-tracked.

June 2, 2025
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New York State Thruway Invests $12.3M to Revamp I-90 Bridge

The New York State Thruway Authority is embarking on a $12.3 million project to rehabilitate a bridge built in 1953 over Interstate 90 that handles 25,000 vehicles daily.

May 20, 2025
Government

Duffy Defends Trump’s $27 Billion Infrastructure Budget

The country’s top transportation officer defended the White House’s fiscal 2026 funding request for his department during a recent Senate subcommittee hearing.

May 20, 2025
GovernmentSafety

FHWA Nominee McMaster Promotes Permitting Reform, Safety

Sean McMaster, nominee to lead the Federal Highway Administration, appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on May 14, the first step of his confirmation process.

May 15, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Transportation Secretary Duffy Finalizes 76 Projects

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy finalized 76 infrastructure grants among a backlog of 3,200 projects that had been approved under the Biden administration but left incomplete.

May 14, 2025