The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has received $550 million from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to advance construction for a new passenger rail route between Raleigh and Richmond, Va. The S-Line Raleigh-to-Richmond Passenger Rail Line...
The State of New Hampshire has received federal approval designating 25 U.S. census tracts as Opportunity Zones (OZ). The approval comes as part of the federal OZ 2.0 program which targets economically distressed areas in urban, rural and low-income areas for capital...
In a joint venture, the Illinois Department and Transportation (IDOT) and Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) have unveiled the $237 million preferred alternative for replacing the Centennial Bridge. While the project is firmly in the design phase, the...
The University of Kentucky (UK) Board of Trustees has signed off on a series of projects worth $335 million to improve patient care facilities across three campuses. Project plans now have the green light for construction. Of the three projects, the UK King’s...
Communities could receive $10 billion to remove PFAS and other emerging contaminants from drinking water and wastewater under a bipartisan House bill. PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are manufactured chemicals that persist in the environment and...
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed an executive order establishing the state’s first chief fraud prevention officer and a statewide workgroup to strengthen oversight of public funds, improve coordination among agencies and expand efforts to detect and prevent...