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Construction of highways in safe districts may be allowed under lockdown Areas that are away from urban centres and where there have been minimal Covid-19 cases may be exempt; Maharashtra said to have allowed work on expressway connecting Mumbai and Nagpur The expressway once constructed would be 701 kilometres long and will include wight lanes – four on each side. ALSO READ How 'national highway' status for roads is hurting govt's finances NHAI seeks Rs 25,000-cr additional budgetary support for highway projects Rocky road for highways NHAI constructs highest ever total of 3,979 km national highways in FY20 Roads and...

Construction is deemed 'essential’ but is still slowing in D-FW and U.S. Contractors report new projects are being delayed or canceled. Bidding for new projects and starts of construction are being slowed.(Steve Brown)   Construction projects are considered essential business activities in the current coronavirus shutdowns. But even though residential and commercial builders are pushing ahead with jobs already underway, the flow of new building business is slowing. Almost 40% of contractors around the country are reporting that project owners have halted or canceled current construction projects because of the crashing economy. “The abrupt plunge in economic activity is taking...

Belmont construction halted A rendering of the Belmont Park project. COURTESY EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT Construction on the Belmont Park redevelopment project grinded to a halt on March 27, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that all “non-essential” construction would stop to maintain social distancing. The project was expected to be completed in time for the 2021 - 22 hockey season. In his announcement, the governor defined essential construction as projects that are “necessary to protect the health and safety of the occupants, or to continue a project if it would be unsafe to allow it to remain undone.” The term includes...

New York halts ‘non-essential’ construction All non-essential construction in New York State has been ordered stopped by the governor, effective 4 p.m. yesterday. The order was made in furtherance of the state’s efforts to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. The governor last week ordered all non-essential business closed as of 8 p.m. on March 22. Construction was originally exempted from the ban. Emergency construction — a project necessary to protect health and safety of the occupants, or to continue a project if it would be unsafe to allow it to remain undone until...