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Three Disasters Show Gaps in Infrastructure Plan

Three times this year, major pieces of U.S. infrastructure have failed: first the Texas power grid, then the East Coast’s main gasoline pipeline, then a freeway bridge over the Mississippi River. The crises disrupted businesses and lives, cost billions and …

South Carolina Lawmakers Fail to Pass Road Funding Bill

Getting more money to South Carolina roads was a top priority of the governor, lawmakers and businesses for this year. But with one day left in the 2015 session, the road funding bill appeared dead on the Senate floor. There …

N.J. Official: State’s Ailing Roads, Bridges Costing Drivers Billions of Dollars

In the wake of the partial closure of a heavily traveled bridge in northern New Jersey last week, the state’s Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox warned that the state’s failing roads and bridges cost drivers billions of dollars as the state …