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Infrastructure Projects
150 published works
Energy and Utilities
NEPAD Summit Introduces Flagship Infrastructure Projects Just Before The Anticipated U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
By Stephanie Keene, Witney Schneidman
From June 14-15, African leaders, businesses and investors gathered for the Dakar Finance Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure–organized by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)–to discuss the financing of major…
Cov Africa
NEPAD Summit Introduces Flagship Infrastructure Projects Just Before The Anticipated U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
From June 14-15, African leaders, businesses and investors gathered for the Dakar Finance Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure--organized by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)--to discuss the financing of major…
Focus on Regulation
Queen’s Speech 2014
By Julia Marlow
In the annual Queen's Speech before Parliament this morning, the Queen set out the legislative agenda for Coalition's final year. Four of those measures, which concern infrastructure, deregulation for businesses,…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Show me the money: for water and transportation projects, the question is always how to pay.
By Christopher L. Rissetto, Robert Helland
Two recent important developments in Congress illustrate the opportunities, and limits, in financing infrastructure projects in today’s Washington. First, the House of Representatives and the Senate, by overwhelming margins, agreed…
The Right Coast
French railway operator SNCF orders hundreds of new trains that are too big | World news | theguardian.com
The train due on platform one will not be arriving for the foreseeable future because it is too big.via www.theguardian.comPfffffffft!
Global Policy Watch
Africa’s Coming Infrastructure Boom
The World Economic Forum (WEF) African regional meetings in Nigeria this week emphasized that a major push on infrastructure is underway in Africa. In order for Africa’s recent economic turnaround…
Real Estate Legal Update
(US) Pennsylvania in Motion: Transit bill aims to improve infrastructure and public transit
By Dusty Elias Kirk, Gerald S. Dickinson
Urban areas, including the periphery, are now experiencing reverse migration back to the urban centers. This trend links to baby boomers who are now ‘empty nesters’ looking to eliminate work…
Focus on Regulation
Supreme Court puts HS2 back on track
By Julia Marlow
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal brought by HS2 Action Alliance Limited (and others) against the Government's proposals in relation to HS2. In a judgment handed down this morning,…
The Right Coast
Sacramento judge’s ruling throws bullet train’s future in doubt – latimes.com
In a major legal blow to the California bullet train, a Sacramento judge ruled that state officials cannot pursue their plan to tap billions of dollars in voter-approved bond funding…
Environment, Land & Resources
Secretary’s Order Encourages Mitigation Efficiency and Predictability for Infrastructure Development Projects on Federal Lands
By Laura Godfrey Zagar and Andrew Yancey On October 31, 2013, U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell issued Order No. 3330 to establish a Department-wide mitigation strategy that focuses on mitigation opportunities…