Norda Stelo Acquires CWA Engineers
QUÉBEC – Independent engineering consulting firm Norda Stelo Inc. has acquired Vancouver-based CWA Engineers Inc. (CWA).
QUÉBEC – Independent engineering consulting firm Norda Stelo Inc. has acquired Vancouver-based CWA Engineers Inc. (CWA).
CHICAGO – The National Transportation Safety Board has released details on a collision between a Chicago Transit Authority Yellow Line train and a rail-bound snow removal machine.
SAN FRANCISCO – Valley Transportation Authority has been awarded a $2,982,471 grant from the State of California Wildlife Conservation Board to reuse excavated material from the BSVII Project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded over $645 million from the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the MassDOT Aeronautics Division a wide-ranging drone waiver.
TEXARKANA, Ark. – Union Pacific shares its focus on sustainability efforts through its investment in alternative materials for railroad ties.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority gave an update on its work along the Green Line Extension (GLX).
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) announced it was awarded a grant totaling $729 million from the FRA via the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program (FSP-National).
REED, Pa. – The National Transportation Safety Board released its Railroad Investigation Report RIR-23-14.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it has awarded $8.2 billion for 10 passenger rail projects.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – The California Transportation Commission awarded more than $300 million to 15 projects across the state with $15 million going toward improvements along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
CHESAPEAKE, Va. – RT&S Managing Editor Jennifer McLawhorn had the opportunity to visit Plasser American’s new office building and expanded warehousing facilities.
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced the recipients of the annual Local Grade Crossing Surface Program.
DETROIT, Mich. – ASLRRA reports Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 271 on November 28th to allow rail ties to be burned as an alternative energy source.
BOSTON – The MBTA has completed Green Line track work and removed 12 speed restrictions. Also, it has shortened two speed restrictions on the Green Line E branch between Prudential and Copley stations.
RICHMOND, Va. – VPRA selects Skanska/Flatiron Joint Venture for the Long Bridge-North Package and Flatiron/Herzog Joint Venture for the Franconia-Springfield Bypass
RALEIGH, N.C. – A $1 billion grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation will allow North Carolina to progress on its Raleigh to Richmond Rail Line.
CHICAGO – Chicago Transit Authority announced it has begun its final major stage of its Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project with the North Belmont Red-Purple Reconstruction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden Administration has approved $3 billion for Brightline West high-speed rail project to connect Las Vegas and Southern California.
CALGARY, Alberta – The Calgary LRT has begun running as of December 4th after it was shut down on November 24th, so crews could continue construction in the Victoria Park/Stampede station rebuild.