Topic
Infrastructure
542 published works
Aviation & Airport
Draft Environmental Impact Report for Los Angeles International Airport Airfield Project Released
By Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D.
On July 27, 2012, Los Angeles World Airports (“LAWA”) released the “Specific Plan Amendment Study Draft Environmental Impact Report” (“DEIR”), involving, among other things: (1) a realignment and extension of…
Supplemental Conditions
This Is What Aging Infrastructure Looks Like
[caption id="attachment_776" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo courtesy of nakedphilly.com[/caption] My crossfit buddy Chris Brennan over at Philly Clout beat me to the punch this morning with a blog post about today's massive…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
EPA’s New Policy on Integrated Stormwater and Wastewater Management
The last time I taught water law, I took my students on an urban water quality field trip. We toured a wastewater treatment plant and visited some impaired urban streams. …
PropertyProf Blog
Can the U.S. Fix its Craptastic Airports?
By propertyprof
The NY Times details how the U.S. is finally beginning to overhaul its outdated airport infrastructure:At a time when federal and state public works programs are stalled, the nation’s biggest…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
The Chinese Steel Red Herring
The Detroit Free Press article discussing the claim that Chinese steel as the last point of dispute between the United States and Canada presents an interesting issue. Where did this…
Land Use Prof Blog
New SCOTUS ruling on infrastructure assessments
Interesting decision out of the US Supreme Court today on infrastructure assessments. In a 6-3 ruling in Armour v. Indianapolis, the Court refused an equal protection challenge from property owners…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Southtown Star Illinois Forum Letter to the Editor
In a letter to the Editor of the Southtown Star Forum, the writer Pat Fogerty of Monee, Ilinois, raises the issue of building a third airport in Gary rather than…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
The Need to Follow FAA Regulations
The Marshalltown, Iowa Airport is facing the same problems as in so many other communities. If bigger planes are to land, there must be enough runway and enough clear zone…
Federal Eminent Domain Blog
Detroit Free Press Pushes For DRIC Bridge
The Detroit Free Press is finally appropriately discussing issues with the Bridge. While the Detroit Free Press endorsed the DRIC bridge, now called the NITC Bridge, for over a year,…
Infrastructure Law Blog
Interesting article on “accelerated bridge construction”
This New York Times article describes a relatively new "accelerated bridge construction" technique using a self-propelled modular transport to lift a bridge into place. The article focuses on the River…