USDOT Unveils America’s Great Corridors of Commerce to Lease Rights-of-Way for Power Lines and Fiber

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on August 26 unveiled a voluntary federal initiative intended to turn existing highway and railroad rights-of-way into multi-use corridors for high-voltage transmission lines, fiber-optic cables, water pipelines and other utilities. USDOT said the program, named America’s Great Corridors of Commerce, would allow state transportation departments and railroads […]