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Roadbuilding
Elevated toll roads being built for Tampa Bay’s $545M Gateway Expressway
Signs of construction near the Tampa Bay Gateway Expressway marks the beginning phase of the expressway getting elevated toll roads. More on Equipment World!
July 30, 2018
Roadbuilding
Fla. DOT acquires $763 million for final phase of First Coast Expressway
Gov. Rick Scott, state lawmakers, and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials announced that they have acquired the $763 million needed for the third and final phase of the First Coast Expressway, which will connect Interstate 10 west of Jacksonville with Interstate 95, News4Jax reports. The final piece of the highway bypass will include a new, four-lane replacement bridge for the existing […]
April 18, 2018
Roadbuilding
Trucking group files federal lawsuit over ‘excessive tolls’ on Pa. Turnpike
A national trucking organization is challenging the constitutionality of what it calls excessive tolls charged by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association has filed a federal lawsuit that says $5.875 billion the turnpike commission has paid to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is unconstitutional because the tolls that fund it put […]
April 3, 2018
Roadbuilding
Contract awarded to add Express Lanes on northern Colo.’s I-25
The Colorado Department of Transportation has approved a $248 million contract to add Express Lanes on Interstate 25 from Johnstown to Fort Collins, with work expected to start this summer. Kraemer/IHC won the contract to add an Express Lane in both directions, replace aging bridges, widen bridges, create new pedestrian and bicycle access under I-25 […]
January 11, 2018
Roadbuilding
No new tolls planned for Texas in revised transportation plan
Critics of tolls in Texas have been heard. The Texas Transportation Commission has decided to remove all new toll projects from its 10-year, $70 billion construction plan, The Associated Press reports. That includes removing additional express lanes planned for Interstate 35 through Central Texas, according to AP. The commission had previously proposed adding up to […]
December 21, 2017
Roadbuilding
New I-66 tolls reach $40, but VDOT stands behind them
Tolls on Virginia’s new Express Lanes on Interstate 66 Inside the Beltway have been raising eyebrows – and emptying wallets – with some drivers paying as much as $40 to travel 10 miles. The first week of the new lanes’ operations, which began December 4, has seen a backlash from drivers, and politicians are vowing to curtail […]
December 11, 2017
Roadbuilding
Tolls could go up for N.H. turnpike drivers
Tolls could rise on New Hampshire’s turnpike system under a proposal being considered to accelerate bridge and road work on the tollways. Tolls would rise 50 cents in Hampton, Hooksett and Bedford, and 25 cents in Dover, Rochester and Hampton Side Tolls, according to the New Hampshire Department of Transportation. Drivers with E-ZPasses would see […]
November 30, 2017
Roadbuilding
Road revenue gap worries transportation officials
Despite vehicle miles traveled reaching a record high, collections for the federal Highway Trust Fund have been flat for the last 10 months of the current fiscal year, according to the AASHTO Journal of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The fund, which is composed of federal gas taxes and taxes on […]
September 13, 2017
Roadbuilding
Cape May County (NJ) Bridge Commission considering E-ZPass for five of its toll bridges
Cape May County (New Jersey) Bridge Commission Chairman Patrick Rosenello, who is also Mayor of North Wildwood, is considering the use of E-ZPass on five county toll bridges—Middle Thorofare Bridge, Grassy Sound Bridge, Townsends Inlet Bridge, Corsons Inlet Bridge, and Ocean City Longport Bridge—to make it easier for drivers to pay tolls, The Press of Atlantic City reports. […]
September 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway refinances series 2008B bonds, saves $50.9 million
The Illinois Tollway has issued $333 million of series 2016A fixed rate refunding bonds that refunded $350 million of its Series 2008B bonds. These bonds will mature in 16-17 years and will reduce the agency’s bond principal and interest payments during fiscal years 2016 through 2032 by $50.9 million. “Refinancing these bonds at this time […]
December 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
Massachusetts Turnpike toll collector killed after being struck by a pickup
A toll collector at the Massachusetts Turnpike died early Friday after he was hit by a pickup truck driving through the E-ZPass lane. Bill Pappas, 61, became the first Massachusetts toll worker killed since 1999 when he was struck by the truck as he was walking across the E-ZPass lane, the Worcester Telegram reported. Pappas died […]
August 3, 2015
Roadbuilding
Texas toll road fight proves how badly we need a gas tax hike
When push comes to shove, Texans can get more than a little rowdy. Of late, their cantankerous streak has flared up in opposition to the state’s toll road programs. For those of you who are not familiar, the newest toll roads in Texas use license plate scanners and other technology to eliminate toll booths and […]
March 11, 2015
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