Skanska ordered to pay $92K for evidence loss in bridge case
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The construction company Skanska has been ordered to pay more than $92,000 after a judge ruled it had destroyed evidence in a
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California truck company owner pleads guilty in tank blast
LOS ANGELES — The owner of several Southern California trucking companies pleaded guilty to five felony charges involving tax evasion, COVID-19 relief fraud and an
Fate of infrastructure bill in limbo
WASHINGTON — About the only thing Congress could agree upon on Thursday was that the country is in need of vast infrastructure improvements. But it’s
Protesters temporarily block Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO — A convoy of demonstrators blocked northbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge for nearly an hour during the Sept. 30 morning commute.
Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ plan under scrutiny
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s plan for a massive expansion of social programs and infrastructure improvements is being framed by supporters as such a high-stakes
EEOC sues Stevens Transport for disability discrimination
DALLAS – A refrigerated transport carrier violated federal law by discriminating against an applicant based on his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
TRPA awards $11M in transportation grants at Lake Tahoe
RENO, Nev. — The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has awarded $11 million in transportation grants at Lake Tahoe to reduce traffic congestion, provide free transit
Mississippi preps to repair highway collapse from Ida
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will soon start rebuilding a section of highway that collapsed during torrential rainfall brought by Hurricane Ida, the head of the
Push to speed zero-emission truck sales in works
BOSTON — Officials from companies with fleets of trucks are urging governors across the country to embrace a rule meant to speed the adoption of
PA Turnpike’s $104 million in unpaid tolls draws senators’ scrutiny
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania senators grilled turnpike executives over their efforts to collect unpaid tolls that amounted to $104 million last year during a hearing
Unpaid tolls on Pennsylvania Turnpike result in revenue bleed for state
CARLISLE, Pa. — More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling, with the
Reality TV star sentenced for trucking business Ponzi scheme, fraud
ATLANTA — A former cast member on the reality television show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta has been sentenced to more than 17 years in
Open container law diverts millions from Missouri roads
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s decision to allow open containers of alcohol in vehicles forces the state to divert millions of federal dollars intended for
Audit: NC DOT spent less than planned, but risks remain
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (DOT) spent less than predicted in the second half of 2020, a state performance audit showed. But
Highway in Indiana, Michigan reopens after chemical spill
Updated 5 p.m. CDT, Sept. 14, 2021 FREMONT, Ind. — A highway in northeastern Indiana and southern Michigan reopened Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 14, after a
Nicholas, now tropical storm, dumps rain along Gulf Coast
HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Nicholas hit the Texas coast early Tuesday, Sept. 14, as a hurricane and dumped more than a foot of rain along
NTSB chief: focus on road safety must shift to entire system
DETROIT — The new chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board wants governments and businesses to change the way they look at highway safety,
Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain
HOUSTON — Tropical Storm Nicholas was strengthening just off the Gulf Coast and could make landfall in Texas as a hurricane Monday, Sept. 13, as
Firefighters advance on blaze that shut California highway
CASTAIC, Calif. — Firefighters were making progress on a wildfire that jumped across a Southern California freeway and spread across dry hillsides while a new
Oregon Transportation Commission grants conditional approval to I-5 proposal
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Transportation Commission has granted conditional approval to a plan to expand Interstate 5 through Portland’s Rose Quarter as well as