Sentences with phrase «build federal projects»

We've seen Trump recently rescind Obama regulations of how to build federal projects and to take climate change projections into account — for example, rising sea levels, flood projections.

Not exact matches

At the end of October, the Highway Trust Fund becomes insolvent, lacking the funding it needs to continue projects that repair and build the nation's federal, state, and local highways, bridges, tunnels and mass transit programs.

Trump's lease with the federal government to develop and operate a hotel inside the historic Old Post Office building expressly prohibits any elected official from benefiting from the property, yet Trump has not divested from his company or this particular project.

Henderson - based shipbuilder Austal will open an Adelaide office for shipbuilding design and project management as it seeks to win a $ 3 billion federal government contract to build 12 new offshore patrol vessels.

The bill would also allow state and local governments to issue Build America Bonds that provide a direct payment from the federal government for a part of the interest paid on bonds that finance government works projects.

The Phase One plan would leverage funding from the federal and provincial governments while building momentum towards negotiations with senior levels of government for the critical regional projects included in Phase Two and Phase Three.

Federal opposition deputy Conservative Lisa Raitt called it a terrible day for Canada and blamed Trudeau for not championing the nation - building project and the nation's energy sector.

Atlantic Sand Assessment Project — To help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy, promote resilient coastal systems, and help build a national offshore sand inventory, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) sponsored offshore surveys to identify new sources of sand in federal waters from Miami, Florida to Massachusetts in 2015 and several site specific surveys in 2016 and 2017.

Technological improvements and capacity - building projects are two areas of investment which the federal and provincial governments are most active in supporting, providing a number of grants, loans, and tax incentives for businesses to access.

The Federal government needs to uphold the legal decisions by properly legislated regulatory boards which have approved these projects and get the pipelines built for the good of our economy and all Canadians in general.

No federal projects were ever built with the new standards, because it took years to go through the required public comment process before the rules were finalized.

«Our organization applauds the Federal Government for approving this project, which has undergone a comprehensive scientific and technical assessment and is subject to conditions that will ensure it is built to the highest safety and environmental standards.»

Cuomo has touted projects like the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge, built with federal assistance.

The state was approved for a $ 1.6 billion low - interest federal loan to finance part of the massive construction project, which will build a new span to connect Westchester and Rockland counties at the Hudson River.

Priority building projects including bridges, roads, parks, and flood control will create jobs and utilize state, federal, authority, and private funds.

Since October 2011, new design - build legislation was enacted, a fast tracked federal environmental review and concurrent procurement processes have been completed, a project labor agreement with construction unions was negotiated, and construction activities commenced — all with an unprecedented level of transparency and community involvement.

The federal probe has focused on the Buffalo Billion economic development project to build a solar panel factory for SolarCity, but also includes real estate developers working on projects in other cities.

Southold spent $ 50,000 on screened sand to build up a dune at the edge of Town Beach during the recent rehabilitation project there, and although the Federal Emergency Management Agency will likely reimburse the town for it, Town Board members are worried that the sand might be too fine to keep from blowing away.

Federal investigators looking at state - subsidized development projects have subpoenaed records from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office concerning Howe and two companies that were awarded state grants to fix up the Nynex building, according to a report in the Buffalo News.

WAWAYANDA - Federal regulators gave Millennium Pipeline Co. permission Friday to start building the 7.8 - mile natural gas line that will supply the Competitive Power Ventures plant, pushing the project forward even as a dispute continues over the state's denial of permits for that pipeline.

However, the ambitious project by the federal government to build a smart city, on a 1,260 hectares piece of virgin land located several kilometers Southeast of Nigeria's capital, Abuja is embroiled in several controversies, all bordering on alleged fraud.

The Environmental Facilities Corp., which lends federal money for sewer plants and other clean - water projects, approved a $ 511 million loan to the Thruway Authority for 17 projects that are part of the building of a twin - span replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River.

With the green light from the federal government, the company building the Dakota Access oil pipeline said it plans to resume work immediately to finish the long - stalled project.

«While the project is now about 85 % complete, the Federal Government, in the circumstances, will decide at the appropriate time what is the best use for the 14 buildings already on the project site.»

