#infrastructure-planning

#infrastructure-planning

Two Tribal communities in New Mexico - the Santa Clara Pueblo in Rio Arriba County and the Fort Sill Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache Tribe in Luna County - each received a maximum $100,000 planning grants from the state's Grant Writing, Engineering and Planning Program (GWEP). GWEP is funded and administered by The New Mexico Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE), which has provided $5 million in funding. GWEP helps Tribes, local governments and cooperatives win grants to bring broadband to unserved areas.

Africa's official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete-or both. But governments don't have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as deciding where to put new solar plants to as simple as delivering a package. Now a new plan is underway to map the entire continent using satellite data and AI.

A new report released Friday by the California High-Speed Rail Authority warns that the scaled-down Central Valley segment the only portion of the line currently under construction is unlikely to be profitable when trains begin running, as early as 2032. The report projects that revenue will cover only 45% to 74% of operating costs. Now, the rail authority is pushing to build the project beyond the 171-mile stretch between Merced and Bakersfield,