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Federal judge rules in favor of MDOT on Topsham-Brunswick bridge replacement suit

Federal judge rules in favor of MDOT on Topsham-Brunswick bridge replacement suit The decision means Maine Department of Transportation s plan to replace the heavily traveled, 90-year-old-bridge can move ahead. Share TOPSHAM A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Maine Department of Transportation’s bid to replace the Frank J. Wood Bridge between Topsham and Brunswick. The nearly-90-year-old bridge to carry Route 201 and Route 24 traffic over the Androscoggin River. U.S. District Judge Lance Walker’s ruling was filed Wednesday. The state’s decision to demolish the 89-year-old truss bridge was controversial. Friends of the Frank J. Wood Bridge, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Historic Bridge Foundation sued in September 2019, alleging the Federal Highway Administration and Maine Department of Transportation relied on inaccurate information to artificially inflate the projected costs of rehabilitating the existing bridge. MeDOT has denied those cl

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Climate change is a crisis But should President Biden declare a national emergency?

Landmark environmental legislation was severely weakened in the final two weeks of Trump’s presidency including the seminal Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Image courtesy of Dae Jeung Kim/Pixabay I’ve been communicating about climate change and advocating for climate action for nearly a quarter century. So it should come as no surprise that I was largely though not entirely satisfied with what transpired in Washington on January 27th, the so-called “Climate Day” at the White House. In the series of Executive Orders signed that day and the preceding seven, President Biden addressed much more than the climate crisis. The first orders, signed within hours of being sworn in, included a directive for the United States to rejoin the Paris Climate Accords, and a freezing (or reversal) of rules passed in the final days of the Trump presidency. The latter is an important step to reverse the weakening of decades-long regulations that had boosted conservation and protected the envi

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Seattle DJC com local business news and data - Construction - Why 2021 may make contractors nostalgic for 2020

By STEPHEN E. SANDHERR Sandherr Many of us were eager to see 2020 come to a close and welcome in the new year. There are many reasons to expect 2021 will be a more uplifting year, thanks in large part to the growing availability of coronavirus vaccines, yet there are also reasons why this year could prove challenging for the construction industry. Namely, the industry is facing a lot of difficult economic headwinds at the same time the political climate is taking a turn for the more challenging. On the economic side, each year we survey our member firms on their expectations for labor and market conditions for the coming business year. According to the results of this 2021 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook, contractors expect the market for most types of construction to shrink in 2021 as the pandemic undermines demand for projects. The net reading the percentage of respondents who expect the available dollar value of projects to shrink compared to the percentage who

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State approves Catawba s gaming compact for Kings Mountain facility - The Cherokee One Feather

State approves Catawba s gaming compact for Kings Mountain facility - The Cherokee One Feather
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Colorado River restoration project crawls forward as some environmental groups call for radical change

Colorado River restoration project crawls forward as some environmental groups call for radical change
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