State transportation agencies take stock of damage and prepare to award contracts to repair and rebuild highways and bridges hard hit by Hurricane Helene.

State transportation agencies in North Carolina and Tennessee are still assessing damage from the storm, forecasting a months-long effort to repair hard-hit critical arteries such as Interstate-40. 

Considerable damage is seen in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina after the Category 4 hurricane swept up from the Gulf of Mexico, as communities take stock and emergency workers assess dams, bridges and other critical infrastructure.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared more than 200 sq miles including the facility to be a protected natural area.

The draft report originally planned for a May 2025 release is now expected to be released roughly a year later, in spring 2026.

Grab the October edition of ENR Southeast to see which project takes home the top honor, and to learn more about all the winning projects. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects the new, larger lock to be operational in 2027.

Florida-based specialty contractor denied the allegations outlined in a federal EEOC lawsuit but said settling the case was preferable to continued litigation.

A $2.1-billion highway project aims to smooth out connections between three interstates in a corridor the state says is critical to its economy.

Ace Electric, ENR Southeast’s Specialty Contractor of the Year, capitalizes on surging markets to reach new heights before its 50th anniversary.