Policy
Infrastructure funding, regulatory changes, workforce rules, energy policy, and government‑driven economic decisions. Articles examine how legislation, public‑sector investment, and agency actions shape transportation, development, technology growth, and regional economic outcomes.
Policy
Infrastructure Update – Week of November 2, 2026
Who decides what gets built, and who pays for it? This week’s Infrastructure Update covers New Jersey’s data center debate, water infrastructure funding gaps, utility transparency and a proposed $50 billion climate fund. Read the full roundup at TriStateInfrastructureNews.com.
Economic Development
Jersey City links affordable housing with union construction jobs
The Building for Working Families initiative in Jersey City is working to address the affordability crisis using
Public Transit
Mercer county’s $1 bus keeps jobs within reach
As warehouse, pharmaceutical and medical-device employers expand in Cranbury and East Windsor, affordable transportation remains part of the region’s economic growth. An additional $60,000 from NJ TRANSIT will keep Mercer County’s $1 Route 130 Connection running, including early and late trips that accommodate workers’ shifts.
Economic Development
New Jersey’s life sciences and skilled trades can help secure America’s biotech dominance
Medical breakthroughs need places to happen, and skilled tradespeople to build them. In this guest op-ed, HINJ President and CEO Chrissy Buteas explains how New Jersey’s life sciences industry and organized labor can help expand domestic medicine production, create jobs and strengthen America’s biotech leadership.
Drinking Water
Infrastructure Update – Week of October 26 2026
New Jersey water utility investments, PFAS treatment, municipal data center bans, NJ Transit bridge repairs, $500M New York clean water grants, and FERC grid oversight #NJInfrastructure #CleanWater #DataCenters #NJTransit #EnergyGrid
Policy
Careers in Construction Month spotlights the workforce behind modern life
From clean water and reliable energy to roads, rail, hospitals and data centers, nearly every part of modern life depends on infrastructure, and on the people trained to build it.
Infrastructure Funding
Infrastructure Update – Week of October 19, 2026
PJM reliability warnings, Port Authority Midtown overhaul, fuel‑industry gas‑stove alarm, FERC rejection of PJM’s load plan, Staten Island wants a faster Outerbridge, and Port Authority’s Newark Liberty Terminal A expansion.
Policy
Infrastructure Update – Week of October 12, 2026
Important water, energy, housing, and transportation developments in the last week. Subscribe to stay in the loop.
Americans struggle with rising water bills and grocery...
Environment
Impact of 2009 Site Remediation Reform Act (SRRA)
New Jersey’s LSRP program transformed environmental remediation, accelerating brownfield cleanup and sustainable economic growth statewide.
Policy
Our Infrastructure Matters – Episode 12
Episode 12 of Our Infrastructure Matters features a new segment about military infrastructure in New Jersey
Policy
Infrastructure Update – Week of October 05, 2026
There’s always infrastructure stories in the most densely-populated region of the country. Here’s what happened...
Hudson Tunnel Project reaches major boring milestone
The Gateway Program’s Hudson...
Policy
Who oversees New York’s infrastructure?
Untangling the myriad agencies and authorities that keep New York moving
Energy Policy
Infrastructure Update – Week of September 28, 2026
From record water‑infrastructure funding to major data‑center fines, rising grid pressures, nuclear‑emissions revelations, and calls for expanded battery storage, this week showed how quickly the region’s energy and infrastructure landscape is evolving.