Infrastructure

Jul 22 2024

Cleveland-Cliffs Will Repurpose a Shuttered Tin Mill in West Virginia into an Electrical Distribution Transformer Plant

It's incredibly good news for Weirton, West Virginia, allowing 600 people to return to a union job. It also will help address a national transformer shortage.
May 27 2024

House Votes to Close a Loophole That’s Allowed Tax Money to Continue to Flow to a Chinese State-Owned Rail Car Maker

A bipartisan law passed by Congress in 2019 intended to stop taxpayer dollars from being granted to transit makers with ties to China's government.
May 17 2024

Infrastructure Week is No Longer a Punchline, But It’s Not Getting the Stage Either

Infrastructure got a lot of attention when things were bad. But now that there's good news, it's not making headlines -- but it should be.
May 16 2024

VICTORY: America’s Tax Dollars No Longer Will Fund Made in China Buses, Trams & More at U.S. Airports

Thousands of Alliance for American Manufacturing supporters wrote to their Members of Congress urging them to support legislation to close the loophole that allowed Chinese firms access to federal...
Apr 29 2024

Take Action: America’s Tax Money Must Not Fund China’s Buses and Trams at U.S. Airports!

A 2019 law stopped Chinese state-owned and supported firms from bidding on federally funded transit contracts for rail cars and buses. But a loophole is allowing these companies to access tax funds...
Apr 15 2024

Philadelphia’s SEPTA Transit System Officially Cancels Its Disastrous Rail Car Contract with Chinese State-owned Firm CRRC

SEPTA said the contract to build double-decker rail cars was "terminated for cause." CRRC failed to deliver a single car; the project was four years behind schedule and $50 million over budget.
Apr 02 2024

The Boston Boondoggle Continues! Transit Agency Agrees to Pay CRRC $148 Million More to Get its Very Delayed Rail Cars

The Chinese-state owned company CRRC already is years behind schedule and way over budget in completing its contract with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Now MBTA is going to...
May 17 2023

The Biden Administration Just Unveiled “Buy Clean” Guidelines. Here’s What You Need to Know

Buy Clean is designed to incentivize cleaner steel production. The pilot requirements issued on Tuesday afternoon are a step forward.
May 15 2023

It’s Infrastructure Week Again — No Joke

After decades of delay, the United States is finally rebuilding its crumbling roads, bridges, and more. But proper implementation remains the key.
Apr 14 2023

Rejoice, Washington Area Residents: The 14th Street Bridge Is Getting Repaired

The fixes to the heavily-used span leading into the nation's capital will be largely paid for with federal funding.