Richmond - VDOT officials today opened bid submittals from companies seeking to win a multi-million dollar state contract to design and build the controversial Western Bypass of U.S. 29 just north of Charlottesville. The bids are to be posted here on VDOT's website.
Appeals court rules federal, state agencies illegally approved controversial NC highway
Ruling a wake-up call for DOTs nationwide to consider sprawl, other impacts of major highway projects
Richmond, Va - In a landmark ruling that has national implications, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration illegally failed to consider and disclose the potential sprawl-inducing impacts of a 20-mile highway bypass near Charlotte.
Latest ALDOT study of Northern Beltline misses the mark, environmentalists say in court papers
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Birmingham, AL -Black Warrior Riverkeeper and the Southern Environmental Law Center today ask the court for permission to amend their year-old lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, saying the agencies' recent re-evaluation of the proposed Northern Beltline continues a pattern of failing to account for significant changes in the project and surrounding environment dating back to 1997. The groups are asking the court to require a thor…
