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Expansion will take trash for years in New Braunfels area
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
San Antonio,
11/21/2009)
Residents in Comal and Guadalupe counties will have somewhere to put their trash for the next few decades with the newly expanded Mesquite Creek Landfill.
The only waste disposal facility in either...
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Texas City Ship Channel to undergo $70.8M dredging
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown,
11/19/2009)
(Texas City) - A New Jersey-based marine construction firm was awarded a $61.8 million contract Wednesday to deepen the Texas City Ship Channel.
The dredging contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
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US 290/MoPac flyover project OK'd in Austin
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Austin-Round Rock,
11/19/2009)
The Austin City Council approved an agreement with the state to build two ore flyover bridges at the US 290/MoPac Boulevard interchange. Construction should start by May 2010.
The project, which should...
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Port of Houston approves construction, electricity contract
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown,
11/18/2009)
(Port of Houston) - The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) has approved up to $20.1 million to pay for construction and rehabilitation of dredged material disposal and beneficial use sites for the Houston...
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Cuatro Vientos project underway in Laredo
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Laredo,
11/18/2009)
(Laredo) - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Laredo District officially marked the start of the Cuatro Vientos (State Loop 20 extension) construction project on Monday.
The new roadway...
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Fort Bliss off the grid in the future?
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
El Paso,
11/18/2009)
(El Paso) - Commanding general of Fort Bliss gets around base in a plug-in electric car. The car can’t go faster than 30 miles per hour, but that’s all general needs. After all, the speed...
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Daimler launches car-share program in Austin
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Austin-Round Rock,
11/18/2009)
(Austin) - Daimler auto officials, alongside Austin City officials, launched a cooperative car-share initiative to become the nation’s largest car-sharing pilot program by introducing 200 smart...
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Federal Funding Goes to Wastewater
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Austin-Round Rock,
11/24/2009)
AUSTIN ( Austin Business Journal ) – The Texas Water Development Board has loaned $31.8 million of stimulus funding to the City of Austin to finance wastewater system improvements.
The city has...
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Far East Winds for Far West Texas
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Texas,
11/20/2009)
NEW YORK ( Bloomberg News ) – Plans for a $1.5 billion West Texas wind farm mark the largest Chinese-American investment in U.S. renewable energy to date.
U.S. Renewable Energy and Austin-based...
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San Marcos Water Contract in Works
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Austin-Round Rock,
11/20/2009)
SAN MARCOS ( Austin American-Statesman ) – Rapid development has persuaded the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) into negotiations with water developer End-Op to deliver up to 45 million gallons...
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I-35 Expansion Funding Approved
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Waco,
11/20/2009)
AUSTIN ( Waco Tribune ) – A panel of state transportation officials yesterday unanimously approved spending over half of $2 billion in voter-approved bond money to widen six stretches of I-35 in...
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City Buys Lot for Tunneling
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Austin-Round Rock,
11/17/2009)
AUSTIN ( Austin Business Journal ) – City officials are negotiating the purchase of a half-block parking lot in the Waller Creek corridor to be used for four years as the main staging area for construction...
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Water Rushing from Caldwell to Manor
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Austin-Round Rock,
11/13/2009)
TRAVIS COUNTY ( Austin Business Journal ) – Commissioners have approved a $40 million bond issuance for River Valley Industrial Development Corp., which will oversee the construction of a 52-mile...
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Wastewater Treatment Plant Contract Awarded
(Infrastructure & Transportation,
Corpus Christi,
11/13/2009)
CORPUS CHRISTI ( Corpus Christi Caller-Times ) – A $50 million contract as been awarded to Minnesota-based Graham Construction Services to build a new wastewater treatment plant on the...
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