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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.

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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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