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Biden: Infrastructure plan gives $1B for Great Lakes cleanup
The long-delayed cleanup of Great Lakes harbors and tributary rivers fouled with industrial waste will accelerate with a $1 billion boost from President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, senior administration officials say.
Infrastructure group, transportation association top list of industry lobbyists for 2021 (UPDATE)
More than two dozen construction industry groups spent $1.7 million in total lobbying state lawmakers this past year.
States get go-ahead to build electric car charging stations
States are getting the go-ahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or improved ones every 50 miles along interstate highways as part of the Biden administration's plan to spur widespread adoption of the zero-emission cars.
Payne & Dolan has $19.8M low bid for I-43 work
Bids are in for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's February letting, which drew about $190 million worth of offers for contracts for 46 projects.
Senators call for gas-tax suspension to blunt rising prices
Two Democratic senators are calling for suspending the federal gas tax for the remainder of the year to help consumers struggling with rising fuel prices.
Whitmer to propose $1 billion boost to transportation budget
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will propose a $1 billion, or nearly 20%, boost to Michigan's transportation budget to repair roads and increase spending on transit and other programs.
Q&A: Road proponents question Pritzker’s gas-tax freeze plan
Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants relief for pocketbook-pinched consumers when they visit the filling station.
Biden requiring PLAs on federal projects
President Joe Biden is moving forward with an executive order mandating that project-labor agreements be attached to federal construction projects worth more than $35 million.
Evers signs bill allowing MMSD to build $100M pollution clean-up storehouse
Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill on Friday to allow the Metropolitan Milwaukee Sewerage District to build a $100 million repository for polluted sediment dredged from Milwaukee's estuaries as part of a large cleanup project.
Slow down: States get infrastructure cash for speed cameras
Drivers, beware: Speed cameras could be on their way to a location near you because of President Joe Biden's infrastructure law. Under new federal guidance issued Wednesday, states can now tap billions of federal highway dollars for roadway safety programs such as automated traffic enforcement. They are being told that cameras that photograph speeding vehicles are an established way to help bring [...]
Officials: Bridge not bad enough to close after inspection
The bridge that collapsed in Pittsburgh last week showed deterioration during a September inspection that was not bad enough to require it to be closed, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Monday.
Biden issues an infrastructure ‘roadmap’ to help spend $1T (UPDATE)
The Biden administration is issuing a guidebook to help federal, state and local government officials know how to access the nearly $1 trillion made available by the bipartisan infrastructure deal.
Today’s News
- Steve Curry of Knutson Construction dies at 74
- Key Milwaukee approval opens new home construction
- TOP BIDDERS: The biggest recent winning bids from around Wisconsin | Aug. 3
- Michigan Supreme Court blocks approval of Line 5 tunnel project
- Medical College of Wisconsin breaks ground on $70M student housing complex
- Wisconsin Pre-Bid Meetings – Week of Aug. 3, 2026
- Irgens starts apartment construction at Milwaukee County Research Park
- ABC of Wisconsin hits membership milestone
- More construction unions get behind Crowley
- Appeals Court restores Act 10 collective bargaining law
- Land use, zoning changes approved for Rockwell Automation in New Berlin
- $61M corporate headquarters planned in Brookfield
Project Profiles
- First prefabricated bridge in US installed in Eau Claire County
- Illinois developer worked with Wisconsin contractor to build 258-unit Wauwatosa apartment complex
- VJS Construction raises the roof for Bruce Guadalupe Community School expansion project
- Microgrid pilot project will store energy for village affected by outages
- Dane County sees uptick in highway work zone crashes, on track to exceed last year
- The Hop streetcar will debut newest service route in fall with limited service
- FPC Live slims venue proposal to 1 downtown building
- Children’s Hospital urgent care center in Milwaukee gets first round of city approval
- With Sonag Construction shut down, feds move to block indicted owner from collecting leftover assets
- Four contractors selected to build border wall prototypes
- UW-Milwaukee’s Greenstreet shaping minds (and the city)
- Turning the Corner(s) (PHOTO SLIDESHOW)