Chris Hill (EQW)RoadbuildingWashington governor signs bipartisan package of bills for 16-year, $16 billion transportation investment programWashington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a transportation investment package of bills that will fund transportation projects over a 16-year period at a cost of $16 billion. Dubbed “Connecting Washington”, the program is estimated to create 200,000 jobs. Most of the funding will come from a two-tier gas tax increase. The tax will rise 7 […]July 17, 2015RoadbuildingPaveXpress 2.0 pavement design tool adds asphalt overlay modulePaveXpress, a free, online pavement design tool created with support from the National Asphalt Pavement Association and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations, has launched an update including an asphalt overlay design module. Version 2.0 of PaveXpress “makes it easy to design asphalt overlays that preserve a pavement’s structure while improving smoothness, safety, and drivability.” The […]July 17, 2015RoadbuildingNAPA panel: Asphalt durability relies on mix design, density, and paving basicsMembers of the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) Pavement Performance task group told attendees of the association’s midyear conference that asphalt pavement durability boils down to elements of mix design, density and going back to the basics of paving best practices. The group was formed from members of NAPA’s Executive Committee, its Engineering Advisory Council […]July 16, 2015RoadbuildingAlaska DOT seeks public comment on 2016-2019 Statewide Transportation Improvement ProgramThe Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) has made its Statewide Transportation Improvement Program for fiscal years 2016-2019 available for public comment through August 27. Alaska’s STIP outlines a four-year program of partial or fully-funded federal projects and preservation efforts for the state’s transportation system, including Interstate and state highways, bridges, public transportation […]July 16, 2015RoadbuildingFoxx tells DOTs Highway Trust Fund reimbursements to stop Aug. 1 unless Congress actsYesterday morning Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx sent out letters to the departments of transportation of all 50 states, five territories, and Washington, D.C., advising their leaders that reimbursements for work would stop Aug. 1 if Congress didn’t act to at least extend transportation funding. “Unless Congress acts prior to this date, the Federal Highway Administration […]July 15, 2015RoadbuildingNAPA to hold silent auction at 2016 annual meeting to endow emergency benevolent fundThe National Asphalt Pavement Association will hold a silent auction at its 2016 annual meeting to help fund and take a step toward long-term endowment of the NAPA Care Emergency Benevolent Fund. The announcement was made at the association’s first general session of its midyear meeting in Denver. The program provides immediate funds ($5,000) to […]July 15, 2015RoadbuildingNAPA presents Operational Excellence awards at midyear meetingThe National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) presented its 2014 Operational Excellence Awards in five categories during the associations first general session of its 2015 Midyear Meeting in Denver. The winners and finalists include: Asphalt Operations Safety Innovations Award For most innovative safety practices Winners Lakeside Industries Inc., Issaquah, Washington, custom-fitted hearing protection Payne & Dolan […]July 14, 2015RoadbuildingUSDOT releases road and bridge condition details for each state to highlight Highway Trust Fund needsTo highlight the dwindling amount of time left in providing for the Highway Trust Fund, which ends July 31 without Congressional action, the U.S. Department of Transportation has released road and bridge conditions for each state. As the deadline approaches, legislators are starting to warm up to action with a tax reform proposal and cosponsoring a […]July 13, 2015RoadbuildingKansas DOT approves $73.4 million in state highway projectsThe Kansas Department of Transportation approved $73.4 million in bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects in its June lettings. These projects include: District One (Northeast) Johnson U.S. 69 in Kansas City, intelligent transportation system, 3.7 miles, ADB Companies Inc. — $902,360.25 Kansas City metro area, intelligent transportation system, ADB Companies Inc. — $674,126.00. […]July 13, 2015RoadbuildingLarsen co-sponsors bill calling for 15-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase for transportation fundingRepresentative Rick Larsen (D-Washington) has cosponsored H.R. 680, the UPDATE Act, which would raise the gas tax by 15 cents per gallon over a three-year period. The bill was first proposed by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) and was referenced in a recent House Ways and Means Committee meeting on transportation funding. “Our country’s transportation funding is […]July 10, 2015Previous PagePage 195 of 225Next PageTop StoriesPickups2027 GMC Sierra 2500 HD, 3500 HD Revealed: 7 Trims, New Gas or Diesel V8sThe 3500 HD gets a max 38,000 pounds of towing with the diesel V8, and the 2500 HD gets up to 19,000 pounds with the gas V8.Vintage EquipmentPOV Tour: The Most Epic Collection of Vintage Construction EquipmentTractorsKubota Revamps BX90 Subcompact Tractor Line With More Power and CapabilityGraders/ScrapersK-Tec Reveals 1232 Scraper with 32-Yard Capacity for Articulated HaulersMarket PulseQuick Data: Top-Selling New and Used Compact Utility Loaders
