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ARTBA Conference: US industry must lobby politicians over key transport funding
US consultants and contractors have been urged to confront senators and congressmen over delays in finalising a $450bn to $500bn (£290bn to £324bn) six year transport funding package.
ARTBA Conference: California high speed rail funding dries up
Backers of a $500bn (£324bn) high speed rail network across the US have admitted that their funding streams for the programme have dried up after engineers questioned its attractiveness to private investors.
ARTBA Conference: California turns to private sector to fund roads projects
California has turned to private finance to save its $107bn (£69bn), 10 year transport programme from collapse.
ARTBA Conference: Signalling needs billions of dollars for maintenance
A Federal Transit Administration (FTA) study has estimated the cost of bringing the US’s rail and bus systems into a state of good repair at $77.7bn (£50bn) – primarily on signalling. A further £9.2bn is needed every year to maintain the systems, it found.
ARTBA Conference: Texas legislators threaten private financing for roads
US private finance pioneering state Texas is in danger of losing its power to use the funding mechanism because of politicians’ fears over public backlash.
EdF to take on new nuclear graduates
Engineering graduates will receive a boost this year with the announcement that energy giant EdF plans to take on 100 new recruits to help prepare for the onset of new nuclear.
Other news
Points failure caused Potters Bar crash
Seven people died in the Potters Bar rail crash as a result of a points failure caused by their unsafe condition, an inquest jury decided today.
Dam collapses amid monsoon floods
A newly-constructed dam collapsed during three days of flooding in Pakistan which left more than two hundred people dead, it has emerged.
London 2012 road network plan published
A new information document detailing how London’s road network will operate during the Olympic Games in 2012 was published yesterday.
North Sea oil platforms to be inspected
More than 100 oil rigs and platforms in the North Sea will soon be safety-checked, under a new Health and Safety Executive programme.
Newport transporter bridge reopens after £1.225M refurbishment
Newport’s historic Transporter Bridge, one of only eight in the world, officially reopened to the public today after a £1.225M refurbishment project.
To cut a long story short
One of the world’s largest mobile cranes has been instrumental in delivering an alternative design for a vital bridge on Scotland’s largest construction project, as Margo Cole discovers.
the big picture
Tata creates new temprorary pavilion in Hyde Park
Tata Steel erected a new unique temporary pavilion for the year’s International Triatholon Union World Championship in Hyde Park this weekend.
This week's top story
Water industry has lost 29,000 jobs in five years
Up to 29,000 water industry jobs have been axed in the past five years, according to new research by water trade association British Water.
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