Governors Address Infrastructure
Several governors spoke about their states’
infrastructure needs in state of the state addresses. Building America’s Future has a nice summary.
He Just Keeps Rollin’ Along
An auxiliary lock
on the Mississippi
River near Granite
City, Illinois,
was temporarily closed. The lock was
close after it was damaged by a barge.
By the time the lock was reopened, there were 106 barges and 19 vessels
waiting to get through.
Coast
Guard officials say the barge accident was unrelated to low water
levels in the river. Low water levels
resulting from drought
have threatened barge traffic on the Mississippi and Missouri
Rivers.
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LaHood Staying On
Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood announced he
plans to stay as President
Barack Obama
begins his second term. LaHood and Obama
both represented Illinois
in Congress,
and their terms overlapped.
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LaHood
Says He’s Staying On as Transportation Secretary (Plungis, J., Bloomberg, Jan.
22, 2013)
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