Lawmakers Eye Federal Rail Funding Reform to Support Infrastructure Work
[ad_1] As U.S. Dept. of Transportation officials review a backlog of thousands of awarded-but-unobligated grants, lawmakers in Washington are looking for ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DOT’s rail grants. For rail sector experts who testified before the House railroads, pipelines and hazardous materials subcommittee
Disney Unveils Plans for Abu Dhabi Theme Park
[ad_1] The Walt Disney Co. announced plans on May 7 to create a new theme park in the United Arab Emirates. When built, the park will be Disney’s seventh worldwide and the first–ever in the Middle East. Disney officials, including CEO Bob Iger, announced the agreement with UAE
From the Archives: February 6, 1941
[ad_1] This 1941 cover image shows workers on top of the drum gates of the mile-long Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State. During the 1920s there was a bitter debate over whether to build a 290-ft tall “low dam” which would generate electricity without supplying irrigation, or a