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Owns the Sagamore and Bourne bridges
Massachusetts has moved the replacement of the 91-year-old Sagamore Bridge into its final bidding phase. The state released a request for proposals for a design-build team and locked in authorization for $956 million in federal funding, with another $371 million expected in mid-October.
Updated 6 days ago
Controls key water and wetlands permits affecting many renewables on private land
Courts have now ordered the freeze lifted three times: in December, April and August. The standoff drags on anyway — the Justice Department says 110 wind projects still haven't heard from the Pentagon since a judge ordered reviews to resume, and senators accuse Interior of demanding paperwork the courts barred.
Updated 7 days ago
Fast-tracking wetlands permits under the emergency order
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order declaring a national energy emergency. The order claims the country faces a 'precariously inadequate and intermittent energy supply.' Federal data shows the opposite: oil and gas production sit at record highs.
Updated Sep 25
Builds and operates the Brandon Road barrier
Work is resuming on the $1.15 billion Brandon Road barrier after President Donald Trump lifted a stop-work order on September 3. The reversal followed a direct phone call from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who warned that juvenile silver carp had been found 80 miles from Lake Michigan.
Updated Sep 6
Co-issuer of the supplemental WOTUS notice
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened a second public comment period Friday on a rule that would sharply narrow which wetlands the Clean Water Act protects. The supplemental notice comes nearly a year after the agency's first proposal, which drew more than 220,000 comments.
Updated Sep 5
Granted the construction permit after four-plus years of review
The biggest container ships in the world cannot reach the Port of New Orleans; the Crescent City Connection bridge is too low for vessels hauling 24,000 boxes. The answer is a brand-new port built 17 miles downriver where they can dock, and this week it cleared its biggest hurdle.
Updated Aug 26
Recipient of the bill's project authorizations
Almost every U.S. water utility that upgrades a pipe or a treatment plant borrows from a state loan fund seeded with federal money. On July 15, a Senate committee advanced the bill that sets how much flows into those funds through 2030.
Updated Jul 15
Recommended the project to Congress
Ships have called at the Port of Gulfport through a 36-foot channel for decades. On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended digging it 10 feet deeper, the last technical step before Congress can authorize the work.
Updated Jun 9
Likely permitting and concurrence role for water impacts under NEPA timeline
After a decade of debate, Maryland picked a specific build option to replace the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The Maryland Transportation Authority Board approved "Alternative C," an eight-lane crossing plan that would build two new four-lane spans and eventually remove the existing bridge spans.
Updated May 15
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