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Roadbuilding
USDOT provides $537.1 million TIFIA loan for Penn Station improvements
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Build America Bureau (BAB) is providing a $537.1 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the New York State Urban Development Corporation D/B/A Empire State Development (ESD) for the Moynihan Train Hall Redevelopment Project. The project aims to ease congestion at New York City’s Penn Station. […]
July 7, 2017
Roadbuilding
Illinois budget impasse halts 900 road projects, impacting at least 20,000 jobs
Illinois still does not have a budget established, despite a special legislative session and a budget presented to Gov. Bruce Rauner who immediately vetoed the measure. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) shut down transportation projects in the state July 1 as a result of the impasse. The state Senate voted to override the veto […]
July 6, 2017
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Roadbuilding
Two paving company employees arrested for purchasing asphalt with hot checks
The New Holland (Pa.) Police Department reports that two people from Traditional Paving, a Lancaster paving company, have been arrested for writing six bounced checks for asphalt, according to PennLive. Police told the news agency that Dorothy Miller and George Stanley were charged with theft by deception and criminal conspiracy for issuing bounced checks totaling […]
July 6, 2017
Roadbuilding
NCDOT adds 144 projects valued at $2.5 billion to 10-year plan
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has updated its draft 2018-2027 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) plan to include an additional 144 projects totaling $2.5 billion compared to the draft released in January. Officials say the projects were added following updated revenue projections. The agency will also be able to accelerate another 350 projects […]
July 6, 2017
Roadbuilding
FHWA, Maine DOT select preferred alternative for Frank J. Wood Bridge project
The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have selected a preferred alternative for replacing the Frank J. Wood Bridge that connects the towns of Brunswick and Topsham. Built in 1937, the three-span bridge carries Route 201 over the Androscoggin River. It extends 815 feet and is 30 feet wide. MaineDOT […]
July 6, 2017
Roadbuilding
Louisiana DOTD worker struck and killed by vehicle in work zone
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LDOTD) District 3 employee Paul Featherston was struck and killed by a vehicle July 3 while performing routine road maintenance in Iberia. LDOTD reports Featherston had worked at the agency for 24 years. “While many of us are preparing to celebrate Independence Day with our loved ones, let us […]
July 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
Hot weather causing Utah roads to buckle and crumble
Extremely hot weather is wreaking havoc on Utah roads, causing the roadways to buckle and crumble and keeping the state Department of Transportation (UDOT) busy making repairs, kutv.com reports. “Utah is the perfect place for these kind of buckling issues to happen, because we have the extreme temperatures,” UDOT’s John Gleason told the news agency. […]
July 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
Rhode Island DOT reopens Pawtucket Ave. Bridge 5 weeks early
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has reopened the Pawtucket Avenue Bridge in East Providence about five weeks earlier than scheduled. RIDOT reports 23,000 vehicles per day travel across the structure over the Interstate 195 corridor and is one of the most traveled bridges in the city. The agency’s project management team worked with […]
July 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
California’s Low Carbon Transit program provides $34.5 million to 125 projects
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) reports the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program is providing $34.5 million to fund 125 local projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emission and improving public transportation sustainability. “This program is one of the methods Caltrans is using to help the state meet its ambitious goals to address climate change,” […]
July 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
Weekend replacement of Georgia SR 299 bridge over I-24 in just 90 seconds
In the time-lapse video below, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) replaces the State Route 299 bridge over Interstate 24 in Dade County in just one weekend using Accelerated Bridge Construction. The bridge was built in two segments next to the existing bridge while traffic continued to flow underneath. Once the bridge was completed, the […]
July 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
USDOT rescinds from states $857 million in unobligated federal-aid highway funds
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has rescinded $857 million in unobligated Federal-aid highway funds from states as of June 30. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the move in a notice June 21. The funds were rescinded as part of the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2017, title I of division K, Public Law […]
July 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
NW Florida’s largest transportation project, Pensacola Bay Bridge, begins
Construction of Northwest Florida’s largest transportation infrastructure project, the Pensacola Bay Bridge, has begun. Gov. Rick Scott recently kicked off the project with a ceremony at the site. The project, set to open to traffic in 2019, includes $398.5 million in state investments. The structure will allow traffic to temporarily transition to four lanes […]
July 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
MDOT staffers receive 2017 Conference of Minority Transportation Officials awards
The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) has presented three awards to the Michigan Department of Transportation. MDOT Metro Region Engineer Tony Kratofil was named the 2017 Trasnportation Pioneer Award winner for his work in “encouraging and promoting diversity in the transportation industry and within MDOT projects and programs.” Kratofil has served the last eight […]
July 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
Ricketts, Schneweis officially launch Nebraska Department of Transportation
The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), a combination of the state’s Department of Roads and Department of Aeronautics, has been officially launched in a ceremony conducted by Gov. Pete Ricketts and NDOT Director Kyle Schneweis. Ricketts signed the law creating the agency, LB339, earlier this year. The move is an effort to create efficiencies, with […]
July 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
Paving machine slides off trailer near Colorado Springs, closing down Highway 83 south
A 45,000-pound paving machine slid off its trailer June 21, closing down southbound Highway 83 north of Colorado Springs for three hours, KOAA News 5 reports. The paving machine was being transported by a semi-truck, but it wasn’t properly secured, causing it to slide off of the trailer and into the southbound lanes. The Colorado […]
July 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
Missouri picks Massman Construction, HNTB for new Champ Clark Bridge design/build
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has selected Kansas City-based Massman Construction for building the new Champ Clark Bridge, with HNTB providing the design services. The new bridge, which is a partnership between the Illinois and Missouri Departments of Transportation (MoDOT), replaces a 90-year-old structure in the city of Louisiana, Missouri, that is the oldest […]
July 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
AAA says 2017 July 4th holiday travel will break record
AAA reports the 2017 Independence Day holiday travel period, from June 30 to July 4, will be the most traveled in the U.S. during that period that has ever been recorded. The group says 44.2 million people are expected to travel more than 50 miles away from home on U.S. roads, rails, waterways and in […]
July 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
USDOT creates INFRA grant program to replace FASTLANE, encourage private investment
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has created a new transportation project grant program that replaces the Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) Grants program and makes $1.5 billion available and aims to use investment from private industry. The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program, USDOT […]
June 30, 2017
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