Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has been named co-chairman of the Building America’s Future coalition, which advocates for investments to improve U.S. infrastructures, Politico reported Jan. 9. Adam Snider writes LaHood will take
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The Federal Aviation Administration will keep contractor-operated air traffic control towers at 149 airports open until June 15 as the agency is handling legal challenges from airports against closing the towers Closures
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The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that 149 contract air traffic control towers will start closing April 7 as the agency implements $637 million in budget cuts under sequestration. Closures will take
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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is resigning from his position and will not stay on for a second term in the cabinet, he announced in a blog post Tuesday. LaHood told readers he
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The departments of Defense and Transportation have approved $180 million in funds for the Federal Highway Administration’s U.S. Route 1 expansion project through Fort Belvoir, Va. According to a July 16 Defense
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The Transportation Department is proposing stricter rules and increased fines for safety mishaps in the U.S. pipeline system, Russ Blinch reports for Reuters. According to the report, these new rules could serve
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States will receive $473 million to repair roads and bridges, money originally set aside for earmarks between fiscal years 2003 and 2006, the White House announced Friday. Spending bills for those years
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says the Metro’s Silver Line construction to Dulles International Airport would be the model for future projects in the country, WTOP reports. Speaking at the 30th Anniversary
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Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood told the Chicago Tribune Thursday would only stay in his position for one term and will not run for public office again. Lahood was a representive in Congress
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President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum that intends to expedite the amount of time the federal government takes to review and approve large-scale infrastructure projects. The memo comes nearly a year
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