Rebuilding is spotty along main highway
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Scott Oliver didn't need government help to rebuild his beachfront property. Using his own money, he built a concrete compound to replace the wood-frame home Hurricane Katrina smashed to bits.
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By JENNIFER MANN  SCITUATE - A 15-home development proposed for a site off Chief Justice Cushing Highway (Route 3A) has drawn criticism despite winning planning board approval two weeks ago.
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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - It's not quite the highway beautification Illinois transportation officials had in mind.
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The rubble is starting to be carted away, but no money to rebuild has trickled into this part of south Lebanon. For now, the mayor of this village says he can do little but divide the 700 buildings and homes needing attention into three categories: totally, partially or slightly destroyed.
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Traffic on I-65 southbound between Henryville, Ind., and Sellersburg in southern Indiana was at a complete standstill Thursday morning, Dec. 23, 2004.
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BELGRADE, Dec. 9 (IPS) - The controversy over construction of a major  highway in western Romania that threatens to destroy the precious  Retezat and Domogled natural reserve parks has been put off at  least for now.
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Indiana State Police say Interstate 65 traffic is at a standstill south of Seymour, Indiana. Police say the Interstate has been closed for most of the night, with numerous jackknifed and broken-down semis.
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There's still work to do if the former Boise Cascade is to make its mark.
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By Jay Conley, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 28--FINCASTLE -- A developer's plan to build a Holiday Inn Express in Daleville got caught in the crossfire Tuesday between county officials frustrated over the growing traffic congestion at Interstate 81's Exit 150.
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By Rowena Coetsee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep. 20--Work on city streets that were wearing out abnormally fast because they contained a defective building material is expected to be finished by this time next year.
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TORONTO (CP) - Potholes, cracks and congestion are just some of the flaws irate motorists are complaining about as the Ontario Worst Roads campaign hits the road Tuesday.
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For years, residents and businesses of Northern Virginia have complained that, when it comes to state taxes and state spending, there's a two-lane highway heading down to Richmond, and a one-lane road coming back.
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By The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 26--GULFPORT -- Mississippi Department of Transportation crews will be making repairs in the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 at the U.S. 49 interchange Tuesday night.   The work is expected to begin at 9 p.m.
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A cash crunch is fast approaching for the government trust fund that pays to build and repair highways and bridges, but Congress is also reluctant to raise the gas tax
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The rubble is everywhere: rusted car parts, a rickety baby carriage, a broken TV and all manner of trash. The ground is unpaved and strewn with rocks.
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Site will alert users to roadwork and accidents in their local area.
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States are losing millions of dollars and thousands of jobs because Congress failed to pass a federal highway bill last year, state transportation officials told Congress on Tuesday. They urged lawmakers to make the spending bill one of the first orders of business.