Kerry Clines (EQW)HomeGeorgia plans a Safety Stand-Down during National Highway Work Zone Awareness WeekThe Department of Labor (DOL) announced that in observance of National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week, April 3-7, 2017, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will partner with the state of Georgia, local government organizations and employers to sponsor one-hour Safety Stand-Down events to train road workers on the dangers […]April 3, 2017RoadbuildingIdaho legislators send $320 million highway bill to governor’s deskOn Monday, the Idaho Senate and House approved legislation to invest $320 million-plus in the state’s road system. According to The Spokesman-Review, the bill passed the Senate on a 19-16 vote, and the House voted 51-19 in favor of sending it on to Gov. Butch Otter’s desk for approval, but not without some disagreement. The bill authorizes $300 […]March 31, 2017RoadbuildingReady Mix USA donates concrete mixing truck to Georgia Piedmont Technical CollegeReady Mix USA donated a concrete mixing truck to Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) in Clarkston, Georgia, to teach individuals at its Regional Transportation Training Center in Lithonia the skills required to become concrete-mixer truck drivers, The Covington News reports. Cynthia Dorsey Edwards, GPTC’s vice president of economic and community development, Consuelo Godden, director of GPTC’s regional […]March 30, 2017RoadbuildingFormer WV Transportation Sec. invents tire-based pothole repair method that “will last indefinitely”Morgantown inventor and former West Virginia Secretary of Transportation Samuel G. Bonasso and his partner, Jim Matuga, have developed what they say is a long-term repair for potholes called the Pothole Terminator by Mechanical Concrete, and they hope the West Virginia Division of Highways will begin using it. “We’ve got a long-term, permanent solution that can actually reduce […]March 29, 2017RoadbuildingBridge worker falls to his death in North CarolinaConstruction worker Anthony Ramos died after falling 30 feet from a bridge west of Asheboro, North Carolina, March 20, The Courier-Tribune reports. The contractor Ramos worked for, Wright Brothers Construction, reports that the accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. while Ramos was working on the bridge, which is part of a new U.S. 64 Bypass project. […]March 29, 2017RoadbuildingIdaho installing Bluetooth sensors along I-15 to monitor traffic during constructionThe Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is installing Bluetooth-based roadway sensors in the median of Interstate 15 to provide real-time travel information for drivers during construction work that will start this spring, Traffic Technology Today reports. ITD is planning to make bridge repairs and resurface the deteriorated pavement on I-15 in eastern Idaho, which is expected to […]March 27, 2017RoadbuildingNevada DOT celebrates 100 yearsThe Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) celebrated its 100th birthday Thursday. Formed as the Nevada Department of Highways in 1917, the department’s original mission was to turn the rutted dirt paths forged by pioneers into roads, according to a report from CarsonNow.org. Highway construction, at the time, was difficult, and road grading was done using teams of horses. In January […]March 24, 2017RoadbuildingNonprofit steps in to save Craighead Bridge in Pa. from demolitionWorkin’ Bridges, a new national nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving greenbelts and historic truss bridges, recently applied to Cumberland County to take ownership of Craighead Bridge in South Middleton Township, Pa., to save it from demolition, The Sentinel reports. Craighead Bridge, which was built in 1899, is an iron truss bridge that spans the Yellow Breeches Creek on […]March 22, 2017RoadbuildingSDDOT begins final phase of Mount Rushmore Road projectOn March 15, members of the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Mount Rushmore Road Group gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of the third and final phase of construction on Mount Rushmore Road, NBC Newscenter 1 reports. The South Dakota Department of Transportation project includes urban grading, storm and sewer installations, and the […]March 21, 2017HomeGeorgia DOT workers ask drivers to slow down in work zonesIn a recent report from WJBF TV, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) workers asked drivers around the state to consider the high risk they put road workers in when they drive fast through work zones. The message comes after several deadly accidents occurred in work zones in the Central Savannah River Area, the station reports. 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