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Roadbuilding: Page 237
Roadbuilding
Fundraising site set up to help New Jersey DOT worker who was run over on the job
A website created to raise money for a New Jersey Department of Transportation worker who was injured on the job has raised well over $8,000 in just four days. Carmine Desomma, 28, was working with a NJDOT crew to remove litter and other debris from the roadway on an overpass when he was struck by a vehicle. […]
August 12, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oklahoma spring storms could cost the state $200 million in infrastructure damages
Oklahoma’s stormy spring has been called a “once in 300-years flood,” and such significant weather carries an equally significant price tag. The total damage to the state’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure could end up costing upwards of $200 million, according to what the director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management told KOCO 5 News. […]
August 11, 2015
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Roadbuilding
‘Lone Survivor’ Marcus Luttrell to give opening keynote at APWA Int’l Public Works Congress & Expo
The American Public Works Association’s (APWA) 2015 International Public Works Congress & Exposition, set for August 30 through September 2, will feature more than 400 exhibitors and is expected to attract nearly 6,000 attendees to the Phoenix Convention Center. APWA has also secured Marcus Luttrell, a former Navy Seal and the author of “Lone Survivor […]
August 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
Amy Miller named Asphalt Pavement Alliance national director
The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) named Amy Miller as the group’s new national director during the summer meeting of the State Asphalt Pavement Associations (SAPA). Miller is a past-president of the Florida Structural Engineers Association, a Florida-licensed professional engineer, and earned a bachelor’s in environmental engineering and MBA from the University of Florida. APA says […]
August 11, 2015
Roadbuilding
Watch TDOT crews destroy and rebuild a bridge in only 58 hours in this project time-lapse
The Tennessee Department of Transportation built a bridge in less than 58 hours, and they’ve got the footage to prove it. TDOT released a time-lapse video of the first weekend of the Interstate 40 Fast Fix 8 bridge project in Nashville where workers were able to remove and replace the westbound bridge at breakneck pace. […]
August 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
WV Senator launches roads complaint site because “Department of Highways is not doing its job”
Fed up with hearing constituent complaints about road conditions, West Virginia state senator Daniel Hall set up FixTheRoadsWV.com to serve as an outlet for pothole frustrations. Citizens post to the site their contact information and the specific road problem they want address. Hall claims he will then take the complaint directly to the West Virginia Department of […]
August 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
Worker killed while welding silo at Georgia asphalt plant
Concepcion Zacatenco Hernandez Jr., 35, was crushed by two “clam shell doors” while welding on a silo at East Coast Asphalt in Waycross, Georgia, August. 5. According to a report by the Florida Times-Union, Herhandez was cutting off a piece of metal when the safety lock on the doors failed. Nearby workers freed him from the […]
August 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
Two North Carolina counties push to name part of highway for DOT worker who died in March
Two county commissions in North Carolina are pushing to honor a Department of Transportation worker who died on the job in March by naming a stretch of the highway he was killed on after him. According to The News and Observer, the Wayne County Commissioners passed a resolution to ask the NCDOT to reserve a […]
August 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
Excavator collides with California overpass, debris causes wreck and lane closures (PHOTOS)
An excavator being transported by a truck trailer struck an overpass on a California highway last week, causing a traffic accident and lane closures. According to a report by Fox 5 TV, the truck was hauling the excavator along Route 163 in Kearny Mesa when it passed under the the Clairemont Mesa Boulevard overpass. Without […]
August 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
North Carolina names new transportation secretary
North Carolina already has a new Department of Transportation chief, just a week after the former Secretary stepped down. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory announced on Thursday that Nick Tennyson would take over the position. Tennyson previously worked as the department’s Chief Deputy Secretary since 2013. “Nick Tennyson is the perfect choice to continue the momentum we […]
August 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
PennDOT worker injured after being run over by a dump truck in work zone
A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation worker was hospitalized Tuesday after a dump truck ran over his legs in a construction zone in Hanover. The PennDOT employee was in a work zone on State Route 29 at around 2 p.m. when the dump truck ran him over and pinned him to the ground, according to the Wilkes Barre Times-Leader. The […]
August 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Oregon’s pay-as-you-drive usage tax program gathers 801 volunteers in first month
The Oregon Road Usage Charge Program, known as OReGO, only managed 801 volunteers in its first month, a mere 16 percent of the total 5,000 cars and light-duty commercial vehicles that are being allowed in the program this year. On a positive note, 44 percent, or 355, of those signing up had vehicles in the […]
August 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Six state DOTs win southeastern regional America’s Transportation Awards
The transportation departments from Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina each received America’s Transportation Awards during the recent Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO) annual meeting. Awards were given to eight projects spread across three categories: Best Use of Innovation, Under Budget and Quality of Life/Community Development. The American […]
August 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Drone footage shows progress from 4 angles at $1.27B Ohio River East End Crossing project
The billion-dollar Ohio River Bridges Project is still more than a year from completion, but the team behind it sent up a drone to capture footage and give an update on the progress. The Ohio River Bridges project, which is under construction by the WVB East End Partners, will connect the east end of Louisville, Kentucky, to southern […]
August 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
Volvo CE’s 2015-2016 Road Institute to offer Density Direct training in addition to paving, maintenance
Volvo Construction Equipment is offering 34 courses in 13 categories as part of its 2015-2016 Road Institute between September 2015 and May 2016 at locations in Phoenix and Chambersburg and Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The program is now in its 50th year. “Today’s pavers and asphalt compactors are more technical and precise than ever before,” says Wayne Tomlinson, […]
August 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
USDOT wants you to post failing infrastructure pictures to Instragram for #ShowUsYourInfraWear campaign
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is pushing an Instagram social media campaign, titled #ShowUsYourInfraWear, to highlight the need for long-term funding for infrastructure projects. While President Obama recently signed a short-term patch for transportation funding, and the Senate has passed a bill with three years of guaranteed funding, it’s been several years since a long-term […]
August 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
Man steals Minnesota DOT truck from work zone, leads police on a 14-mile chase
A 35-year-old man was arrested Monday for stealing a Minnesota Department of Transportation truck from a construction zone, but not before he took a 14-mile joyride with police in pursuit. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the man walked into the Highway 61 work zone and took a MnDOT inspector’s Ford F-150 early Monday. The Inver Grove Heights […]
August 5, 2015
Roadbuilding
Fifth round of Texas Proposition 1 transportation projects approved at $401.5 million
The Texas Transportation Commision has approved 17 projects valued at $401.5 million as part of the fifth round of the state’s Proposition 1, bringing the total number of projects to 93 of the 200 planned under the furnding program. The fourth round included 15 projects at a total of $662 million. The total value of […]
August 5, 2015
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