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Federal Highway Administration greenlights rail tunnel project; local group to sue
2014-11-06 07:51:37| Railroads - Topix.net
However, she is not happy about expansion plans for the Virginia Avenue Tunnel, a rail tunnel that is feet from her home. The Federal Highway Administration approved the ' Record of Decision ' on Tuesday, meaning CSX Transportation can now work to get construction permits.
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Highway official stood by guardrail system as doubt mounted
2014-11-03 22:15:17| Automakers - Topix.net
U.S. highway safety officials defended a widely used guardrail system's crashworthiness even as they worried whether its design had been altered in a potentially deadly way, according to internal emails. Starting in 2012, a Federal Highway Administration engineer fielded emails from state officials, plaintiffs' lawyers and others asking about a change that Trinity Industries Inc. had made to its guardrail system years earlier.
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Highway official stood by guardrail system as doubt mounted
2014-11-03 20:22:59| Railroads - Topix.net
U.S. highway safety officials defended a widely used guardrail system's crashworthiness even as they worried whether its design had been altered in a potentially deadly way, according to internal emails.
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Jury says Texas maker of highway guardrails should pay $175 million in damages over design
2014-11-02 13:17:16| Railroads - Topix.net
A jury has decided that a Texas company should pay $175 million in a case involving the safety of thousands of guardrails on highways around the country. A whistleblower charged that the company changed the design of caps at each end of the guardrails a decade ago that made them more dangerous, then failed to properly test the units or tell government transportation officials about the change for years.
Up To Speed: Highway guardrail fraud suit ordered to mediation
2014-10-30 03:13:56| Automakers - Topix.net
Christine Short, senior vice president at Estimize, discusses Facebook's third-quarter earnings with Bloomberg's Matt Miller on "Street Smart." A member of a construction crew helps control traffic in this file photo.
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