Dan Elliott - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed May 24, 2017
$400M Northern Colorado Reservoir Gets Final Approval
The federal government gave final approval for a $400 million dam and reservoir in northern Colorado where 13 cities and water districts will store water from the other side of the Continental Divide. The Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for construction of the Chimney Hollow Reservoir in the foothills about 50 mi....
Bruce Krasnow - Wed May 24, 2017
New Mexico's Construction Industry Booming in 2017
With work under way on a Facebook data center in Los Lunas, a major rapid transit project in Albuquerque and hospitals and roads in Santa Fe, New Mexico's construction industry is off to one of its best starts in years....
Dylan Baddour - Houston Chronicle - Wed May 24, 2017
Houston Set for $3B Water Supply Pipeline
Any Houstonian who's ever stalled out in a rush-hour gully washer, swatted mosquitoes on a humid summer afternoon or hauled soggy carpet to the curb after a neighborhood flash flood will be forgiven for thinking the supply of water is one thing they needn't worry about....
Chuck Harvey - Wed May 24, 2017
ART Project Speeds Ahead on Old Route 66
A $119 million Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) project will culminate with an 8.8-mi. electric-powered bus line with 20 stations on Central Avenue, formerly a portion of Route 66 that runs through New Mexico's largest city....
Tue May 23, 2017
Landslide on California Highway Part of $1 Billion in Damage
A massive landslide that went into the Pacific Ocean is the latest natural disaster to hit a California community that relies heavily on an iconic coastal highway and tourism to survive, and it adds to a record $1 billion in highway damage from one of the state's wettest winters in decades....
Mon May 22, 2017
Business Leaders Urge State to Invest In Coal Research
Wyoming business leaders are recommending investing a $1.5 million grant in a proposed coal research facility. The Casper Star-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2pWIenk ) the Wyoming Business Council made the recommendation for the grant for a research facility on alternative uses for coal in northeast Wyoming on Thursday....
Thu May 18, 2017
Ca. Races to Fix Oroville Spillway
California plans to shut the shattered main spillway of the Oroville Dam for the summer, launching an all-out race to get the spillway operational again before the next rainy season. The state's Department of Water Resources says it will start scaling back releases down the spillway Friday morning....
Wed May 10, 2017
Utah Officials Close Bridal Veil Falls for Renovations
Officials said they are temporarily closing the area surrounding Bridal Veil Falls in northern Utah to work on renovations. Richard Nielson, Utah County Public Works director said the area will be closed for about eight weeks while workers remove two old tram structures located at the top and bottom of the waterfall and a burned-down restaurant....
Wed May 10, 2017
Growing Commercial Clean Energy Financing in Utah
In May 2017, the Governor's Office of Energy Development (OED) will launch an updated version of Utah's Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing program. With the help of a substantial stakeholder group, OED introduced a proposal in the 2017 legislative session to revise the program processes and structures to encourage greater use of the financing tool....
Chuck Harvey - Wed May 10, 2017
Work Under Way on $15M Project in Arches National Park
Work is under way on a $15 million project to reconstruct all paved roads and pullouts in Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. Construction spans 26 mi. of roadway. Campground roads, housing roads and parking lots would not typically be part of reconstruction work, but additional funding has been secured to reconstruct the Devils Garden campground road, the residence road and the maintenance yard parking area....
