Sinkhole Causes Delays on Spanish Metro Extension
3/7/2005
Efforts to stabilize
a collapsed section of a new $130-million metro tunnel in Barcelona
are nearly complete. Related work on the system’s Line
5 is on hold while engineers seek ways to improve the New Austrian
Tunneling method being used 30 meters deep. |
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New Caltrans Leaders Seek Better Way of Doing Business
3/7/2005
Saying it is "time
for change" at the California Dept. of Transportation,
the agency’s newly appointed chief engineer pledges to
cut red tape, increase communication, promote new seismic
codes and consider alternative project delivery methods.
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House Committee Clears $284-billion Highway-Transit Bill
3/4/2005
Giving a boost to
prospects for a new surface transportation bill, the House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a
$283.9-billion measure that would fund highway, transit and
safety programs through fiscal 2009. As expected, the funding
total in the committee's bill, approved March 2 on a unanimous
vote, is the same amount that President Bush recommended for
the legislation last month. |
