Bobby Atkinson (EQW)RoadbuildingHouse passes 3-week Highway Trust Fund patch for time needed to craft long-term billThe House of Representatives has passed another short-term transportation funding patch, but the countdown to another deadline will go by much faster this time around. Lawmakers in the House approved the three-week measure Tuesday, just two days before the Oct. 29 expiration date of the Highway Trust Fund. It’s the the 35th short-term HTF patch since 2008. But […]October 28, 2015RoadbuildingTexas DOT worker awarded for saving life of man stuck in his truck during floodA Texas Department of Transportation worker was honored with the department’s Extra Mile Award recently for his heroics on the job when he halted work to save the life of a man during record floods earlier this year. May 21 was already an abnormal day for maintenance officer Craig Hosts, according to a report from News […]October 28, 2015RoadbuildingHouse lawmakers propose one more highway funding patch while working on long-term billWith the Highway Trust Fund set to expire this week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives have proposed a three- week patch to give them time to work on a long-term transportation funding bill. The House introduced the measure to fund and extend transportation programs through Nov. 20. Only extending the HTF by three weeks signals that lawmakers in […]October 27, 2015RoadbuildingIndiana DOT installing new signage to raise awareness for safer driving in work zonesThe Indiana Department of Transportation has teamed up with the Road Construction Awareness Corporation to install new signs on interstate highways throughout the state that raise awareness for driving safely through road construction zones. According to the INDOT, the new eye-catching orange signs for the “Save-A-Life” campaign will stand at 8-foot by 15-foot and display a message […]October 27, 2015RoadbuildingBertha delayed again; won’t restart drilling until late DecemberThe Seattle Tunnel Partners have once again delayed the restart of drilling for the State Route 99 tunnel, with Bertha not expected to start work again until Dec. 23. The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the revised schedule Thursday and said the tunnel most likely would not open until April 2018. That puts the project two years and four […]October 26, 2015RoadbuildingWashington, Oregon DOTs team up on electronic signs to display travel times between the two statesNew traffic signs have gone up in Oregon and Washington to alert drivers to travel times to popular locations between the two states. The Washington State Department of Transportation said in a press release the joint effort between WSDOT and the Oregon Department of Transportation placed three signs in Oregon and four in Washington earlier […]October 26, 2015RoadbuildingWatch drones autonomously weave a bridge in mid-airAdd bridge building to the growing list of unexpected uses for unmanned aircraft. Earlier this week, we told you about Google testing out the use of drones to deliver internet access. Amazon wants to use them to deliver packages. The Michigan Department of Transportation is researching using drones to check road conditions. And the Minnesota Department […]October 23, 2015RoadbuildingHouse transportation committee approves 6-year highway billThe U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a six-year, $325 billion transportation bill. The committee announced it had unanimously approved the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 Thursday afternoon after it was introduced for markup earlier in the morning. But with an approaching October 29 deadline for the expiration of the […]October 23, 2015RoadbuildingSouth Carolina taps Christy Hall as new DOT SecretaryChristy Hall has been working as the Acting Secretary of the South Carolina Department of Transportation since July, but the state is ready to make it official. Gov. Nikki Haley announced that she had officially appointed Hall as the state’s Secretary of Transportation, according to a SCDOT press release. Hall’s appointment is the culmination of over two decades with […]October 22, 2015RoadbuildingOhio DOT releases video featuring mother of road worker killed to raise awareness of “Move Over” lawMark Kiper had only been working his summer job as a seasonal employee at the Ohio Department of Transportation for two weeks when he was struck and killed by a vehicle. He was a high school valedictorian, college athlete and a dean’s list student, as his mother Joan explains in a new video from ODOT. 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