Chris Hill (EQW)RoadbuildingIndiana DOT offers engineering scholarshipsThe Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is offering scholarships for full-time students seeking in undergraduate and graduate civil engineering programs at colleges or universities in the state. Scholarship recipients will have to work for INDOT for designated periods as a condition. Scholarships, award in amounts of $3,125 per semester or $2,083 per trimester, can be applied toward an […]February 26, 2015RoadbuildingCivil engineers give Utah roads and bridges “B+” gradeIn its “2015 Report Card for Utah’s Infrastructure” report, The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the state a B+ grade for the condition of roads and bridges there. Roughly 83 percent of Utah’s interstates are in good condition, with only 1 percent being in poor condition, ASCE reports. While the roads received a decent grade, the ASCE […]February 25, 2015RoadbuildingCalifornia’s gas tax cut will reduce highway funding, won’t mean cheaper pump pricesThe California State Board of Equalization voted to reduce the state’s gasoline tax to 30 cents per gallon from 36 cents, a change set to be implemented in July, according to an Associated Press report. The tax cut reportedly will not cause the price of gas to go down for consumers, but the California Department of Transportation says […]February 25, 2015RoadbuildingSouth Dakota’s roads and bridges face significant deterioration in next decade if current funding levels holdSouth Dakota suffers from a list of transportation issues, including nationally ubiquitous deteriorated bridges and roads and low funding, in addition to rural traffic fatalities and crowded roads, according to a new report from The Road Improvement Program. In its report “South Dakota’s Top Transportation Challenges: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” TRIP stated South Dakota’s state-maintained […]February 25, 2015RoadbuildingThe top 10 transportation challenges facing New MexicoNew Mexico’s roads, highways, and bridges are plagued by needed improvements to critical routes including inadequate capacity, deficient bridges, pavement deterioration, and inadequate safety features, according to a new report from The Road Improvement Program. In its report “New Mexico’s Top 25 Transportation Challenges and the Improvements Needed to Address Them,” TRIP identifies the state’s top 25 transportation challenges and […]February 24, 2015RoadbuildingPennDOT asks residents for help in attacking potholes on state roadwaysThe Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is asking motorists to report potholes and other “roadway concerns” by calling it’s toll-free hotline 1-800-FIX ROAD (1-800-349-7623). PennDOT says the hotline “connects callers directly to their respective county maintenance office, and that a call “will result in prompt action and a telephone follow-up if the caller leaves their name and telephone number.” To better […]February 24, 2015RoadbuildingNAPA webinar to cover asphalt pavement outlook for 2015The National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) Asphalt Pavement Industry 2015 Business Outlook webinar, set for March 2, will cover figures for asphalt pavement tonnages, the impact of low oil prices on asphalt pavement manufacturing, and other pertinent production figures in addition to the outlook for the asphalt pavement market. NAPA Executive Vice President Jay Hansen will make the outlook […]February 24, 2015RoadbuildingTCC applauds bipartisan congressional letter supporting long-term transportation bill, Highway Trust FundTransportation Construction Coalition (TCC) leadership called a recent bipartisan letter from nearly 300 House of Representatives members calling for action on funding transportation improvements a “broad consensus” that a long-term highway and transit bill is a “top priority” and that there is “overwhelming bipartisan support for legislative action.” The letter, sent Feb. 11 to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority […]February 24, 2015RoadbuildingMichigan DOT doesn’t hold contractors to project warranties, audit findsThe Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) isn’t holding roadwork contractors properly accountable for warranties on their projects, which puts the cost of repairs to such projects squarely on the state’s shoulders, according to an audit of the warranty system by Auditor General Doug Ringler. According to a report by the Detroit Free Press, slightly more than half of […]February 23, 2015RoadbuildingHighway Trust Fund uncertainty to delay $1 billion in Arkansas projectsThe cloud of doubt and uncertainty hovering over the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) could delay roughly $1 billion in Arkansas highway projects between now and 2017, according to a report from the Associated Press. Scott Bennett, head of the Arkansas State Highway Transportation Department (ASHTD), said $1.1 billion in highway improvements are in jeopardy. 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