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Roadbuilding
Multimillion-dollar road projects by Ill., Mo., Ga. win AASHTO awards
The Illinois DOT, the Missouri DOT and the Georgia DOT all walked away with awards from the 2019 America’s Transportation Awards. Details on Equipment World.
October 14, 2019
Roadbuilding
FHWA distributes $5 billion more in federal-aid highway funding authority to state DOTs
The Federal Highway Administration has issued its latest “obligation limitation” notice to state departments of transportation, allowing them access to an additional $5 billion in project funding authority for federal-aid highway programs, according to the the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). This allows state DOTs to use the prorated portion of their authorized funds […]
April 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Miss. DOT videos win national award
The Mississippi Department of Transportation has won a national public relations award for its efforts to inform residents on transportation issues. The MDOT’s Public Affairs team and staff members from other departments earned first place in interactive presentation for its series of six videos featuring key transportation issues facing Mississippians. The award is one of […]
September 21, 2017
Roadbuilding
AASHTO bestows highest award to AHTD’s Scott Bennett
During its annual meeting in Boston, the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) presented Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) director Scott Bennett with the organization’s Thomas H. MacDonald Memorial Award, the highest honor that AASHTO can bestow on an individual, kait8.com reports. Bennett was recognized for his public service contributions to the transportation […]
November 24, 2016
Roadbuilding
ConnDOT’s Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge wins grand prize in 2016 America’s Transportation Awards
The Connecticut Department of Transportation’s (ConnDOT) Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge is the grand-prize winner of the 2016 America’s Transportation Awards, while the Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Eller Drive Intermodal Container Transfer Facility Overpass won the program’s People’s Choice Award. Each winner received a $10,000 cash prize that can be used to help support a […]
November 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
AASHTO releases updated specifications on supports for signs, luminaires, traffic signals
The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has released a free downloadable publication of its 2017 interim revisions to the 2015 Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Specifications for Structural Supports for Highway Signs, Luminaires and Traffic Signals. The updates include articles on loads, steel design, serviceability requirements, fatigue design, breakaway supports and […]
October 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
AASHTO seeks nominations for McMinimee Transportation Vanguard Award recognizing innovation
The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is seeking nominations for its McMinimee Transportation Vanguard Award, an honor recognizing an employee exemplifying “commitment to excellence and implementation of innovative technologies and processes.” AASHTO says the award is “granted in honor” of James McMinimee, a 25-year veteran of the Utah Department of Transportation, who […]
June 30, 2016
Roadbuilding
National Work Zone Awareness Week is April 11-15
This year’s theme for National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), set for April 11-15, is “Don’t be THAT Driver: Work on Safety. Get Home Safely. Every Day.” The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will host the kick-off event for this year’s program near the 32-mile I-75 widening project outside of Toledo on April 12 at […]
April 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
AASHTO Transportation Management Fellows begin 12-month program
Three state departments of transportation officials have begun their 12-month-long fellowships with American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). This year marks the first time the AASHTO Transportation Management Fellowship has been opened up to divisions beyond its engineering division, and will include a planning fellow and policy fellow in addition to engineering. “This […]
April 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
Idaho Transportation Department receives AASHTO communications awards for article, advertisement
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) presented the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) with two communications awards during the association’s recent annual meeting. AASHTO’s Subcommittee on Transportation Communications (TransComm) presented the awards as part the Skills Contest, an opportunity each year for the association to recognize “outstanding communications work” from departments of […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
National Work Zone Awareness Week is March 23-27
“Expect the Unexpected” is the theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, a campaign designed to promote safe driving through highway work zones and construction sites. First launched in 2000 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), […]
March 10, 2015
Business
Lawmakers, experts discuss solutions, stress urgent need for stable, increased highway funding
Over half of the highway miles traveled in the United States are on roads in less than good condition, said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Environmental & Public Works Committee. She spoke at the Infrastructure for the Future conference Thursday in Washington, D.C., where experts tied the pressing need for road and […]
November 22, 2013
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