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Roadbuilding

More than half of all U.S. states have raised fuel taxes for highway funding

With transportation revenue lagging, 26 states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation to raise the gas tax in the past four years, according to a report by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). The most recent additions in 2017 include California, Indiana, Montana, South Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In addition, Utah enacted […]

August 4, 2017

Business

Cemex gets 10-year lease for vital Port of Redwood City terminal

The Redwood City Port Commission approved a new 10-year-lease for cement, concrete and aggregate maker Cemex‘s 8.2-acre marine terminal in California, with an option to extend the lease for another 10 years, The Daily Journal reports. Cemex has used the terminal to import nearly 4 million metric tons of sand and aggregates from Canada over the […]

July 28, 2017

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Nevada County (Calif.) to replace 3 bridges in summer 2017

The Nevada County (Calif.) Department of Public Works has begun replacing one of three bridges that the state deemed “structurally deficient” in Nevada County, the Union reports. The McCourtney Road bridge over Rock Creek was the first, and it will be followed by the replacement of an unsafe bridge on Garden Bar Road over Little […]

June 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

Russo named first director of Oakland DOT

The City of Oakland, California, announced that Ryan Russo has been named director of the newly formed Oakland Department of Transportation (OakDOT), taking over from interim director Jeffrey Tumlin on May 8. He comes from the New York City Department of Transportation, where he served as deputy commissioner for transportation planning and management. “Oakland’s streets need transformation, and […]

June 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Endangered hawk shuts down San Fran bridge construction

An endangered bird is delaying repairs to an Interstate 80 overpass in the San Francisco Bay Area. CBS SF Bay Area reports that work on the Midway Bridge that crosses the interstate east of Vacaville, California, was supposed to start the week of May 15. But when crews found a Swainson’s Hawk nest in the trees nearby, the […]

May 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Granite Construction continues work on Highway 246 in Buellton, Calif.

In an update to the Buellton City Council on April 14, Cathy DeGrazia, Granite Construction project manager for a Caltrans’ pavement maintenance and sidewalk construction project on Highway 246 in Buellton, Calif., told council members that work is continuing on the project with completion set for August 2017, the Lompoc Record reports. She also told the council that she would […]

April 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

California roads and bridges pay heavy price for rains that end drought

California’s highways, roads and bridges have paid a heavy price for the rain that ended the state’s drought in 2017. Graniterock reports that the rain caused massive destruction to the state’s transportation infrastructure that will cost more than $1 billion to repair. On top of the damage caused by the rains, California has a $6 billion annual backlog […]

April 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

California universities working to develop longer-lasting highways

The recent wet weather in the Bay Area has caused potholes and damage to many of California’s roads. The East Bay Times reports that, on March 1 emergency repairs were completed on a pothole that had developed in one of the northbound lanes of Interstate 680 in Fremont Feb. 28, noting that was just one of the […]

March 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

Caltrans begins emergency repairs on I-15 collapse that sent 50 vehicles into floodwaters

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has approved a $3 million project to repair a section of Interstate 15 at Cajon Pass where 200 feet of a southbound lane collapsed Feb. 17 during a severe storm. Caltrans says a dry creek bed running beside the interstate overflowed and washed out the rock slope protection below the roadbed, […]

March 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

Floodwaters in Calif. wash out part of Alhambra Valley Road

Flooding in California opened up a massive sinkhole causing part of Alhambra Valley Road near Pinole and Richmond, to collapse on Wednesday, NBC Bay Area reports. The YouTube video below shows the rushing floodwaters and the large gap in the road they created. “The Pinole Creek, it runs right through there,” Pinole resident Jeremy Gomez told […]

January 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Yucca Loma Bridge in Calif. set to open May 2017

Apple Valley (Calif.) officials have tentatively scheduled a date for the opening of the Yucca Loma Bridge over the Mojave River. Town spokeswoman Kathie Martin told the Daily Press the bridge will open to traffic nearly two months ahead of schedule on May 22, 2017, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and community bike ride scheduled for May […]

December 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

California bill would provide $6B in annual infrastructure funding

On Dec. 5, California Assemblyman Jim Frazier (D – Oakley) introduced a new bill that offers a plan to repair the state’s crumbling transportation infrastructure, East County Today reports. AB1 would raise an additional $6 billion in annual funding to repair state and local roads, improve trade corridors and support public transit, and will also include measures […]

December 12, 2016