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Infrastructure
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Infra Insight Blog
NYS Thruway Board Approves $3.1 Billion Design-Build Contract for Tappan Zee Bridge
On December 17, 2012, the Board of the New York State Thruway Authority (“NYSTA”) unanimously approved award of the design-build contract for the Tappan Zee bridge replacement project to Tappan…
The Right Coast
EconoMonitor : EconoMonitor » U.S. Power Grid Vulnerable to Just About Everything
As Washington hunts ill-defined al-Qaeda groups in the Middle East and Africa, and concerns itself with Iran s eventual nuclear potential, it has a much more pressing problem at home:…
PropertyProf Blog
The Interstate Highway System is Awesome
By propertyprof
As millions of Americans contemplate the long journey home after the holiday, it's easy to forget that the interstate highway system is a real miracle:In an article in the Review…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Divergent Initial Approaches to Rebuilding in NJ and NY after Sandy
Following the immense challenges of providing emergency assistance in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster, government officials face a new set of challenges in the subsequent weeks and months:…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
The Pot Calls The Kettle Black
In a Crain’s Detroit Business article of November 6, 2012, Mickey Blashfield of the Detroit International Bridge Company is calling out “land speculators who are lining up to get rich…
PropertyProf Blog
New New Amsterdam
By propertyprof
Matt Yglesias looks at how rising sea levels will force nations to rethink coastal property:The idea of essentially damning up New York Harbor sounds extreme, but that's equivalent to what…
PropertyProf Blog
Robert Moses Lives!
By propertyprof
A land use story? About Kentucky? In the NY Times? Dreams really do come true. Last week, Michael Kimmelman wrote a scathing piece on Louisville's decision to enlarge it's downtown…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
NITC/DRIC Awaits Secretary of State Approval
The proposed International Trade Crossing project(previously called The Detroit River International Crossing) is slated for decision. Because the Crossing is an international border, the Secretary of State of the United…
Massachusetts Land Use Monitor
Make It A Double: “Jobs Bill” Extends Permit Extension Act
A bill entitled "An act relative to infrastructure investment, enhanced competitiveness & economic growth" – now known as the "Jobs Bill" – was signed into law yesterday by Governor Deval Patrick. …
Land Use Prof Blog
Frischmann on Managing Congestion
Brett M. Frischmann (Cardozo) has posted Managing Congestion, which is a chapter from his book Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources, Oxford University Press, 2012. The abstract:This chapter considers…