Lawmakers Ponder Raising Ohio's Gas Tax and Other Measures to Rebuild...
A group of lawmakers is looking into where Ohio is falling short when it comes to repairing roads and bridges, and how to bring in more money. Twenty eight cents from every gallon of gas sold goes to...
View ArticleI-480 Bridge Repairs Starting Earlier Than Planned
An overhaul of Ohio’s busiest bridge is going to start two-years earlier than expected. A six year rehabilitation of the I-480 Bridge south of Cleveland will begin next year. T he project has been...
View ArticleA Northeast Ohio Bridge is Closed After the Discovery That it Could Collapse
Drivers who use State Route 14 through Streetsboro are facing at least six months of detours following the discovery this week that a bridge could collapse. Contractors working near the 31-year-old...
View ArticleTrade and Infrastructure Could Be The Bridge Between Trump and Brown
Ohio’s Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is among those criticizing President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of a top counselor. But, as WKSU’s M.L. Schultze reports, he’s also looking for ways to work with...
View ArticleOhio Municipal League Calls for More State Money for Local Infrastructure and...
A new report by the Ohio Municipal League calls for the state to restore local government funding, The group wants the local funding to return to the rate it was at in 2007, when nearly 4 percent of...
View ArticleDrivers on the Ohio Turnpike Will See Less Construction in 2017
The Ohio Turnpike is responding to driver complaints by scaling back its capital spending by about 15 percent in 2017. Turnpike spokesman Brian Newbacher says drivers can still expect better roads. But...
View ArticleDemocrats Say $1 Trillion in Infrastructure Upgrades Will Mean 15 Million Jobs
Ohio’s Sherrod Brown has joined Democratic Senate leaders to come up with a $1 trillion infrastructure proposal they say should provide a framework for President Donald Trump. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze...
View ArticleGreat Lakes Commission Pushes for Infrastructure Investments
Aging infrastructure in the Great Lakes region affects the availability of safe drinking water and the ability of ships to navigate the lakes. President Trump campaigned on improving the country’s...
View ArticleOhio's Sen. Brown Has Plan for President Trump's Promised Infrastructure Funding
Ohio Sen.Sherrod Brown has rolled out an infrastructure rebuilding blueprint he and other senators call a guide for President Donald Trump. On the bank of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Brown talked...
View ArticleWith Spring comes the Orange Barrels
The Ohio Department of Transportation kicked off its 2017 construction season Thursday with nearly two billion dollars’ worth of new and continuing projects in northeastern Ohio. In Cuyahoga and...
View ArticleA Bigger Cleveland Residential Street Repair Porject is Underway
More of Cleveland ’s streets will be resurfaced this year thanks to last November’s city income tax increase. Wednesday, city officials talked about the new paving program. Three years ago the city...
View ArticlePresident Trump Outlines his Infrastructure Plans in Cincinnati Visit
With a coal barge, draped with a large American flag, as a backdrop, President Donald Trump laid out more of his plan to revitalize America's infrastructure in Cincinnati this afternoon. On the banks...
View ArticleInfrastructure May No Longer Be the Bridge Between Sherrod Brown and Donald...
Shortly after President Donald Trump’s election, Ohio’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown said infrastructure repair could be one area where he and the president could work together. WKSU’s M.L....
View ArticleLong-Range Infrastructure Plan For Cleveland Area Emphasizes Maintenance
15-point-eight-billion-dollars: that’s what the Northeast Ohio Area-wide Coordinating Agency says is needed for the next twenty years of transportation infrastructure work in and around Cleveland. The...
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