Public Works & Utilities

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To achieve their sustainability goals, cities and counties must engage with key stakeholders

Local government leaders need to cast a wide net, says Laura Kroeger, technical director,...

The future of carbon emissions and cities lies in green buildings

When you envision the future, what do you see? For me, it’s a place where people of all...

Digital government transformation needs to start with citizens

After experiencing a major flood or natural disaster, the last thing a citizen wants is...

For public agencies, proposed ‘metaverse’ has implications beyond social media—like predicting the spread of wildfire

For the past few weeks, talk of Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the ‘metaverse’ has dominated the internet. The metaverse—a hypothesized evolution of the internet—would take websites and social media platforms one step further into virtual reality.   And it’s not just Meta Platforms Inc. (previously Facebook) that’s latched onto the idea.  Other global tech companies including Microsoft and Nvidia are […]

Trail maintenance program set to be replenished, expanded under infrastructure bill

For constituents seeking nature’s respite, easy access to the local forests might fall high on their list of important public services. But when compared to the more pressing needs of crumbling infrastructure, leaders of cash-strapped communities might think twice before diverting money toward trail maintenance. The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed through the House by a bipartisan consensus Friday night takes a step toward addressing this need by replenishing a key grant […]

Bipartisan infrastructure bill approved by the House; vote on social spending package delayed

With the historic passage of President Joe Biden’s Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill Friday, the federal government is poised to invest  $1 trillion in America’s crumbling infrastructure. The bill sets aside tens of billions for water infrastructure, transportation needs, broadband buildouts, cybersecurity and resiliency, among other things. It marks $284 billion for transportation, $55 billion for water, $65 billion […]

American Rescue Plan Act funding guidance for local governments: What states, cities and counties should consider

 The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) was created in response to COVID-19 to provide more than $350 billion to state, local, territorial and Tribal governments in efforts to rescue the American economy and support communities struggling in the wake of the pandemic. The emergency funding was designed specifically to help keep front line public workers […]

Report: There’s an impending ‘tsunami’ of electric vehicles set to hit American roads and utilities should prepare

With global leaders meeting this week at a United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, much media focus is centered on environmentally friendly solutions. With technology evolving quickly to meet increasingly strong political demands, an era marked by coal-fired plants and skylines smothered by smog is drawing to a close.  There’s no going back to […]

Green infrastructure increases resiliency to climate change, provides many other co-benefits

With rising sea levels outpacing the retention capacity of shoreline infrastructure and impervious city surfaces diverting stormwater into floods, it’s clear that climate change and its environmental impact on communities—especially those that are underserved—demands a more sustainable solution.  Living shorelines, a type of green infrastructure that’s organically constructed with nature in mind, could be an answer.  “Generally, grey infrastructure is strongest on […]

Reconciliation package builds on Rescue Plan, bipartisan bill, targets climate change and social needs

On the heels of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and the $1.2 trillion bipartisan American Jobs Plan, Senate Democrats are hammering out the details on a proposed trillion-dollar reconciliation bill that’s expected to include further allotments targeting America’s crumbling infrastructure and its social needs.  Introduced by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, budget reconciliation is an expedited way a simple […]
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