infrastructure

FARNBOROUGH – – October 31, 2026 -- Eve Air Mobility (NYSE: EVEX, EVEXW; B3: EVEB31) has entered a partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to test Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure and operations at SunTrax Air, the state's dedicated AAM research and development hub.

FDOT-led initiative targets infrastructure, procedures and airspace navigation

The effort combines Eve's expertise in eVTOL aircraft, operations and services with SunTrax Air's research, testing and validation capabilities. It will produce insights into the infrastructure, operational procedures and airspace navigation procedures needed to integrate AAM safely and efficiently into Florida's transportation network.

FDOT owns and operates SunTrax Air. The facility evaluates technologies, operational concepts and supporting infrastructure for next-generation aviation.

Avondale, La. – October 29, 2026 -- T. Parker Host (HOST) is committing $50 million to its Avondale Global Gateway industrial campus on the Mississippi River, adding rail, warehouse and dock capacity. The company expects the upgrades to open the door for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional private investment across the campus.

HOST splits $50 million across rail, warehouse, dock and site upgrades

Rail infrastructure and the new warehouse take about $15 million each. Dock improvements, road infrastructure, expanded site and laydown capacity, and equipment get $5 million each.

The 200,000-square-foot warehouse will bring the campus to approximately 1.5 million square feet of indoor storage. It is the first new building constructed at Avondale since the 1970s. HOST will also activate the campus's fifth deepwater dock, raising capacity to up to six vessels simultaneously.

Le Mars, Iowa – October 28, 2026 -- The Le Mars Transload Center (LMTC) is being expanded with a 0% interest loan from the Iowa Department of Transportation's Railroad Revolving Loan and Grant Program (RRLG), as demand for rail-to-truck transloading and third-party logistics services outgrows the current facility.

Facility and surrounding park handle nearly 2,000 railcars a year

The LMTC, owned and operated by Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY), opened in 2015 as a joint project of the City of Le Mars, BJRY and Canadian National Railway (CN). The transload facility and the surrounding industrial park manage nearly 2,000 railcars annually.

The site sits in the Le Mars Industrial Park at 1618 27th St. SW, adjacent to CN tracks and U.S. Highway 75. Companies of any size can use direct rail service there, including those without rail at their own location. The city expects new jobs and incremental tax revenue.

Nashville – October 27, 2026 -- TransCore has won a nearly six-year, $146 million contract to run back-office and customer service operations for the RiverLink tolling system on the Louisville–Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges Project. The Louisville-Southern Indiana Ohio River Bridges (LSIORB) Joint Board, representing Kentucky and Indiana, selected the company as its new toll service provider.

TransCore will deploy its cloud-based Integrity Back Office System

The Integrity® Back Office System is built for high-volume transaction processing, AI-enabled workflows and flexible customer service operations. TransCore will handle account management, invoicing, image review and customer service.

Customer support will include walk-up service centers in both states and a locally based call center. The states aim for a more consistent and reliable customer experience across the Ohio River Bridges corridor.

Beijing – October 12, 2026 -- The first two generator units of China's Dashixia Water Control Project in the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, connected to the power grid on September 29 and began generating electricity, marking the project's official operation.

247-meter dam sets height record for its type

The project's concrete-faced sand-gravel dam stands 247 meters high. It is the tallest of its kind among both completed and under-construction dams worldwide. China Energy Engineering Group invested in and built the project.

Completed project to serve 600,000 households and 453,333 hectares of farmland

Once complete, Dashixia will meet the electricity demand of about 600,000 households. It will deliver 3.42 billion cubic meters of ecological water annually to the Tarim River in Xinjiang.

Toronto – October 12, 2026 -- Highlander Silver Corp. (TSX, NYSE American: HSLV) has grown the workforce at its Corani Silver Project in Peru to more than 300 team members, with site development advancing across camp, earthworks, roads and power infrastructure.

Local hiring is a stated priority as headcount tops 300

The company said it is emphasizing recruitment from local communities as it builds out the Corani team. Highlander Silver describes Corani as the largest silver deposit in development globally.

Carlos Ojeda, with 25+ years at Peruvian open-pit mines, leads project management

Carlos Ojeda, Vice President and General Manager, heads the project management team. He has more than 25 years of technical services experience in engineering, construction and operations at major open-pit mines in Peru, including Quellaveco, Antamina and Constancia.

Denver – October 02, 2026 -- Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is constructing its third lunar communications ground station near Yuma, Arizona, advancing the world's first commercial lunar communications network toward full operational status.

Arizona site marks first US 20-meter antenna for KSAT Lunar network

The Yuma location will host the first 20-meter antenna in the United States dedicated to the KSAT Lunar network, which is designed to deliver continuous communications coverage between Earth and the Moon. Site preparation and foundation work are currently underway at the facility.

Denver – September 22, 2026 -- Phillip A. Washington, the former chief executive officer of Denver International Airport, has joined engineering firm HNTB Corporation as president of strategy and client service, markets and services, and senior vice president.

Washington brings leadership from three major U.S. transportation agencies to HNTB

Washington most recently ran Denver International Airport, one of the world's busiest airports, where he oversaw a multibillion-dollar capital improvement program targeting capacity, customer experience and safety. He previously served as CEO of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, leading an 11,000-person organization responsible for the largest modern public works program in North America, and earlier headed Denver's Regional Transportation District, where he delivered the FasTracks expansion program and the redevelopment of Denver Union Station.

Chattanooga, Tenn. – September 19, 2026 -- Tennessee American Water will begin service line material verification work in parts of its Citico Service District the week of September 28, targeting lines currently listed as unknown in company records across Chattanooga, East Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Red Bank and Rossville, GA.

EPA rule requires full lead line replacement by 2037

The verification project supports updated U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules on lead and copper. Both the U.S. EPA and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation require all water utilities to confirm service line materials, including visual inspection, to build a baseline inventory ahead of the federal mandate to replace all lead service lines by 2037.

Boisbriand, QC – September 17, 2026 -- Vision Marine Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: VMAR) has been invited to the Suntex Marinas National Conference in Texas, running September 22-25, 2026, following its role as Title Sponsor of the Lake Berryessa Electric Boat Festival in June 2026 at Suntex-owned Pleasure Cove Marina in Napa, California.

Vision Marine completed roughly 60 on-water demonstration rides across three electric vessels at Lake Berryessa

The two-day festival featured the STERK 31E, powered by dual E-Motion 180E propulsion systems, alongside the SPECTR 26 and the Fantail 217. The event drew consumers, marina operators, utilities, policymakers, charging infrastructure providers, vessel manufacturers and investors into a single marina setting for hands-on demonstrations.