Infrastructure

President Joe Biden will head to the Allentown area Wednesday as he fights for passage in the Senate of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure measure.

The deadly structural failure is still closely studied by civil engineers and serves as a cautionary tale for similar designs.

Coastal neighborhoods around the U.S. are seeing a steady increase in high tide flooding, as sea level rise accelerates and sends seawater into homes, sewers and streets.

The trolley tunnels below downtown Philly and University City need some TLC. SEPTA crews will work around-the-clock for the next 17 days to make it happen.

No one has been rescued from the site since the first hours after the building collapsed on June 24 when many of its residents were asleep.

A storm damaged sections of the boardwalk near the Convention Center in April 2020. But before that storm hit, city officials had said the walkway was overdue for an overhaul.

N.J. Task Force 1 sent 70 members who specialize in 21 technically skilled positions and 10 ground support personnel. It is the unit's eighth deployment under FEMA since 2016.

"The concrete deterioration is accelerating." Champlain South Towers' condo board president wrote as she asked for a $15M special assessment for major structural repairs.

Emergency crews have been working at the site of the Champlain Towers South building collapse around the clock since last Thursday.

An engineering report in 2018 warned of "major structural damage" in the Florida condo that collapsed. The next month, a town inspector said the building was in "good shape."

The 2018 report found major damage to the concrete structural slab below the pool deck, and warned that extensive repairs would be needed soon.

The spending plan relies on federal dollars to bring back services and maintain staffing levels with a freeze on new hires.

Buildings are concentrated in places that are likely to be hit by a disaster such as a hurricane, flood or wildfire, researchers found. That includes urban and rural hotspots.

Pa. is expected to have a $3 billion budget surplus and more than $7 billion from the American Rescue Plan. Democrats want to use that money to repair schools.

President Biden wants to invest big in climate spending. Anna Shipp writes that Pa. can attract D.C. dollars via investments in green stormwater infrastructure.