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Roadbuilding: Page 207
Roadbuilding
ARTBA offering scholarships to children of highway workers killed or disabled on the job
The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation is once again offering scholarships to the children of highway workers who were killed or permanently injured while doing road work. ARTBA announced earlier this month it was seeking applications from qualified high school students for the 2016/2017 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program. The scholarship […]
February 18, 2016
Roadbuilding
NAPA Care fund raises $109,000 at annual meeting silent auction
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) raised $109,000 for the NAPA Care Emergency Benevolent Fund (NAPA Care) from a silent auction held during the group’s recent annual meeting in La Quinta, California. NAPA Care provides immediate funds ($5,000) to families of a NAPA member employee who suffered a fatality at a work zone or asphalt […]
February 18, 2016
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Roadbuilding
Boulders strike semi trucks as rockslide shuts down I-70 in Colorado
A boulder the size of a small car hit two semi-trucks on Interstate 70 in Colorado during a rockslide that shut down the highway. The Denver Post reported that the rockslide on Monday night in Glenwood Canyon didn’t injure anyone, but did divert traffic 146 miles east of the Utah Boarder after the Colorado Department of Transportation shut down […]
February 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Massachusetts seeks $200 million for local transportation funds via Chapter 90 program
Gov. Charlie Baker has filed an act seeking $200 million for transportation infrastructure improvement projects at the local level via the Chapter 90 funds. “An Act Financing Improvements to Municipal Roads and Bridges,” also requests funding authorization for a small bridge program as well as an authorization request for the federal aid highway program. “We are […]
February 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
South Dakota DOT gets 99 applications for Bridge Improvement Grant funds
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) has received 99 applications for its Bridge Improvement Grant (BIG) funds system, a program the state created last year that makes $9 million available for bridge projects. SDDOT will forward their recommendations to the South Dakota Transportation Commission, which will then make a decision on the approved projects […]
February 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Chicago snow plow driver shot at while clearing city streets
For the second time in less than a month, a snow plow driver was shot at while clearing streets. ABC 7 in Chicago reported that a Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department snow plow driver was driving through the West Side on Sunday afternoon when another driver in a dark SUV opened fire. The snow plow driver […]
February 17, 2016
Roadbuilding
Caltrans dismantles 504-foot long section of old Bay Bridge
The California Department of Transportation recently dismantled a massive chunk of the old Bay Bridge in Oakland. According to Caltrans, the department finished up a major project at the beginning of the month in its three-year demolition of the old Bay Bridge as it cut loose the 504-foot long, 2,500-ton steel truss and lowered it onto waiting […]
February 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Tarver Land Development receives NAPA 2015 Ray Brown National Airport Paving Award
The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has awarded Tarver Land Development with its 2015 Ray Brown Airport Pavement Award for its resurfacing work on the runway at Polk Army Airfield at Fort Polk in Louisiana. NAPA made the presentation at its recent annual meeting in La Quinta, California. Tarver milled 4 inches from the existing 4,080-foot […]
February 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
NAPA names 10 Larry H. Lemon Quality In Construction Award winners
Ten winners received the 2015 Larry H. Lemon Quality in Construction Award at the recent National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) annual meeting. The award recognizes “excellence” in asphalt pavement construction projects that use more than 50,000 tons of asphalt. The winners and their projects include: Barrett Paving Materials of Franklin, Ohio, for its work on […]
February 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
Highway worker frees woman from vehicle overturned in icy Indiana creek
A highway worker in Indiana is being hailed a hero after he helped rescue a woman whose car overturned in a creek last week. According to the Banner Graphic, Putnam County Highway Department worker Greg Whitman was passing by a rural creek when he noticed an overturned sedan in the freezing waters. Just minutes before, 25-year-old Christy […]
February 16, 2016
Roadbuilding
High-volume pavement preservation: Untapped potential for contractors
Asphalt pavement preservation is a tactic used primarily in the realm of low-volume roadways. It has helped municipalities expand road life, keep overall highway maintenance costs down, and keep residents relatively happy during their commutes to and from work and home. The success of these programs, along with interest from the Federal Highway Administration, is […]
February 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
RhodeWorks signed into law: RI transportation funding initiative to create 6,000 jobs
Gov. Gina Raimondo has signed into law RhodeWorks, Rhode Island’s transportation project funding initiative first proposed in May 2015. The final plan provides for the repair of more than 150 structurally deficient bridges as well as an additional 500 bridges to prevent them from reaching that condition. Officials estimate this plan will bring 90 percent […]
February 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
TRIP report identifies Alabama’s 50 most needed transportation improvements
The Road Improvement Program (TRIP) has identified the top 50 most needed transportation improvements in Alabama in its most recent report, indicating that poor road and bridge conditions “threaten to stifle economic growth and development” in the state. In the report, TRIP says these projects include expanding highways, bridges and building new structures. Sixteen percent of […]
February 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
Washington governor announces new acting DOT Secretary
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee named Roger Millar as the state’s new acting Secretary of Transportation. According to a press release from the governor, Millar, current Deputy Secretary, will take over leading the Washington Department of Transportation immediately. “WSDOT is fortunate to have Roger, an accomplished engineer and transportation leader, to step up in this pivotal […]
February 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
How Norris Asphalt and the Iowa DOT won NAPA’s Sheldon G. Hayes Award for excellence in asphalt pavement
Norris Asphalt Paving and the Iowa Department of Transportation have received the 2015 Sheldon G. Hayes Award, the annual honor given by the National Asphalt Pavement Association to the highest quality asphalt pavement in the country. During NAPA’s annual meeting in La Quinta, California, the two entities were recognized for work on a 15-mile stretch […]
February 12, 2016
Roadbuilding
NAPA inducts Superior Paving’s Ronald White into Asphalt Pavement Hall of Fame
Ronald White, chairman emeritus of Superior Paving in Gainesville, Virginia, has been inducted into the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) Asphalt Pavement Hall of Fame. He was recognized during the association’s 61st annual meeting in La Quinta, California. White started with Superior Paving in 1976 when the company first began doing work for the Virginia […]
February 12, 2016
Roadbuilding
NHTSA: Google’s self-driving system is now legally considered ‘a driver’
Google wants to change what people consider a “driver” of a vehicle, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is legally making that possible. The NHTSA released its response to a letter Google sent the agency in November 2015 about regulations regarding the Self-Driving Car Project, and the NHTSA said that the company’s artificial intelligence system used to drive […]
February 12, 2016
Roadbuilding
Texas DOT reminds residents political signs can’t be placed in right of way
The general election might be eight months away, but the political season is in full force. But Texas wants to remind voters to be careful where they put those campaign signs. The Texas Department of Transportation said in a press release it’s time to remind residents across the state it’s illegal to place any sign of any kind on […]
February 12, 2016
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