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New Sri Lankan port may be a key link between India and China

MENA FN 18 Aug 2018

(MENAFN - Asia Times) With Sri Lanka enjoying new-found importance as a key element of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the ambitious Chinese-funded Colombo Port City may b... ....

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Autostrade voices sadness, sets up fund for Italy bridge victims

Reuters 18 Aug 2018

Top executives of Italian toll-road operator Autostrade per l'Italia, which managed a bridge that collapsed in the port city of Genoa this week, voiced profound sadness for the victims on Saturday and said it would set up a fund for their families ... ....

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Port of Coos Bay to begin work on swing span bridge next month

The World 17 Aug 2018

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has selected a construction firm to complete the necessary repairs to the swing span bridge at Coos River Mile 9.0 that has halted rail traffic since the bridge broke down in April. Repairs are expected to cost the $2.5 million, and the port plans to pay for it by utilizing funds from an Oregon State Lottery Backed Bond ... The intermodal site was funded by Jordan Cove....

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Harlingen port board discusses tax renewal

The Brownsville Herald 17 Aug 2018

HARLINGEN — The Port of Harlingen Authority board responded sharply Thursday to criticism of reinstating a port tax, saying members tried to do the right thing 20 years ago by eliminating the levy ... The Port of Harlingen sits on the banks of the Arroyo Colorado some 25 miles upstream from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ... Johnson said a large part of the funding issue for the port is related to a study officials paid for a few years ago....

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Port officials lay out case for tax

Valley Morning Star 17 Aug 2018

HARLINGEN — The Port of Harlingen Authority board responded sharply yesterday to criticism of reinstating a port tax, saying members tried to do the right thing 20 years ago by eliminating the levy ... The Port of Harlingen sits on the banks of the Arroyo Colorado some 25 miles upstream from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ... Johnson said a large part of the funding issue for the port is related to a study officials paid for a few years ago....

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From golf course to business park

WCPO 17 Aug 2018

SPRINGDALE, Ohio – Plans to transform a former 135-acre golf course in Springdale into a business park are moving forward after the project received a recent influx of funds. The Port, Hamilton County's economic development agency, will issue up to $7.75 million in tax-exempt TIF revenue bonds to finance public improvements at the Hidden Creek/GE Commerce Park....

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NATIONAL UNITY GOVT. MARKS THREE YEARS

Sri Lanka News 17 Aug 2018

Exactly three year ago, the people went to the polls to reaffirm the mandate given to the two major political forces in the country to work together ... They thus urged the people to give them a bigger mandate on August 17, 2015 ... After a thorough review, the Port City project initiated by the former Government with Chinese funding has been totally transformed as a Financial City to attract more investors ... ....

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Grassroots protest group rises to block port tax

Valley Morning Star 16 Aug 2018

... at the time the port did not need the additional funds ... Parker and several posters on the group’s Facebook page say it will be easy for the port to shuffle money around within its budget, and while the port tax funding wouldn’t go directly to infrastructure, it could easily be shifted to account for funds which are allocated for infrastructure....

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Tea party?

Valley Morning Star 16 Aug 2018

HARLINGEN — Port of Harlingen officials are seeking to reinstate a tax that lapsed in 1997 to generate funds for maintenance and operations at the facility on the Arroyo Colorado ... Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for dredging the Arroyo Colorado from the turning basin at the port to the mouth of the river along the gulf, funding for dredging the docks and other areas within the port falls to local port officials....

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Group protests port tax

The Brownsville Herald 16 Aug 2018

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LNG opponents to hold benefit

The Brownsville Herald 16 Aug 2018

The Save RGV from LNG and the Lower Rio Grande Valley Sierra Club will hold a benefit concert Friday in Port Isabel. The event will feature a performance by Weslaco based band Texas Sweethearts and aims to raise funds for their efforts to oppose liquefied natural gas terminals at the Port of Brownsville ... the establishment of terminals at the port....

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University gets $25M in state funding for $100M engineering building

Newsday 16 Aug 2018

Stony Brook University has secured $25 million in state funding to begin developing a new $100 million state-of-the-art engineering and applied sciences building, the school and elected officials are expected to announce Thursday morning. The funding, secured by State Sens ... The funding will enable the school to begin fundraising efforts for the remaining financing....

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Teamsters Push Back On Corporate Opposition To Supreme Court's Landmark Dynamex Decision

The Philadelphia Tribune 16 Aug 2018

Bloch was joined at the state legislature by Teamster freight and port drivers who met with dozens of legislators to show their support for the Dynamex ruling ... Teamsters were joined by other organizations including the Fight for $15, Gig Workers Rising, Justice for Port Drivers, the Maintenance and Cooperation Trust Fund, Silicon Valley Rising, and Working Partnerships USA....

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