What civil engineers are reading this week

• New analysis: Passing infrastructure bill would provide economic boost

  Every $1 increase in federal highway, bridge, and public transit investment under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act would generate as much as $3.60 in economic activity, an analysis finds.

• EPA rescinds Trump administration’s guidance on Clean Water Act permit requirements

  The action will help protect water quality in lakes, streams, wetlands, and other bodies of water.

• Lawmakers already floating second House vote on $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

  "The bill is going to pass at one point in time. One way or the other,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said.

• Biden to meet with Democrats today over tensions on spending, infrastructure bills

  The progressive caucus leader met with the House speaker Tuesday after saying her caucus would reject the infrastructure bill unless the funding measure is ready by House Democrats' Sept. 27 deadline.

• Dakota Access pipeline asks Supreme Court to scrap environmental study order

  Dakota Access on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit whether the largest pipeline out of the North Dakota oil basin requires additional environmental review.

• New Jersey congressman urges FTA to fast-track Hudson River Tunnel project

  Donald Payne asked Federal Transit Administration leader Nuria Fernandez to give the financial plan “full and fair consideration.”