Tag: highway maintenance

Roadbuilding

APWA names its ‘Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year’

The American Public Works Association would like you to meet their 2018 Top Ten Public Works Leaders of Year, marking the 58th anniversary of the award.

September 6, 2018

Roadbuilding

Optimizing pavement levels of service

A pavement’s level of service is a measure that combines a pavement’s design criteria – such as freeway, primary arterial, collector and local street or road—with traffic conditions such as speed, travel time, freedom to maneuver, user comfort and convenience, traffic interruptions and safety. As pavement performance and durability impacts a highway’s level of service […]

October 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

North Carolina DOT: Future state funding likely to include tolls

North Carolina is likely to begin using tolls to help fund state highway maintenance and expansions, according to The Daily News, Jacksonville. North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Chief Deputy Secretary Nick Tennyson recently told attendees at a public information session that, in order to perform all the work that is necessary on the 80,000 […]

May 28, 2014

Roadbuilding

Texas, You’re Going the Wrong Way!

Normally, when a gravel road starts seeing a lot of traffic, it earns enough street cred to be upgraded to asphalt. But Texas has this process a little backward. Instead of repairing an asphalt road in parts of South and West Texas, the state decided to revert it into a gravel road. The 80 miles […]

August 23, 2013

Roadbuilding

Texas proposal could transfer road maintenance to cities

The Texas Transportation Commission next week will discuss a proposal that would transfer maintenance of nearly 1,900 miles of state highways to 59 cities, according to The Dallas Morning News. The proposal would cost the cities an additional $165 each year. The proposal, which the commission plans to discuss August 29, comes after the state […]

August 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

Highway Contractor

‘Back to gravel’ doesn’t have to be the only choice for a failing road … even if funds are scarce.

April 1, 2011