Paul Revere Williams is a Black architect who contributed to some of Los Angeles' well-known institutions.
(Washington Examiner) — The District is quickly approaching the point where it will no longer be able to afford to build new roads, overhaul school buildings and make other capital expenditures. If revenue and spending on capital projects remains the same, the city will be up against a self-imposed 12 percent debt cap within five […]
(Amsterdam News) — The Department of Transportation plans to engage more Minority and Women’s Business Enterprises (MWBE) for the rebuilding of the Kosciuszko Bridge that connects Brooklyn and Queens. At a workshop held earlier this month in Long Island City, nearly 150 community stakeholders, construction trade organizations, contractors and government services gathered to learn more […]
(Wall Street Journal) — It took six months of tinkering with a water-filtration system before a team of entrepreneurs in Florida believed they had successfully recreated New York City’s distinctive tap water. Howard Sackel, an engineer from New Jersey, was part of the team that developed the so-called “Brooklynizing” technology used by Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. in Delray […]
(Atlanta Journal Constitution) — The Georgia Department of Transportation will meet with five developers in early November to get their ideas and questions for a long-proposed but never built transit hub in downtown Atlanta. GDOT released the list on its website late Thursday. Three Atlanta-based development firms will have meetings. Jacoby Development, which bought the […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — The state of Illinois is giving the city of Chicago a $2million loan to help put more water meters in homes, state environmental officials announced Thursday. And two politically connected companies will help put in those meters, under a two-year, $13.5 million contract the city awarded in July to Professional Meters […]
(Crain’s) — This probably comes as no shock to New York’s drivers: A study has found that most roads in and around the city have potholes aplenty. What may surprise them is the heavy toll their vehicles are taking. The report from The Road Information Program (TRIP) labels the New York metropolitan area’s road system as […]
(AJC) — State officials have approved $86 million in funding for nine projects meant to finance water and sewer projects across Georgia. Gov. Sonny Perdue and other leaders say fixing leaking water systems and upgrading wastewater treatment plants will help solve Georgia’s water woes. The state is locked in a long-running feud with neighboring Alabama […]
(Washington Examiner) – Hundreds of Marylanders packed into a large conference room in Rockville Monday night for a chance to scold Pepco about its poor service. “This is not just a failure to communicate. This is a failure to plan, a failure to invest, a failure to perform. It’s incompetence of management and there is […]
(Washington Informer) — If you drive in the District you may soon notice your ride is a lot smoother on many city streets and highways. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is using federal funds from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) to accelerate the department’s paving schedule and resurface additional roadways across the […]
(Chicago Tribune) — For 20 years, Diane Howe, of Spring Grove, has had to zigzag across Lake County roads to get to work in Buffalo Grove. As she drives more than an hour each way, Howe wonders if her dream roadwork project — the long-proposed extension of Illinois Highway 53 — will ever be built. “I don’t think […]
(AJC) — Atlanta Gas Light will argue its case for a 14 percent rate hike Tuesday at the state Public Service Commission, kicking off a season of debate over rising utility costs. In the next five months, the commission will rule on rate increases for both AGL and Georgia Power. AGL is asking for $54 […]