Colorado lawmakers have finalized a new plan to inject billions of dollars into services, projects and initiatives statewide. Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s $46.9 billion budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year earlier this month, finalizing an annual spending plan while shifting funding to protect core services including K-12 education, Medicaid and public safety.   The final budget is set to go into effect July 1, after months of negotiations at the Capitol. The “Long Bill” reflects the state’s effort to manage […]

School district officials in Plymouth, Massachusetts, advanced a multiyear plan to renovate or replace the district’s oldest elementary school and approved facility improvements at other elementary campuses. School Committee members also selected an owner’s project manager (OPM) for the Hedge Elementary School project and unveiled a new community playground at Nathaniel Morton Elementary.  The selection of an OPM for the […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) unveiled an $835.8 million federal investment on May 15 to replace and upgrade aging air traffic control facilities nationwide, including full tower replacements and equipment modernization projects at dozens of airports.   The new funding includes $750 million to construct eight air traffic control towers at airports in Charleston and Greer, South Carolina; Sacramento and San Jose, Ccalifornia; Grand Forks, North Dakota; Pocatello, Idaho; Lawton, […]

Minnesota is building on its vision for expanded state passenger rail service, freight transit and capacity for rolling stock statewide.  The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released its next investment plan to overhaul Minnesota’s 4,000-mile rail system.  The Minnesota State Rail Plan, which was previously updated in 2015, identifies 195 freight railroad capital projects that include 101 funded projects, 65 unfunded projects and 29 projects with unknown costs.   […]

The Georgetown City Council in Texas approved more than $92 million in bond funding for various capital improvement projects throughout the city, including $49 million in funding for a new Customer Service Center, a city facility project expected to open in 2028.  The new Customer Service Center follows a 2023 facilities study that found Georgetown’s current government space is at […]

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City leaders in Minot, North Dakota, are building for the next generation of North Dakotans, announcing a new plan to invest over $880 million in city infrastructure over the next five years.  The Minot City Council on May 4 adopted a new Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) totaling $888.3 million, with about $200.3 million in projects slated to […]