AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS STAY ON TRACK.

This section offers U.S. news briefs. President George W. Bush signed an extension of the Federal Aviation Administration's authorization signaling that the airport projects it funded will not be disrupted. The Senate will study bills that will improve the process for inspecting and upgrading bridges, as a result of the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis in August 2007. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may call Congress back in November to discuss the approval of a stimulus package that includes infrastructure funding before the end of 2008.