Albuquerque is proposing a new resolution to voters in the November municipal election, seeking to fund capital improvements and infrastructure projects over 10 years. The City Council’s resolution, approved as substituted and amended last week, would program funding for the city’s 10-year plan for capital improvements and authorize an additional $180 million in bond sales. […]
The Ohio Controlling Board released $31 million in state funds to support two projects in Mahoning Valley. The board released $17.2 million from the Department of Development’s All Ohio Future Fund to the Western Reserve Port Authority to prepare about 1,000 acres in Trumbull County to entice major new industries to locate at the site. […]
Rhode Island has officially launched its $108.7 million Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program by issuing its first request for proposals to design and build high-speed broadband infrastructure across the state. The $42.45 billion federal BEAD Program aims to connect 25 million Americans currently without high-speed internet access. Rhode Island’s funding for the program was […]
The focus on water is extreme in almost every state in America. That’s because there are dozens of water infrastructure projects that simply must be addressed. The most critical issues tend to be water resources, aging water treatment plants, flood control, aging dam structures and leaking water pipelines. These types of projects are usually expensive, […]
Ohio is proposing the issuance of bonds to fund public infrastructure projects for the first time since 2014. Voters in Ohio will have the opportunity to decide on a major infrastructure funding initiative this coming Election Day—the Local Infrastructure Bond Amendment, or State Issue 2. The proposed constitutional amendment, referred to voters by the state […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is concluding a nearly $1 billion grant program. The agency says the decision was made to reduce federal spending and improve the delivery of emergency services to Americans. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the end of the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program — a federal grant […]
The Killeen City Council recently approved a 25-year water and wastewater master plan that recommends $128 million in improvements between now and 2050. The plan also includes projections for the city’s growth, estimating that the population will rise from about 165,000 in 2025 to 223,000 in 2050. “This is really the foundation of the master […]