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Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT activates digital speed limit signs tied to road sensors on I-84 near Baker City

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has activated digital speed limit signs across a 30-mile section of Interstate 84 between Baker City and La Grande, and will use them to adjust the legal speed limit when conditions, such as ice, snow, fog or collisions, warrant. The signs were installed this summer, ODOT says, and for […]

November 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT awards $1.1 million for 8 school safe routes programs

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has awarded eight school safe routes programs a combined $1.1 million for 2017-2019. “The funds are specifically set aside for non-infrastructure investments, aimed at education and encouragement, and include things like teaching students safe practices, developing action plans around schools and more,” ODOT says. “While this award program does […]

November 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT replaces century-old bridge, moves it 12 miles to a new home

The Oregon Department of Transportation has completed the replacement of a bridge that is more than a century old in Minam. According to a report from The Observer, after the historic 1911 Deer Creek Road Bridge was deemed not up to current requirements, ODOT and the State Historic Preservation Office worked to find it a new home. […]

October 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT dedicates stormwater runoff treatment testing center

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is dedicating the Stormwater Technology Testing Center in Northeast Portland today (October 7), which will provide a site for municipalities and private companies to test technologies that treat stormwater runoff. Stormwater runoff must comply with the federal Water Quality Act and the Endangered Species Act, making stormwater quality management […]

October 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT says $435 million per year needed for bridge work over 20 years

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) says in its 2016 Bridge Condition Report bridge preservation needs and replacement projects in the state over the next 20 years would cost $435 million per year. Just keeping the bridges in their current condition would cost $240 million per year The agency’s annual report provides an overview of bridge […]

September 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT projects decreasing agency revenue due to slowing fuel tax collections

While the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) expects a 5.6-percent increase in fuel tax revenue for 2016, it is projecting a slowdown in this growth through 2019, with a decline in collections starting 2020. In its report, “The Future of Transportation Funding: The Forecasted Decline of Motor Fuels Tax and Potential Alternatives,” ODOT says the […]

September 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Eight state DOT projects receive federal grants to explore alternative Highway Trust Fund revenue

The Federal Highway Administration announced eight projects that have been awarded a combined $14.2 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to investigate “alternative revenue mechanisms” as means of sustaining the Highway Trust Fund. Last year’s Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the STSFA. The program is designed to fund projects that […]

September 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

OReGO marks one-year anniversary as Oregon’s road usage charge pilot

The Oregon Road Usage Charge Program, known as OReGO, recently hit its one-year anniversary with 1,025 active vehicles participating in the program, just 20 percent of the limit the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) set last year. Participants in the program, which began July 1, 2015, pay 1.5 cents per mile for driving distances logged […]

August 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT partners with Waze on TripCheck.com

The Oregon Department of Transportation is partnering with crowdsourced navigation app Waze’s Connected Citizens Program to add data to its own TripCheck.com traffic tool. ODOT is the latest in a long line of state DOTs partnering with Waze that includes Alabama, Massachusetts,  Louisiana, California, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. “We want to take advantage of new ideas and innovative technology […]

July 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

WASHTO recognizes 7 state DOTs for excellence in transportation projects

The Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (WASHTO) has awarded seven state departments of transportation honors for top transportation projects as regional winners for the America’s Transportation Awards. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the AAA motor club and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsor the program, which honors the best […]

July 4, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT unveils monument honoring Lewis and Clark River Bridge engineer

On May 24, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) unveiled an interpretive display on the western approach to the Lewis and Clark River Bridge to honor the craftsmanship of Conde B. McCullough, the state bridge engineer who designed 13 bridges along the Oregon Coast between 1919 and 1935, The Daily Astorian reports. The state is in the midst of a […]

June 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Oregon Transportation Commission allocates $196 million in FAST Act funding to 2018-2021 STIP

The Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) has approved allocating $196 million in funding from the FAST Act to the states 2018-2021 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The commission approved the 2018-2021 STIP last July, but the additional funding from the FAST Act allowed it to add the new funding to “critical transportation programs.” The funds will […]

March 30, 2016