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Home Stretch for Toronto’s Finch West LRT Procurement
Humber College students and Toronto West residents will soon be able to access Canada’s largest subway system in five years. The CA$1 billion Finch West LRT project is slated to open in 2022. The new dedicated light rail transit line will run 11 kilometres along the surface of Finch Avenue from Humber College’s north campus...
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PPP Canada Phased Out Pending Launch of Canada Infrastructure Bank
The Canadian government is taking a new approach to P3s. By the end of 2017, PPP Canada will have ceased operations, and the Canada Infrastructure Bank (the “CIB”) will be launched. Year end is nearly upon us. What has PPP Canada accomplished, and what is expected from the new CIB? PPP Canada’s Contributions PPP Canada...
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Ninth Circuit Holds Forest Service Violated ESA by Failing to Reinitiate Consultation for Canada Lynx
On June 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the U.S. Forest Service (Service) violated section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by failing to reinitiate consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding the impacts of a revised critical habitat designation on the Canada lynx...
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University of California Issues Draft RFP for UC Merced 2020 Project
The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University of California, Merced, issued a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for the UC Merced 2020 Project on May 7, 2015. The draft RFP was provided to the three proposers that were shortlisted in January 2015: E3 2020: Balfour Beatty Investments, Inc. EP2 Developers: Edgemoor Infrastructure...
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ordered to Complete Recovery Plan for Canada Lynx
Recently, the United States District Court for the District of Montana ordered (pdf) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to develop a timeline for completion of recovery planning for the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). The court determined that the Service’s purported justifications for not developing and implementing a recovery plan for the species were insufficient...
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District Court Holds U.S. Forest Service Failed to Consult Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
On June 24, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana held (pdf) that the U.S. Forest Service (Service) violated section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) by failing to consult on the impacts of a vegetation management project on Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) in the Helena National Forest. Plaintiffs argued that the Service violated section...
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Fish and Wildlife Service Withdraws Proposal to List Mountain Plover
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) announced that the mountain plover, a small native bird inhabiting open, flat lands with sparse vegetation, does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Mountain plovers breed in the western Great Plains and Rocky Mountain States from extreme southern Canada to northern Mexico. Within the United...