/tags/infrastructure infrastructure en-US WLRN Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:53:21 GMT /law-justice/2024-03-26/fiu-bridge-collapse-engineering-firm-legal-battle Six years after the deadly collapse of a Florida International University pedestrian bridge, Tallahassee-based companies affiliated with a bridge-engineering firm are fighting a proposal that could prevent them from working on federally funded projects. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 19:53:21 GMT /law-justice/2024-03-26/fiu-bridge-collapse-engineering-firm-legal-battle Jim Saunders /government-politics/2024-02-28/palm-beach-county-penny-tax-infrastructure County leaders this week declined to bring to voters the prospect of renewing the tax, which funded infrastructure projects. They favored instead investment in transportation — potentially via another surtax. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:57:01 GMT /government-politics/2024-02-28/palm-beach-county-penny-tax-infrastructure Wilkine Brutus /latin-america/2023-04-05/puerto-rico-u-s-virgin-islands-to-receive-108m-to-upgrade-water-systems The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands will receive a total of nearly $108 million to improve drinking water infrastructure across the U.S. territories. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 15:00:00 GMT /latin-america/2023-04-05/puerto-rico-u-s-virgin-islands-to-receive-108m-to-upgrade-water-systems Associated Press /transportation/2023-04-03/cautious-new-design-5-years-after-fatal-fiu-bridge-collapse Florida engineers are developing new designs for a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University five years after the catastrophic collapse of the previous pedestrian bridge. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:00:00 GMT /transportation/2023-04-03/cautious-new-design-5-years-after-fatal-fiu-bridge-collapse Andres Viglucci, Jimena Tavel /environment/2023-03-14/can-florida-survive-climate-change-heres-what-the-aspen-ideas-climate-conference-had-to-say The Sunshine State, with its low elevation and 825 miles of shoreline, make it one of the planet’s most vulnerable locations for both sea-level rise and intensified weather events. The second edition of the event, which included an appearance by Vice President Kamala Harris, took place at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:00:00 GMT /environment/2023-03-14/can-florida-survive-climate-change-heres-what-the-aspen-ideas-climate-conference-had-to-say Bill Kearney | Sun Sentinel /local-news/2023-03-13/11-bridges-on-historic-venetian-causeway-to-be-demolished-and-rebuilt Under a $148 million Miami-Dade County plan recently ratified by Florida and federal highway officials, the historic but badly deteriorated bridges along the Venetian will be replaced. Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-03-13/11-bridges-on-historic-venetian-causeway-to-be-demolished-and-rebuilt Andres Viglucci /environment/2023-03-01/bills-would-allow-radioactive-byproducts-of-phosphate-mining-in-road-bed-test-projects The mining industry has been searching for ways to reduce the size of gypstacks, such as the one at Piney Point that leaked into Tampa Bay in 2021. Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:30:00 GMT /environment/2023-03-01/bills-would-allow-radioactive-byproducts-of-phosphate-mining-in-road-bed-test-projects Steve Newborn /news/2022-12-02/senate-passes-railroad-legislation-to-prevent-a-strike The Senate has approved a measure meant to avert a railroad strike in eight days — without the paid sick days rail workers have been asking for. Fri, 02 Dec 2022 12:30:00 GMT /news/2022-12-02/senate-passes-railroad-legislation-to-prevent-a-strike Ximena Bustillo /news/2022-06-30/pete-buttigieg-launches-1b-pilot-to-build-racial-equity-in-americas-roads The transportation secretary announces a first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects. Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:37:00 GMT /news/2022-06-30/pete-buttigieg-launches-1b-pilot-to-build-racial-equity-in-americas-roads The Associated Press /news/2022-06-27/biden-announced-a-600-billion-global-infrastructure-program-to-counter-chinas-clout A decade after China's global infrastructure program started, the U.S., G7 countries and private capital will invest in clean energy, technology and other projects in developing countries. Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:40:04 GMT /news/2022-06-27/biden-announced-a-600-billion-global-infrastructure-program-to-counter-chinas-clout Tamara Keith