DePaul University to use $50 million for athletics construction
Project is currently in design phase, with construction expected to begin no earlier than summer 2025
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Midwest rail corridor to receive $53 million for infrastructure upgrades
Federal Railroad Administration has awarded $31.8 million in grants for Twin Cities-Milwaukee-Chicago Intercity Passenger Rail Project; Amtrak to contribute additional $5 million
California to use $75 million to upgrade, decarbonize, rehabilitate ports
Largest award, $52.6 million, will allow port of Long Beach to add a third intermodal railroad track to a port channel crossing
Northern Tennessee county investing $28 million toward water projects
Funds will be used to build infrastructure that reinforces water supplies pulled from the Cumberland River and processed by city of Gallatin’s water treatment plant
FTA grants $220 million to help modernize ferry systems
Grants will fund 13 modernization projects in eight states and American Samoa. The grants will cover 80% of a project, with the local entity providing the remaining 20%
FTA announces $343 million to make transit facilities ADA compliant
Although many of America’s oldest cities have well-established public transit systems, many of their facilities were built before the ADA was implemented in 1990
Silicon Valley reservoir expansion project receives $92 million EPA loan
Loan funded through EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, a credit program designed to support water, wastewater and infrastructure projects
EPA funding boosts clean-water efforts in Pennsylvania, Virginia
EPA awarded nearly $387 million to Pennsylvania to upgrade infrastructure to help deliver cleaner, safer water to residents and another $62.3 million to Virginia
Oakland plans $50 million state-of-the-art recreation facility
Project will reconstruct and expand current recreation center, replacing it with a two-story recreation and resilience center built on a 1.75-acre urban block park
NC State veterinary school to build equine center, expand hospital
North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine will expand and renovate institution’s Large Animal Hospital with $70 million from the state budget
