Tag: Palm Beach County

Roadbuilding

FDOT’s Construction Career Days exposes high schoolers to careers in the transportation industry

Nearly 2,000 students from approximately 50 schools in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties received hands-on training at the Florida Department of Transportation’s 16th annual Construction Career Days, the Sun Sentinel reports. The event, which took place last week at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie, hosted 47 hands-on learning labs that allowed students to experience environmental planning, surveying, traffic […]

November 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Illusions slow drivers in South Florida

Drivers in South Florida may start slowing down thanks to an optical illusion on the roadways. South Florida traffic officials are planning to test a new technique in coming months that would involve hash marks on the roadways, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The 1-foot-wide, 18-inch-long lines, created from thermoplastic tape, would be placed on […]

September 13, 2013

Roadbuilding

Florida man designs hurricane-resistant traffic signal hangers

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is installing pivotal hangers at traffic signals throughout the state to protect the signals from hurricane damage, according to a report from the Sun Sentinel. The hangers, designed by Florida native Robert Townsend, will be retrofitted onto existing traffic signals in Palm Beach and Broward Counties. FDOT will spend […]

July 17, 2013