Chris Hill (EQW)RoadbuildingColorado DOT launches near real-time snowplow tracking systemThe Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has launched a system that will track and monitor snowplows in “near real-time” that will also allow the public to view vehicle location via an Automated Vehicle Location (AVL). At this time only 860 of the 970 snowplows in CDOTs fleet are fitted with the AVL system. “One of […]February 2, 2016RoadbuildingTexas DOT announces $1.3 billion plan for projects to improve traffic congestionThe Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has released a $1.3 billion plan for accelerated transportation project completion aimed at improving traffic congestion across the state. The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) will need to approve the strategy. “The major metro areas of Texas – Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio – represent more than […]February 1, 2016RoadbuildingNAPA releases books on RAP and RAS best practices, high RAP Japanese pavementsThe National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has released two books aimed at provided best management practices for using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). Best Practices for RAP and RAS Management (Quality Improvement Publication 129) provides details on pavement milling, inventory management, processing, sampling and testing of RAP and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS). Written by National Center […]February 1, 2016RoadbuildingBridge work the focus of Kentucky’s $6 billion proposed highway planKentucky Gov. Matthew Bevin this week released his administration’s 2016 Recommended Highway Plan that details transportation projects and funding for fiscal years 2016-2022, representing $6 billion in “traditional revenues.” But one key takeaway from the plan was an effort to focus on bridge repairs by setting aside 15 percent of the available state highway funds […]January 29, 2016RoadbuildingPink paver helps VT LeeBoy and Stephenson Equipment raise $100,000 for American Cancer SocietyVT LeeBoy and equipment dealer Stephenson Equipment recently presented a $100,000 check to the American Cancer Society for it’s Relay for Life, an amount raised in part by the use of a pink LeeBoy paver. The pink paver, a modified 8515C, was the brainchild of LeeBoy Human Resources Generalist Tamara Helderman. She came up with […]January 29, 2016RoadbuildingWatch Oregon DOT crews perform emergency 17-mile pothole fix on US 97Oregon Department (ODOT) of Transportation crews were recently called out on an “all hands” assignment to patch potholes on a stretch of U.S. 97 near Chemult. ODOT District Manager Pat Creedican pulled in crews from four districts to help with the work that patched 17 miles of the highway. The agency reports that winter weather […]January 28, 2016RoadbuildingWisconsin DOT makes $108 million in transportation aid payments to local governmentsThe Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has made $108.18 million in payments to 1,924 local “units” of governments for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids. General Transportation Aids programs received the bulk of the payments at $104.91 million. These funds are designed to help “defray the costs of constructing, maintaining and […]January 28, 2016Construction EquipmentMesse München establishes bauma Charity Alliance to promote and foster social programs in the construction equipment industryMesse München has established the bauma Charity Alliance, an effort to create a network of construction machinery industry companies aimed at creating and promoting “social projects” for education, environment, health, nutrition and social integration in needy areas of the world. “Corporate societal and social commitment is no contradiction. On the contrary: long-term success requires both […]January 27, 2016RoadbuildingFHWA provides $2 million in Emergency Relief funds for Alabama road and bridge repair from December stormsThe Federal Highway Administration has made $2 million in Emergency Relief funds available to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to repair bridges and roads affected by flooding in December. Estimates in mid-January put the total damage from storms, which dumped up to 20 inches of rain in some parts of the state, at roughly […]January 27, 2016RoadbuildingTRIP report shows 38% of major NY roads in poor condition; costing drivers $24.9 billion a yearThirty-eight percent of New York’s major urban roads are in poor condition, which is one contributing factor that is costing the state’s drivers a collective $24.9 billion per year in increased vehicle operating costs, delays and collisions, according to a recent report by The Road Improvement Program (TRIP). 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