James Leggate

Cincinnati

Online News Editor at Engineering News-Record (ENR)

Online News Editor at ENR Southeast

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FHWA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking Rule

6 days ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration released a final rule April 18 rescinding requirements that states track tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases and set goals to reduce those emissions. The Biden administration finalized its greenhouse gas emissions rule in 2023 to track and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's highway system network.
US DoT Takes Over $7B NYC Penn Station Reconstruction From MTA

6 days ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration is shaking up plans for a $7-billion reconstruction of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station by moving authority over the project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to Amtrak. As part of the move, the agency known as FRA is canceling an Intercity Passenger Rail Program for the Northeast Corridor grant it had previously awarded to MTA.
US Transportation Dept. Takes Over $7B NYC Penn Station Rebuild From MTA

6 days ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration is shaking up plans for a $7-billion reconstruction of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station by moving authority over the project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to Amtrak. As part of the move, the federal rail agency is canceling the Intercity Passenger Rail Program for the Northeast Corridor grant it had previously awarded to MTA.
Equinor Halts $5B Empire Wind Construction After Feds Plan Extra Review

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

Norwegian energy developer Equinor says it has suspended construction on its $5-billion Empire Wind offshore energy project in New York in response to a notice from the Trump administration directing it to halt work pending a new review. Empire Wind, which was permitted last year, is planned to have 54 turbines at an 80,000-acre site located 15-30 miles southeast of Long Island.
Trump Orders Overhaul of Federal Acquisition Regulation

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

President Donald Trump is directing federal agencies to overhaul their procurement systems and regulations by scaling back requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation to make permitting less cumbersome. Trump also is directing agencies to purchase only commercially available products and services rather than unique government systems or custom-developed solutions.
Judge Again Orders Trump Administration to Provide Info on Kilmar Abrego Garcia

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

A federal judge is pressing Trump administration officials to provide more information about Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a union sheet metal worker from Maryland who was erroneously deported and imprisoned in El Salvador, while officials have opposed court orders and accused Abrego Garcia of being a gang member and terrorist despite his apparent lack of any criminal record.
USDOT Cancels Amtrak Grant for Texas High-Speed Rail

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

Plans to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Dallas and Houston are facing another setback with U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's announcement that the Federal Railroad Administration is terminating a $63.9-million grant to Amtrak for the project. The Amtrak Texas High-speed Rail Corridor was originally a privately-backed effort known as the Texas Central Railway. But as cost estimates for the project grew—now more than $40 billion, according to the U.S. Dept.
Navy Plans to Award Contracts to Build Guam Facilities

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

U.S. military construction in Guam is continuing with several different projects, and Navy officials indicated that they expect to award contracts for at least two sizable works later this year. In its latest workload projections updated March 31, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific said it expects to award a construction contract for a Guam Defense Radar System Command Center along with a related power generation facility, fuel storage and other infrastructure.
Supreme Court Directs Return of Wrongly Deported Union Sheet Metal Worker

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Supreme Court instructed U.S. officials to facilitate “as soon as possible” the return home of a union sheet metal worker who was erroneously deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there, upholding a federal judge’s order calling for his immediate return back to the U.S. However, it was not immediately clear how soon officials would comply with the order.
US Supreme Court Directs Return of Wrongly Deported Union Sheet Metal Worker

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Supreme Court instructed U.S. immigration officials to facilitate “as soon as possible” the return of a union sheet metal worker who was erroneously deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there, upholding a lower federal court order calling for his immediate extradition back to the U.S. However, it was not immediately clear how soon officials would comply with the order.

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