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Roadbuilding

Gov. Hutchinson creates Arkansas working group to develop highway funding system

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson used his executive order powers to create a working group on highway funding to develop recommendations to “create a more reliable, modern, and effective system of highway funding,” The 20-member group, dubbed the “Governor’s Working Group on Highway Funding,” with individuals to be named no later than the first week of June, […]

May 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Minnesota gas tax would increase 16 cents a gallon under Senate bill

The Minnesota Senate has approved a bill that would increase the state’s gas tax by 16 cents per gallon and raise vehicle registration fees to provide an estimated $11 billion for transportation project funding by 2025, according to a report by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The bill began as House Bill HF4, was approved by […]

April 29, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRIP report ties Michigan economic health to road and bridge conditions

The Road Improvement Program’s latest report examining the conditions of Michigan’s transportation system identifies issues with “long-term economic growth” if roads and bridges within the state are not improved within the next few years. “Failure to make needed improvements to Michigan’s transportation system could threaten the state’s economic recovery,” the organization said. In the report, […]

April 22, 2015

Roadbuilding

Web tool analyzes impact of long-term pavement treatments across states, highways

Web-based IRI Explorer (www.iriexplorer.com) uses data from the Federal Highway Administration’s Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) database to study the long-term impact of various pavement treatments on road smoothness. Life Cycle Solutions created the program with funding from the National Asphalt Pavement Association and the State Asphalt Pavement Associations. Users can review historical data of different […]

April 22, 2015

Roadbuilding

Bipartisan highway bill would tie federal gas tax to inflation, create transportation commission

A bipartisan group of representatives have introduced a long-term bill for funding infrastructure that would tie the gas tax to inflation and create a bipartisan, bicameral Transportation Commission to provide long-term funding of the Highway Trust Fund. The Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which provides the bulk of road and bridge project budgets, will dry up […]

April 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

U.S. 41 in eastern Wisconsin becomes Interstate 41

A portion of U.S. Highway 41 that runs from just south of the Wisconsin/Illinois border to Green Bay has officially been designated Interstate 41. Roughly 3,000 I-41 signs will be added to the highway through November 2015 to signify the change. “The Interstate designation is the culmination of years of hard work by federal, state, […]

April 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

FLEET PROFILE: The top roadbuilding equipment and brands financed by highway contractors in the last 5 years

What have contractors who are engaged primarily in roadbuilding been adding to their equipment fleets in the past five years? To get a better picture of this, we zeroed in on a segment of contractors defined both by their market and their buying activity, and took a deeper dive into what they have financed.  For […]

April 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri commission awards $13 million in road and bridge contracts

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded 11 contracts totaling nearly $13 million for the 24-country Southeast District of the state, covering pavement repairs, overlays, intersection improvements, bridge replacement, and sidewalk improvements. These include: $107,808 contract was awarded to Fronabarger Concreters for concrete repairs on Interstate 55 from the Jefferson County line to Route 60 […]

April 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio governor signs $5 billion transportation budget bill

Ohio Governor John Kasich signed H.B. 53, the state’s 2016-2017 Transportation Budget Bill, into law April 1, providing $5 billion for nearly 1,600 projects across the state. The bill provides $600 million for local government road and bridge projects, a new streamlined contracting process, and driver training reforms. Major projects that will be able to […]

April 3, 2015

Roadbuilding

How Arkansas and Pennsylvania increased their highway funding

When events are beyond our control on a macro level, it becomes time to refocus and think both smaller in order to accomplish big things. Such is the situation now with the Federal government and the maelstrom/quagmire of events surrounding efforts to fund infrastructure in the United States. Will the Highway Trust Fund issue […]

April 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

Nebraska marks 25 years of its Adopt-a-Highway program

To celebrate 25 years of its Adopt-a-Highway litter cleanup program, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has declared April “Adopt-a-Highway Appreciation Month,” coinciding with the state’s annual “Great Nebraska Trash-Off” efforts. Adopt-a-Highway groups pick up litter and trash along their selected highway area twice a year for two years. Nearly 900 groups and 18,000 volunteers have worked on the […]

April 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

USDOT awards $194 million infrastructure loan for part of Orlando’s Wekiva Parkway

A project that will help complete a beltway around metro Orlando’s northwest side is getting $194 million loan through the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA), the U.S. Department of Transportation announced. Five of the planned 14 sections of the Wekiva Parkway will be funded through the loan. When completed, the nearly $2 billion toll […]

March 30, 2015