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Roadbuilding: Page 240
Roadbuilding
Wyoming Transportation Commission awards $14.6 million in highway project contracts
The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded contracts for six highway projects totaling $14.6 million at its July meeting. The six projects range in values from $207,000 to $5.3 million. These include: Concrete barrier repair at two locations on U.S. 14A, 24 miles east of Lovell Expected completion: Oct. 31 Contractor and value: Reiman Corp., Cheyenne; $207,000 Centerline […]
July 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Portion of I-10 in California will reopen Friday while crews continue to work on bridge collapse
Traffic will resume on Interstate 10 on Friday, less than a week after the heavy rain caused serious damage to the highway and collapsed a bridge. The California Department of Transportation announced that traffic on the interstate at the Tex Wash Bridge about 50 miles west of the Arizona border would be reduced to two lanes […]
July 23, 2015
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Roadbuilding
FHWA announces winners of the 2015 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards
The Federal Highway Administration recently honored eight transportation projects from across the country with the 2015 Transportation Planning Excellence Awards. The award, created by the FHWA and the Federal Transit Administration, is handed out every other year to show recognition to the “outstanding transportation planning practices.” The winners are chosen by a panel of experts based, in […]
July 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Senate DRIVE Act is a 6-year transportation bill with 3-year Highway Trust Fund financing guarantee
The future of a long-term transportation bill became a bit brighter after Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and Barbara Boxer (D-California) announced they had agreed in principle to a bipartisan a six-year transportation bill that aims to provide the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) with guaranteed funding for three years. However, in awkward procedural efforts, a vote […]
July 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Is plastic the new pavement? Roads made of recycled ocean trash could be built in just weeks
Plastic roads may seem more well suited for Hot Wheels, but a Dutch company is aiming to bring the toy track to the test track. VolkerWessels announced last week that it was working on plans to bring the world’s first plastic road to the Netherlands. The PlasticRoad project is still entirely conceptual, and the company is looking […]
July 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Riding high: Colorado town using marijuana tax funds to fix roads
While it was a Michigan lawmaker that advocated “pot for potholes” earlier this year, a town in Colorado is actually putting that slogan into action. Fox  21 News in Colorado Springs reported that Pueblo County brought in more revenue from marijuana taxes than had been anticipated, so the Board of Commissioners voted to divert the $50,000 surplus to funding a […]
July 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
OSHA fines Kokosing Construction for violations related to worker’s death from I-75 bridge collapse in Ohio
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Kokosing Construction $14,000 for two safety violations related to its investigation following the death of Brandon Carl Jan. 19 after the Hopple Street Ramp D bridge on Interstate 75 near Cincinnati collapsed. OSHA issued the two citations July 15. The company signed a settlement agreement to […]
July 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Big Bertha is set to start drilling again in November after extensive repairs, testing
The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is now scheduled to get back to work on November 23, nearly two years after it overheated and stalled while digging beneath Seattle. The Seattle Times reported that the construction team handling the massive undertaking of drilling the 1.8-mile Highway 99 tunnel released the new timetable and a new completion date of […]
July 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Flooding causes portion of I-10 to collapse in California (PHOTOS)
Heavy rainfall in Southern California caused a section of Interstate 10 to collapse on Sunday, about 50 miles west of the Arizona border. An elevated portion of the highway collapsed after hours of heavy rain and has cut off travel for the thousands that drive the highway through the desert to and from Southern California and […]
July 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
FHWA creates new National Tunnel Inspection program
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has created a new tunnel inspection program modeled after the decades old bridge inspection program. According to a release from the FHWA, the new National Tunnel Inspection Standards would create requirements such as routine inspections of tunnels on public roads, training and certificate programs for tunnel inspectors […]
July 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
SHRP2 Education Connection presents 10 universities with cooperative agreements worth $100,000
Ten universities are receiving roughly $100,000 worth of cooperative agreements from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Education Connection initiative. The program is designed for universities to incorporate SHRP2 Solutions programs into their current transportation curricula. “These cooperative agreements provide an opportunity to incorporate SHRP2 products into transportation coursework, bringing state-of-the-practice solutions into the […]
July 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Transportation innovators: Nominees sought for White House, USDOT Champions of Change
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the White House Office of Public Engagement are looking for nominees for a Champions of Change event highlighting “Beyond Traffic: Innovators in Transportation for the Future.” The Champions of Change program is a weekly program that recognizes people throughout the country “who are leading projects and initiatives that move […]
July 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
Stolen van causes up to $1 million in damage after crashing through Kansas work zone
Construction workers in Kansas were surprised to find a wrecked van abandoned in their road work site July 2. But the havoc the van brought with it to the 1.5-mile work zone likely provided more of a shock. The van, which was reported stolen, caused anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million in damages to the construction site and the […]
July 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
National Work Zone Memorial travels through Pennsylvania, honoring lives lost in work zones
The National Work Zone Memorial, the traveling tribute to those who lost their lives in work zones, made three stops in Pennsylvania last week. The memorial was established by the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) Foundation in 2002 “Having the National Work Zone Memorial stop in Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is a great honor, but also […]
July 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
ARTBA recognizes Virginia I-95 project, 2 public officials with P3 awards
The financing of a high occupancy toll lane project along a stretch of Interstate 95 in northern Virginia received the Project of the Year nod during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) recent 27th Annual Public Private Partnership (P3) in Transportation Conference. Ananth Prasad, former secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and […]
July 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
House passes $8 billion HTF extension to fund road projects through December
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor to extend transportation funding into December Wednesday afternoon, just two weeks before the Highway Trust Fund is set to expire. The $8.1 billion bill passed 312-119 and would mark the 34th straight short-term patch for road funding since 2008 if it is approved by the Senate and signed […]
July 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Washington governor signs bipartisan package of bills for 16-year, $16 billion transportation investment program
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a transportation investment package of bills that will fund transportation projects over a 16-year period at a cost of $16 billion. Dubbed “Connecting Washington”, the program is estimated to create 200,000 jobs. Most of the funding will come from a two-tier gas tax increase. The tax will rise 7 […]
July 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Minneapolis residents aren’t happy about all of the road work
When departments of transportation get complaints, it’s usually about some road or another needing work done. But the Minnesota Department of Transportation has been getting complaints that they are simply doing too much road work. KARE 11 reported that MnDOT has seen a spike in complaints from drivers in the Minneapolis area asking why the […]
July 17, 2015
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