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Infrastructure

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Urban Planning

Funding finalized for Delaware River Deepening Project

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and U.S. Rep. Bob Brady announced on Friday that funding is complete for the Delaware River Deepening Proje ...

9 years ago

Money

Delaware airport gets $5.4 million for new taxiway

The New Castle Airport will get more than $5 million from the FAA to fund repairs to a taxiway adjacent to the airport’s two main r ...

9 years ago

 Under the 2nd street bridge in El Campamento, Kensington/Fairhill section of Philadelphia. (Photo by Jeffrey Stockbridge, https://kensingtonblues.com/)
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The story behind Philly’s heroin encampment

As the controversial spot closes down, we take a tour of its history. There’s a part of Philadelphia, just a few miles north ...

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Philly judge charts future for historic human remains found at construction site

After months of uncertainty, a Philadelphia judge has outlined concrete steps for what will become of the remains of more than 300 people ...

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The Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Worker says warning about elevator risk before paralyzing Philly crash cost him his job

Was a former employee of the private company that oversees elevator maintenance at Philadelphia’s Criminal Justice Center a public ...

9 years ago

 Monday's eclipse will cut solar panel's power-generating ability. Regional transmission company PJM is getting ready for interruption.(Lilac Mountain Photography/Bigstock)
Urban Planning

Eclipse to dim regional grid’s solar energy supply

When the total solar eclipse darkens skies in the Philadelphia region Monday, it will interrupt the power-generating capacity of solar pa ...

9 years ago

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Urban Planning

City explores ways to transform commercial food waste into renewable energy

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
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Neighbors in River Wards convene panel of experts over lead poisoning concerns

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia’s building boom gives rise to another hidden lead risk

9 years ago

 Tom Corcoran (center), outgoing president of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation, poses for a photo after announcing funding for the Penn's Landing cap and civic space. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Urban Planning

Delaware River Waterfront Corporation’s first president looks back and ahead

The dream of developing the Delaware River waterfront was, until last week, headed by Tom Corcoran, its outgoing first president. ...

9 years ago

Beach replenishment efforts from May 2015 are shown in the borough of Ship Bottom in Ocean County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Speak Easy
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The end of the Shore as we know it

The Jersey Shore is in danger, but instead of forcing it to adapt to what we want it to be and what we remember, we should adapt to what it will eventually become.

9 years ago

 This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows an image captured on April 7 of the Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday, April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Porter (DDG 78). The United States blasted the air base with a barrage of cruise missiles on Friday, April 7, 2017 in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (DigitalGlobe via AP)
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Politics & Policy

Trump needs a coherent policy on Syria at home and abroad

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump appealed to America’s worst tendencies of isolationism with his “America First̶ ...

9 years ago

A display showing the state of the grid section operated by PJM. (Courtesy of PJM)
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What is the grid and why do renewables strain it?

In the push for an electrical energy source that can sustainably power the modern world — namely, renewables, like wind and solar — t ...

9 years ago

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Beach replenishment not yet scheduled in N.J. community lauded for extensive protective dunes

The Army Corps of Engineers is ...

9 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

The way SEPTA buys equipment is sluggish and outdated, but fixing it means compromise

9 years ago

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