SEPTA will receive a $10 million federal grant for a critical project that will improve safety and service on the West Trenton Regional Rail Line. The award will be made through the US Dept. of Transportation’s TIGER V (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) program, to help fund the SEPTA-CSX Separation Project. The project has a […]
PHL Local Gaming LLC, one of six bidders for the available casino gaming license, in Philadelphia, showed community leaders and press in its latest tour why it can boast of an opening date six months earlier than its competitors. Its huge site, located at Front Street & Pattison Avenue, contains a major warehouse ready for […]
In an effort to improve asthma management and reduce childhood obesity, AmeriHealth Caritas Partnership, in collaboration with Keystone First, a Blue Cross Medical Assistance (Medicaid) product and the largest Medical Assistance product in Southeastern Pennsylvania, is once again bringing its award-winning Healthy Hoops® program to the Philadelphia area. Held at The Salvation Army Ray and […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI/ Of the six bidders who are seeking approval for their plans for the city’s second casino from the Gaming Control Board, only one continues to offer up-to-date reports and interviews with the board members on a regular basis. One of the forces propelling this dedication to openness and transparency is the fact […]
Urban Engineers, Inc., reports the Philadelphia District, US Army Corps of Engineers has issued their Dept. of the Army Permit to the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority for the construction of the Southport Marine Terminal. This project, which has been in the planning stages for over a decade, along with the deepening of the Delaware River […]
The Philadelphia Housing Authority is again teaming up with the nation’s premier real-estate auction company to offer approximately 200 properties for sale at a big one-day event, Jul. 16. The announcement came this morning on the 2100 block of N. Marston Street, where four of the houses are located. Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co. […]
With the completion in late May of “Reach Dâ€, an 11-mile stretch of the Delaware River’s main shipping channel in Delaware, the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project is now about 60 percent complete, report officials of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. The deepening project, funded by both the federal government and its local sponsor, […]
The ongoing construction of the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening project is a partnership between the Corps of Engineers and the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority. During this endeavor, Gahagan & Bryant Associates, Inc. is providing dredging engineering, cost estimating and construction management support to the PRPA team. GBA is a unique engineering firm that specializes […]
Underscoring the importance of his recent trade mission to South America, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, the Chilean Agricultural Minister Luis Mayol Bouchon and senior Chilean agricultural officials came to Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia to observe the unloading of the Bahia Castillo, a refrigerated cargo ship carrying thousands of tons of fresh Chilean […]
The Ports of The Delaware River saw an increase in new business during this past year as Holt Logistics Corp. and its clients participated in several ventures aimed at increasing capacity and efficiency in shipping to and from the Philadelphia region. Holt Logistics Corp. leadership was at the forefront of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s effort […]
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