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01/31/2010El Paso Bridge Span Work To Start

Jan. 31--EL PASO -- The Yarbrough bridge that takes Lower Valley commuters from Alameda Avenue to San Jose Road will soon come down so that a new one can be built.
02/01/2010Developer Says Wind Power a Texas Natural

Feb. 1--Ian Hatton, the CEO and founding director of the company that wants to build a wind farm off South Padre Island, says he doesn't want to force anything down anyone's throat.
01/29/2010News Release: Jury Awards $54.2M Against Caterpillar, Holt Texas

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lanier Law Firm is announcing a $54.2 million verdict against Peoria, Ill-based Caterpillar Inc. and San Antonio-based Holt Texas Ltd. after a jury finding that defects and lax maintenance led to a construction worker being paralyzed while using a piece of Caterpillar equipment.
01/29/2010Texas DOT Gets $3 Billion Nod, Gears Up for Market

DALLAS - The Texas Department of Transportation expects to go to market this spring after gaining approval to issue up to $3 billion of general obligation bonds.
01/29/2010High-speed Derailed: Federal Funds Skip Okla., but ODOT Says Process Useful

Jan. 29--WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma was shut out Thursday in its bid for construction funds from the Obama administration to be part of the first nationwide program for high-speed passenger rail service.
01/29/2010PUC To Discuss Tex. Utility's Bid for Wind Power Transmission Lines

Jan. 29--The city of Garland has thrown regulators into a riddle over plans to build transmission lines to bring West Texas wind power to big cities.
01/29/2010EDITORIAL: Casinos or Racinos in Texas?

Jan. 29--By MIKE NORMAN
01/28/2010Hurricane Ike Claims Total $12B in Texas

Jan. 28--Hurricane Ike's devastating storm surge and 110 mile per hour winds made it by far the costliest weather catastrophe in Texas history.
01/28/2010SandRidge plans $100M Makeover in Downtown OKC

Jan. 28--SandRidge Energy Corp. unveiled plans today for what will be a $100 million makeover of its downtown headquarters.
01/28/2010Even With Private Partners, IH-35 Expansion in North Tex. To Be Done in Phases

Jan. 28--Rebuilding Interstate 35E from Dallas to Denton will have to be done in stages, even if Texas contracts with a private toll firm to build and finance most of the work, state transportation officials said Wednesday.
01/28/2010Funding Revisited for West Tex. $1.7B 'Clean Coal' Plant

One day after the future of a $1.7 billion coal gasification plant planned for Penwell was in question, Summit Power Group Inc.'s Texas Clean Energy Project appeared back on track Wednesday.
01/28/2010NIST Rules on Cowboys' Facility Collapse

The final report on the cause of last May's collapse of a fabric-covered Dallas Cowboys practice facility blames design problems for the incident.
01/28/2010Tollway Authority, State Near Deal on Funds for Southwest Pkwy, Texas 161

Jan. 28--AUSTIN -- The North Texas Tollway Authority would get an extra $400 million from the sale of top-rated bonds if the Texas Transportation Department agrees to back the debts for the Southwest Parkway and Texas 161 toll roads, officials said Wednesday.
01/27/2010Lindsey widening, building renovation on regents' agenda

Jan. 27--The OU Board of Regents will discuss the widening project of East Lindsey Street and renovations to Ellsworth Collings Hall, home of OU's Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, at its 2:30 p.m. meeting today in Norman.
01/27/2010Engineers Watch Texas Homes for More Moving Soil

SAN ANTONIO - Residents of 25 homes evacuated after a landslide split a retaining wall and threatened to topple hilltop homes will not be allowed to return for at least 10 days as engineers watch for further soil movement, the developer said Tuesday.
01/24/2010Port Arthur Waterway Closed as Oil Cleanup Continues

Jan. 24--The Coast Guard has extended the safety zone surrounding Saturday's massive oil spill in the Sabine Neches Waterway, calling for an 18-mile stretch down to the Gulf to be closed as cleanup crews work to skim 420,000 gallons of crude oil from the water.
01/24/2010Hundreds of Millions Spent on Texas Transportation Projects That Have Little to do With Traffic

Jan. 24--No one disputes that the Woodall Rodgers Deck Park under construction in downtown Dallas is innovative.
01/22/2010Irving TX Adopts 'Net Zero' Model for New Energy-Efficient Middle School

Jan. 22--The green movement is reaching into public schools.
01/21/2010Dam Safety in Okla. Suffers From Reduced Budgets

Jan. 21--The protection of lives and property will always be a high priority for a community, but the ability to offer the best quality protection lessens with the reduction of funds.
01/19/2010Congressman Tours Okla. Stimulus Projects

Search the Tulsa World database of Oklahoma Department of Transportation federal stimulus projects.
01/20/2010Okla. Stimulus Project on IH-35 Ahead of Schedule

Jan. 20--At first glance, the construction along Interstate 35 into Pauls Valley may appear to be interrupted business as usual.
01/20/2010North Texas Toll Auth. Wants State Aid for Two Big Road Projects

Jan. 20--The North Texas Tollway Authority voted unanimously today to seek help from the Texas Department of Transportation to build two major toll roads.
01/18/2010Waco ISD's $172.5M Bond Work Ahead of Schedule

Jan. 18--Waco Independent School District's $172.5 million worth of bond-funded construction projects are, so far, under budget and on time -- or even a little faster.
01/19/2010Most Federal Rail Grants Probably Will Bypass Texas

Jan. 19--The federal government is about to hand out a river of cash to states willing to build a network of bullet trains, as the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress seek to slowly ease the country's dependence on automobiles and airplanes to make short trips between its biggest cities.
01/18/2010Some North Tex Transportation Bond Projects Delayed by Economy

Jan. 18--FORT WORTH -- Tight city budgets and revenue shortfalls have forced construction delays in some of the local road projects slated to receive millions of dollars from the 2006 Tarrant County bond program.

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