Abe added that he also selected the construction of a building project for his Alma Mater, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, which was also constructed by the Federal Ministry of Education.

In the brief phone message, Ditullio had questioned why Miner's administration had refused to grant a building permit at COR's Inner Harbor project — a major Syracuse development that was of interest in a federal subpoena issued by Bharara's office to the Cuomo administration in April.

Work with elected leaders to ensure that the funding for a proposed $ 28 million simulator project remains in the federal budget (including $ 6 million to build a facility to house the project).

Riverkeeper, Waterkeeper Alliance, and Environmental Advocates of New York Monday filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Albany against New York State officials, seeking to ensure that federal Clean Water Act funds will not be used in building the new Tappan Zee Bridge or for future projects.

Cuomo said he told Trump, New York is «ready to build» and needs the federal government to back massive infrastructure projects including upgrades to LaGuardia and Kennedy airports.

Federal regulators gave Millennium Pipeline Co. permission Friday to start building the 7.8 - mile natural gas line that will supply the Competitive Power Ventures plant, pushing the project forward even as a dispute continues over the state's denial of permits for that pipeline.

The bill would require sponsors of border - crossing oil pipelines and electricity transmission facilities that cross the U.S. borders into Canada and Mexico to receive a «certificate of crossing» from the relevant federal agency in order to build or modify their projects.

Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.

Under the bill projects like the Coney Island redevelopment, the Hudson Yards, the Intrepid, all built with city tax breaks, would have to pay their workers a so - called «living wage» of $ 10 a hour with benefits, or $ 11.50 without benefits, instead of the federal minimum wage of $ 7.25.

This afternoon, the governor announced that the state would in fact receive a $ 1.6 billion loan from the federal government to build a new Tappan Zee bridge, which the state projects will cost roughly $ 3.9 billion.

The Federal Government has stated that the delay in the commencement of Ogoni clean - up exercise was to build a solid foundation for the project, and avert...

But federal prosecutors have charged two Cor executives in connection with the state's development of building projects at Collamer Crossings Business Park in DeWitt.

The warehouse serving Customs and other federal agencies is another stage in a massive building project around the plaza.

«New York has the most ambitious building plan in the nation, and it's absurd the federal government claimed these projects were a priority one day and then cut funding for them the next,» Mr. Cuomo said in a statement.

Congress just exempted the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge from the new fencing project, but many miles of new barriers are set to be built on other federal lands, most of which are part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

In fact, major changes in federal transportation policy are boosting built - environment projects nationwide.

If activists were to succeed in stopping TMT, it wouldn't be the first time: In 2002 a federal court blocked a NASA plan to build a half dozen 1.8 - meter telescopes on the mountain because it failed to do a comprehensive environmental assessment; NASA eventually abandoned the project.

His comments are the strongest indication yet that DOE might reverse a Bush administration decision to pull the plug on FutureGen, a federal - industry project that was to be built in Illinois and has faced significant cost overruns.

Under the IWRM Indonesia joint project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), hydraulic engineering experts of KIT built an underground cave power station.

This effort builds on previous investigations, such as the USGS Central Valley Regional Aquifer System and Analysis (CV - RASA) project and several other groundwater studies in the Valley completed by Federal, State and local agencies at differing scales.

The city will also continue to work with county, state and federal governments to fund and build flood mitigation projects such as bayou widening and a third reservoir.

As national leadership development strategist for NYCLA, Gutierrez works to build leadership capacity with current and aspiring principal supervisors in 12 states across the U.S.. Also a national leadership development strategist, Polo - McKenna splits her time between coaching school leaders and leadership teams nationally and working on the federal i3 grant - funded Teaming Model project, which pairs aspiring principals and assistant principals and places them as teams in struggling New York schools.

The school relies on loans and federal grants to fund some of its building projects, and receives Title 1 funding to assist with programs for low - income students.

The project received $ 400 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funding via the Federal Railroad Administration for Phase 1 to build the train box below ground.

The goal is to use federal funds as an incentive to get projects underway and built more quickly, with greater participation by state, local and private partners.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is encouraging projects to make the Build America Bureau their first stop when thinking about accessing federal credit programs, or if they are interested in pursuing other innovative finance strategies a public private partnership.