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Local Central Valley airports will get more than $600,000 and Fresno Yosemite International will receive $4.67 million from the bipartisan infrastructure bill recently passed by Congress that also allocates nearly

FAIRFIELD — The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it will provide $52.5 billion to the states and the District of Columbia in 2022 under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. California is set to get $4.86 billion, the federal agency announced. Daryl Halls, the executive director of

Virginia transit and highway systems are expected to receive more than $8 billion in federal funds over the next five years.

dgau@marshallindependent.com Photo courtesy of David Sturrock The earth work for a new stretch of four-lane road on Highway 212 in Carver County is already underway. The project will help ease traffic congestion and prevent crashes on an important freight route through southern Minnesota. DAHLGREN TOWNSHIP — There’s a good chance that many southwest Minnesota residents have traveled along the roughly 5 miles of highway between the cities of Cologne and Carver. As part of the U.S. Highway...

Alice Echo News Journal Congressman Filemon Vela (TX-34) released a statement on his address to the House Committee on transportation and infrastructure for South Texas at the Members’ Day Hearing on Thursday, April 15. The hearing gives state leaders the opportunity for members of the U.S. House of Representatives to highlight issues of importance to them and their constituents as Congress works to reauthorize surface transportation programs as well as participate in the Committee’s work...

Apr 07, 2021 Truckers parked on get-on ramps out of rest areas given a lack of adequate designated space available is an ever-more-common sight on the highways today. When truck parking capacity-funding legislation was introduced last year in Congress, notable for its absence in the text of the bill was any mention of the banner Jasons Law legislation long ago codified via the 2012 MAP-21 highway bill. That legislation, of course, in so many ways gave birth to and nurtured a new focus for freig...

Good news came out of Olympia last week, as well as Boise more than two weeks ago. COVID-19 vaccine availability has increased to the point where basically anyone who needs to get the jab can. It’s paid for as well, so in order to do my part to get back to normal — and I mean REAL normal — I… More Headlines

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