Herald Extra - Tue June 15, 2021
FrontRunner Station Project Starts After Groundbreaking
The Utah Transit Authority and Utah Division of Transportation recently commemorated the start of construction on the new FrontRunner Vineyard Station. The groundbreaking for the station is the culmination of several years of transit and transportation planning for the city and area....
Texas Central - Tue May 18, 2021
Texas Central Allocates $1.6B Contract for High-Speed Rail
Texas Central Railroad is leveraging the experience and expertise of Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. [Kiewit] and affiliate Mass. Electric Construction Co. [Mass Electric] to install the core electrical systems needed for the high-speed train from Dallas to Houston to operate....
WFAA. com - Mon April 19, 2021
Officials Green Light $1.7B in Funding for DART Line
The Dallas City Council recently unanimously approved continuing with the building of a second light rail alignment going through downtown Dallas, also known as D2. The city council also said it would support DART in obtaining a Federal Transit Authority [FTA] grant to help fund the project....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Wed April 14, 2021
MDOT Accelerated Rail Project Wins Engineering Award
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Quandel Consultants recently received the highest honor with the Engineering Eminent Conceptor Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC/M) of Michigan for work on the Accelerated Rail Project....
Associated Press - Tue April 06, 2021
Officials Want to Use $4.1B for Rail Project Construction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Officials in charge of California's high-speed rail project want to tap $4.1 billion in bond money to finish ongoing construction in the Central Valley, completing a segment of track that is just a fraction of the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line voters approved the money for in 2008....
Ohio Rail Development Commission - Wed March 31, 2021
Ohio Rail Development Commission OKs $100,000 Grant Funding to M&M Industries
On Jan. 20, 2021, the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) approved a grant in the amount of $100,000 to M&M Industries Inc. to add a rail spur at its new facility in Lordstown, Trumbull County, Ohio....
AASHTO - Tue March 16, 2021
Wisconsin DOT Grants Support $300M Komatsu Campus
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is providing two Transportation Economic Assistance or TEA grants worth a combined $1.7 million for road and railroad projects supporting a $300 million manufacturing and headquarters facility Komatsu Mining Corp....
Baltimore Business Journal - Mon March 15, 2021
Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel on Track for Rebuild
Shovels could go into the ground this summer or early fall as CSX Corp.'s long-awaited reconstruction of the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore continues to inch toward becoming reality. Maryland officials have been pushing for years to increase the height of the 126-year-old tunnel to allow for double-stacking of containers on trains traveling to and from the Port of Baltimore....
CTA - Tue March 02, 2021
CTA's $2.1B RPM Improvement Project Begins This Spring
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) unveiled the designs for four Red Line stations that will be fully reconstructed as part of the Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One project, the largest transit investment in CTA history and the latest among several Red Line improvement projects over the last decade....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu February 25, 2021
One of Nation's Busiest Rails Undergoes $2.6B Transformation
One of the largest and busiest commuter rail corridors in the nation is undergoing a dramatic transformation. The $2.6 billion Long Island Railroad (LIRR) Expansion project will enhance safety, eliminate noise from both train horns and crossing gate bells and relieve traffic backups when completed next year....
