Topic
Infrastructure
535 published works
Environmental Law Prof Blog
California to Create CEQA Exemptions for Construction Projects
E&E reports (Debra Kahn, E&E reporter) State Democratic leaders appear to be yielding to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan for easing environmental restrictions as a way to kick-start job-generating construction projects. …
Land Use Prof Blog
Here comes the money … but where is it going? …
Some of the first things to go in a time of economic recession are grand ideas of public policy. But David Brooks –- sometimes dismissed as merely “the…
Pension Risk Matters
CalPERS Invests in Infrastructure
According to blogger extraordinaire and Sacramento Bee reporter Jon Ortiz , the California giant will now invest in "PPP" (public private partnership) deals but with strings attached. According to their…
Eminent Domain and Real Estate Valuation
Rendell Announces Bridge Repair Project
By David Snyder
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell announced a plan to repair 1,145 bridges across Pennsylvania.
Environmental Law Prof Blog
DOT Downplays Transportation Report on Climate Change Impacts and Prevents Press from Interviewing the Author
HT to Lance Olson Climate Change Yahoo group:The Government Accountability Project reported today on a major study on climate change impacts released on Wednesday by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Carlyle Group Wants to Invest in Infrastructure
First, public schools, now our infrastructure goes private ... The private equity firm, The Carlyle Group, has raised $1.15 billion for an infrastructure fund that it will use to partner…
PropertyProf Blog
Driesen on Infrastructure Commons
By propertyprof
David M. Driesen (Syracuse) has posted An Economic Dynamic Approach to the Infrastructure Commons on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This brief essay comments upon and extends Brett Frischman's idea of the…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
Heavy Trucks Take Toll on Bridges and Highways
By Morgan Adams
The day after I posted my blog on the Minnesota bridge collapse on I-35, Chattanooga Times Free Press ran an article on page A8, col 2, that shows the wear…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
Trucks Responsible For Minnesota Bridge Collapse?
By Morgan Adams
The Interstate 35W Bridge that collapsed in Minnesota was built in 1967. Since then there has been significant increases in the size, weight and numbers of trucks on our interstate…
Green Building Law
A word about infrastructure
I have posted before about the need for the 2008 presidential candidates to develop an infrastructure plan. http://greenlaw.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-want-hillary-clintons-50-billion.htmlThis country simply cannot go on allowing our infrastructure to age and fail,…