| 03/07/2010 | Spokane's New $167-Million Treatment Plant May Face New Lawsuits Despite Plan
The Spokesman-Review
Mar. 7--A new plan for reducing algae-feeding pollution in the Spokane River is a mixed blessing for Spokane County's $167 million sewage treatment project. |
| 02/18/2010 | Local Officials Call for more Scrutiny of $3.6-Billion I-5 Bridge
The Oregonian
Feb. 18--Portland Mayor Sam Adams today pushed back against two Northwest governors' call for urgency on a $3.6 billion plan for a new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River. |
| 02/26/2010 | Rogue River's Gold Ray Dam Removal Backed
Mail Tribune
Feb. 26--Efforts to remove Gold Ray Dam from the Rogue River leapt forward when a draft study unveiled Thursday revealed no new apparent environmental or economic hurdles for Jackson County to cross. |
| 02/25/2010 | COLUMN: $100 million in planning Columbia River Crossing without 10 cents of consensus
The Oregonian
Feb. 25--Downwind from the unmitigated disasters that are the business energy tax credits and the state's emergency communications network, you're darn right folks have questions about the $4 billion Columbia River Crossing. |
| 02/18/2010 | Legislators Freeze Funding for Oregon's $414-Million Emergency Radio System
The Oregonian
Feb. 18--SALEM -- Lawmakers froze most of the money for a sprawling $414 million emergency radio system tonight after months of saying the Kulongoski administration's project lacked oversight to prevent it from missing deadlines or going over budget. |
| 03/02/2010 | Washington Job Numbers Improve, Including Construction
The Seattle Times
Mar. 2--One swallow doesn't make a summer, and one month of employment gains doesn't make a recovery. |
| 02/12/2010 | Alaska Construction Spending Expected to Decline to $7 Billion
Anchorage Daily News
Feb. 12--Alaska's key construction industry is expecting less spending again this year, continuing a gradual decline that began before the national recession started. |
| 02/26/2010 | Oregon's Highway 20 Construction Beams Up
The Register Guard
Feb. 26--HARRISBURG -- The first of almost 200 67-ton concrete beams that will be used in the rebuilding of part of Highway 20 west of Corvallis are being delivered to the site this week. |
| 03/03/2010 | Cascadia Forges Ahead on 5,000-Acre 'City' in Pierce County
Puyallup Herald
Mar. 3--On an unusually sunny late-February afternoon, a group of kindergartners were running around at recess, many wearing paper crowns to commemorate their 100th day of school. |
| 02/11/2010 | Washington Spends $221 Million on Preconstruction for New 520 Bridge
The Seattle Times
Feb. 11--Washington state taxpayers have spent $221 million so far on planning, environmental studies, public meetings and engineering for a new Highway 520 floating bridge. |
| 03/04/2010 | Sherwood Cannery Square Gets OK, but When Will it Be built?
The Oregonian
Mar. 4--SHERWOOD -- Now that the Sherwood Cannery Square concept has won approval this week, a vexing question confronts this southwestern suburb: Given the economy, when will construction actually begin? |
| 02/27/2010 | Portland Condo Defaults on Loan Despite Filling Up with Renters
The Oregonian
Feb. 27--A second major Portland condo building teetered closer to repossession this month when Bank of America issued a notice of default to owners of the 2121 Belmont building in Southeast Portland. |
| 02/18/2010 | Stimulus Funds to Jump-Start Revival of Seattle's Mercer Street
The Seattle Times
Feb. 18--Seattle has won $30 million in federal stimulus money to help transform bumpy Mercer Street into a marquee entrance to the growing South Lake Union business district. |
| 03/04/2010 | Richland's $27-Million Duportail Street Bridge Grant Denied
Tri-City Herald
Mar. 4--Richland intends to continue pushing forward with the Duportail Street bridge project, but it won't be as quickly as city leaders had hoped. |
| 02/18/2010 | Spokane's North Side Freeway Gets $35-Million Stimulus Boost
The Spokesman-Review
Feb. 18--Spokane's long-sought North Side freeway got a boost on Wednesday with the announcement of a $35âmillion federal economic stimulus grant to pay for a 3.7-mile extension of the southbound lanes between Francis Avenue and Farwell Road. |
| 02/11/2010 | Oregon Zoo Hospital to Begin under Auditor's Watch
The Oregonian
Feb. 11--Work on a $10 million veterinary hospital is scheduled to begin this summer at the Oregon Zoo, the first project that will be carried out under the eyes of an oversight committee. |
| 02/13/2010 | Two Major Olympia, Wash. Projects at Standstill
The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.
Feb. 13--OLYMPIA -- Two prominent, multistory building projects in downtown Olympia remain stalled, likely the result of the bad economy and tight credit markets. |
| 02/01/2010 | STB approves Alaskan line.(News)
International Railway Journal
THE United States Surface Transportation Board (STB) has granted a request from state-owned Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) to construct and operate a new 129km line between Delta Junction and North Pole, subject to extensive environmental mitigation conditions. |
