A plan to build a 1.8-mile-long tunnel next to Stonehenge has fired up archaeologists to protect one of the Earth’s most beloved World Heritage sites. “This would establish a sort of precedent for major construction inside a World Heritage site,” said Dan Hicks, a University of Oxford archaeologist who opposes the project. “If you can do it in Stonehenge, you can do it anywhere.”
Read moreFor the first time in more than 14 months, motorists can once again drive the entirety of iconic Highway 1 along the Big Sur coast – and catch a great view the 15 acres of new coastline created by a massive landslide.
Read moreCalifornia transportation officials have targeted July for reopening an iconic stretch of Highway 1 in the scenic Big Sur coastal region that was blocked last year by a massive landslide.
Read moreAuthorities say a woman who was chasing her dog on Interstate 95 after she wrecked her car has been killed. Her dog was also struck and killed.
Read moreThe California Department of Transportation successfully beat back claims by Native Americans that sacred sites were illegally bulldozed to build the Highway 101 Willets bypass, days after a federal judge ruled the federal government had done its due diligence in the project.
Read moreNative American tribes cannot hold the U.S. government liable for the destruction of sacred sites and artifacts during a $355 million highway project, a federal judge ruled Friday.
Read moreEnvironmentalists brought a federal complaint over two highway-widening plans, saying the projects for large trucks in Del Norte County will hurt protected bald eagles and coho salmon.
Read moreLegalizing autonomous vehicles that drive only moderately better than humans could save thousands of lives each year, according to a new report by the RAND Corporation.
Read moreA plan to widen a mile-long stretch of highway that hugs ancient redwoods in Northern California would turn a majestic grove into “unrestricted industrial artery” for big trucks, environmentalists claim in a new lawsuit.
Read moreA federal judge seemed skeptical Monday about the government’s argument that it was within its rights to destroy burial grounds and a ceremonial site sacred to members of the Klickitat and Cascade Native American tribes to widen a highway.
Read moreHundreds of motorists were stuck for hours on one of Britain’s main highways after it was closed Tuesday due to a “suspicious object.”
Read moreThe city of West Palm Beach, Florida, claims in court that four different federal agencies green-lighted a roadway project that will imperil protected wetlands and the endangered species that live within them.
Read moreAn historical society Wednesday sued New Jersey and federal transportation departments over the surprise demolition of a Revolutionary War-era house reduced to rubble to make way for highway reconstruction.
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Swinging a U-turn in a case about federal railway law, the justices of the Supreme Court took a brief detour at oral argument Tuesday to debate which cross-country highway cuts through Montana.
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A massive fire in a yard used to store construction materials caused an interstate bridge to collapse during rush hour in Atlanta on Thursday, throwing Friday’s commute into chaos and leaving officials with little to say about when the roadway will reopen.
Read moreAfter years of neglect and special sessions, California’s Democratic leaders Wednesday promised to stop “kicking the can down the road” and unveiled a $5.2 billion annual transportation package fueled by increased gas taxes and new motorist fees.
Read moreThe United States can’t dodge claims over the destruction of sacred sites, artifacts and wetlands allegedly caused by a $355 million highway project in Northern California, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreA federal judge Friday indicated he would dismiss without prejudice a lawsuit from two Native American Tribes who say California and the United States destroyed sacred sites, artifacts and wetlands building the controversial four-lane Willits Bypass through a sleepy town in Northern California.
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