Infrastructure News Updates

Government

White House Eyes Infrastructure After COVID-19 Relief Package

After work on a multi-trillion dollar pandemic relief package is finalized, the White House is likely to pursue an agenda that includes comprehensive infrastructure policy.

February 17, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Dems to Push Clean Energy Tax Breaks in Infrastructure Plan

House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal unveiled plans to pursue tax breaks for renewable energy as a way to ease the shift away from fossil fuels in President Joe Biden’s upcoming infrastructure bill.

February 12, 2021
Government, Business, Safety, Fuel

Transportation Expert Highlights I-64 Pavement Recycling Project

Pavement recycling presents opportunities for cost reduction and environmental sustainability, according to the principal research scientist at the Virginia Transportation Research Council.

February 11, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel

Biden Says China Will ‘Eat Our Lunch’ Without Infrastructure Plan

President Joe Biden urged Congress to move quickly on a large infrastructure improvement plan in a meeting Feb. 11 with four senators, declaring that China is poised to “eat our lunch” otherwise.

February 11, 2021
Government

House Panel to Include Climate Policy in Infrastructure Bill, Pallone Says

Congressional Democrats will look to include climate change-centric policies in upcoming infrastructure funding legislation, according to Frank Pallone, a top policymaker in the House of Representatives.

February 9, 2021
Government, Safety

House Bill Promotes Local Infrastructure Projects

Rep. Julia Brownley recently introduced lhe Support Local Transportation Act, which would incrementally increase funding for localities via the federal Surface Transportation Block Grant program.

February 1, 2021
Government, Business, Logistics

Freight Stakeholders Push Congress on Infrastructure Package

Consideration of a major infrastructure policy package aimed at improving access to commercial corridors would enhance the freight industry’s distribution of goods in the coming years, stakeholders said during a recent forum hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

January 27, 2021
Government, Business

Safety, Infrastructure Top Buttigieg’s Agenda at Senate Hearing

President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Transportation pointed to the importance of safely moving people and goods and the new administration’s goal of modernizing the nation’s mobility networks as key areas of focus for him during his Jan. 21 Senate nomination hearing.

January 21, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Transportation Stakeholders Urge Infrastructure Plan Passage by July 4

By July 4, Congress should pass comprehensive legislation that rehabilitates highway programs, modernizes freight corridors and tackles climate change concerns, nearly 200 stakeholders said in a message to federal lawmakers.

January 15, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Nevada DOT Presses On With Reno Spaghetti Bowl Project

The Nevada Department of Transportation is advancing construction for its project to renovate an interstate network in Reno known as the Spaghetti Bowl, which carries 260,000 vehicles per day.

January 15, 2021