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DOJ, Rhode Island DOT negotiating consent decree over highway runoff environmental damage
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is negotiating consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over damage to the environment from highway runoff across the state, according to a report by Rhode Island Public Radio. At issue is inadequate monitoring of runoff from the state highways. “We’re under a negotiation right now, […]
October 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
PennDOT accepting applications for transportation project funding
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it’s accepting applications for $40 million in grants available for transportation projects next fiscal year. PennDOT announced that it will begin taking proposals for projects through December 18 under the state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, which was created in 2013 with the state’s Act 89 transportation funding plan. “The fund allows us […]
October 2, 2015
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New Jersey DOT commissioner accused of ethics violations
The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation has been accused of violating ethics laws last year when he failed to recuse himself from a meeting with a company he lobbied for just a month prior. According to NorthJersey.com, two former State Ethics Commission chiefs said Jamie Fox committed ethics violations by sitting in on […]
October 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Iowa DOT Director Paul Trombino III elected AASHTO president
Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) Director Paul Trombino III has been elected president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). “I’ve spent more than two decades in transportation and this ranks at the top of my list of extraordinary moments and I approach it with great humility,” Trombino said. “I am […]
October 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
House Majority leader pledges to pass a long-term highway bill
The favorite to replace John Boehner (R-Ohio) as the Speaker of the House has gone on record vowing to pass a six-year highway bill before the October 31 deadline. The Hill reported that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that if he were elected to the Speaker position once Boehner […]
October 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Build America Transportation Investment Center offers access to federal transportation knowledge
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has unveiled its Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC) to serve as a centralized source for municipalities and states seeking federal transportation knowledge, applications for transportation credit programs and methods for accessing private capital for public-private partnerships. President Obama established BATIC in 2014 as part of his Build America Investment […]
October 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
Indiana DOT accuses contractor of “material deficiencies” in highway project, asks for replacement or $5.1 million lump sum
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has accused a Fort Wayne contractor of “material deficiencies” in a highway project completed in 2012 that has led to the road “deteriorating at an alarming rate”. In a letter from INDOT Deputy Commissioner Robert Fuller dated September 25, INDOT asked Brooks Construction to either replace the pavement in […]
September 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Mississippi DOT is investigating a possible beer run in one of its vehicles
A Facebook user in Mississippi caught the eye of the state’s Department of Transportation after posting pictures that appear to show three women loading up an MDOT law enforcement vehicle with beer. According to The Clarion-Ledger, MDOT has launched an investigation to determine if there was a misuse of state property following the photos making the rounds on […]
September 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Minnesota DOT installing Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems at 54 intersections
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is updating 54 rural intersections with intelligent transportation systems to improve intersection safety. MnDOT is adding Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems (RICWS) at locations identified as high risk using variables including visibility, nearby commercial development, nearby railroad tracks, traffic volume, crash history and distance from a previous stop sign. […]
September 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Four contractors compete for $1.1 billion I-285/GA 400 interchange project in Atlanta
Georgia is set to spend more money than it’s ever spent on a road project to redesign and reconstruct the Interstate 285/GA 400 interchange for $1.1 billion, but first, the state has to decide who’s going to the work. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports four teams of contractors have submitted their proposals to take on the $1.1 billion project. […]
September 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS > Big Bertha gets her head together: How to repair the world’s largest tunnel machine
With the final repairs having been made earlier this summer and Big Bertha finally picked back together underground, Washington State Department of Transportation and Seattle Tunnel Partners crews are hopeful that their 18-month nightmare is nearing a close. Now two years behind schedule, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is pegged for a return to digging in […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Music to your gears: Artist uses New York traffic to create musical notes
An artist from Brazil has turned cars driving down a New York highway into a musical notes to compose a song that follows the flow of traffic. For his latest musical arrangement, titled “Cars on the Lanes,” Jarbas Agnelli used a video of one section of a New York City freeway, and assigned musical notes to cars […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Florida DOT wins grand prize at America’s Transportation Awards National Competition
The Florida Department of Transportation took home top honors at the 2015 America’s Transportation Awards on Sunday. FDOT beat out the competition of 48 transportation projects from 24 states and won the Grand Prize for the state’s $670 million Port of Miami Tunnel Project,  according to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. But the […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Idaho Transportation Department receives AASHTO communications awards for article, advertisement
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) presented the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) with two communications awards during the association’s recent annual meeting. AASHTO’s Subcommittee on Transportation Communications (TransComm) presented the awards as part the Skills Contest, an opportunity each year for the association to recognize “outstanding communications work” from departments of […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Wyoming Transportation Commission approves $21.7 million for nine projects
The Wyoming Transportation Commission approved nine projects with a value of $21.7 million at its most recent meeting. Two of the contracts were for providing stockpiles of sand and salt, with Kilroy LLC of Afton providing the materials for the southwestern part of the state by March 31 at a cost of $1.5 million, and […]
September 29, 2015
Roadbuilding
Plane makes emergency landing on Miami Interstate
Some drivers making their morning commute Thursday along Miami’s Interstate 595 were joined on the road by a plane in an emergency landing. According to CBS Miami, the pilot of a small plane had been rerouted from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and was on his way back above Miami at around 9 a.m. when the plane ran out […]
September 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
North Carolina DOT education director recognized for STEM education and career efforts
The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Director of Education Initiatives, Ashley Goolsby, has been recognized for her efforts in encouraging science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers in local education. Wake County Public School Superintendent Jim Merrill honored Goolsby for her work with the Wake STEM Early College High School during the systems […]
September 28, 2015
Roadbuilding
September Texas Prop 1 project approvals valued at $88.9 million for projects in 5 counties
The Texas Transportation Commission has approved projects in five counties valued at $88.9 million as part of the seventh round of the state’s Proposition 1 transportation funding program. Proposition 1 is providing funds for more than 800 miles of highway rehabilitation, including 500 miles of new highway lanes; 114 replaced, widened or rehabilitated bridges; and […]
September 28, 2015
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