Washington State, Oregon Join Forces to Replace I-5 Highway Bridge
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (D) and Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) launched a bi-state effort on November 18 to replace the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects the two states. [Above photo via the Washington State Governor’s Office.] “This is a new day,” Gov. Inslee said in a Medium blog post. “We need to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River to benefit both Washingtonians and Oregonians.” Gov. Brown (left) and Gov. Inslee Gov. Brown noted in...
PennDOT’s Leslie Richards Tapped to be General Manager of SEPTA
Leslie Richards (seen above at podium), secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, will become the next general manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority or SEPTA effective January 202o. SEPTA is the regional public transportation authority that operates bus, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, and electric trolleybus services for nearly four million people in five counties in and around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It employs 9,500 people and is...
Wärtsilä delivers 40 MW engineered equipment for MCM Power to meet Myanmar’s increasing energy demand
The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded a 40 MW extended engineered equipment supply contract for a power plant in Shwe Taung, southern central part of Myanmar. The baseload power plant will feed the national grid and will help to alleviate the country’s ongoing energy shortage. The order by independent power producer (IPP) MCM Power with Wärtsilä was placed in September 2019, and the delivery is being expedited on a fast-track basis. The plant will operate on four Wärtsilä 34SG engine...
GRCC to start training program for municipal water system maintenance with JPMorgan Chase grant
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Community College will start a training program focused on jobs related to water, public works, clean energy and river restoration projects with a $150,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase. GRCC is teaming up with the cities of Grand Rapids and Kentwood, the nonprofit Grand Rapids Whitewater, the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce and the Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority’s Whitewater Project team on the West Michigan Clean Water and Environmental Certifica...
MIT Report Analyzes Factors That May Impact Personal Mobility Choices
A new report issued by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative (MITEI) details how individual travel decisions will be shaped by complex interactions between technologies, markets, business models, government policies, and consumer preferences —especially when it comes to the broader adoption of alternative fueled vehicles (AFVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs). That report – entitled Insights into Future Mobility – is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the...
City of Atlanta Achieves LEED Certification, Marking 100 Certified LEED Cities and Communities
ATLANTA, Ga. — Today, during the annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that more than 100 cities and communities have now achieved LEED certification. The City of Atlanta, this year’s Greenbuild host city, marked the 100th certification. USGBC launched LEED for Cities and Communities in 2016 as a globally consistent framework for measuring and tracking sustainability at the city and community scale. The rating system tracks progres...
DFI to Host 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations October 2020 in National Harbor, Maryland Abstracts Being Accepted Until December 13
Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) is hosting its 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, from October 13-16, 2020. The theme of the conference is People. Purpose. Passion. The conference will showcase a profession at the top of its game, highlighting the hard work, passion, connections, technologies and professionalism that drive the deep foundations industry worldwide. Abstracts for origin...
AASHTO Applauds Congress for Saving Billions for Transportation
WASHINGTON – The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials thanked Congress and the President for their bipartisan support for eliminating the $7.6 billion rescission of Highway Trust Fund contract authority, originally set to occur July 1, 2020. “On behalf of the 50 state departments of transportation, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, that unanimously supported rolling back this rescission, I extend our thanks to the leadership in the House and Se...
Wärtsilä and EGE Haina sign natural gas power plant commissioning project & long-term service agreement in the Dominican Republic
The technology group Wärtsilä and Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina (EGE Haina), one of the largest power generation companies in the Dominican Republic, have signed a commissioning agreement that converts the Quisqueya 2 power plant to natural gas operation. The 215 MW Flexicycle plant was installed in 2013, and is powered by 12 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines. The engines have been liquid-optimised until now as only heavy fuel oil (HFO) has been available. As natural gas is soon to beco...
Water Systems Council Introduces Infrastructure Planning Resource for Rural Communities
WASHINGTON – The Water Systems Council (WSC), the only national nonprofit organization solely focused on household wells and water well systems, has launched a comprehensive online guide to financial and planning resources for rural community drinking water infrastructure projects – waterprojectfunds.com. The new website follows the recent WSC-championed Water Supply Cost Savings Act, which requires that alternative drinking water supplies such as individual, shared and community wells be con...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
June Issue 2026
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