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Roadbuilding
Texas leads U.S. equipment purchases in Q3, sales down 19 percent from 2013
If you believe everything is bigger in Texas, than it should come as no surprise that the state also needs the most road construction equipment. At 68 buyers during the third quarter of 2014, Texas construction companies financed the most road construction equipment in the United States. The numbers are according to an analysis ofĀ Equipment [ā¦]
November 21, 2014
Roadbuilding
More states ban ET-Plus guardrail system
The list of state department of transportations to have removed the controversial guardrail end-terminal model (ET-Plus) from its approved highway-products list continues to grow. Ten states (and counting) Ā have now removed the model, including Vermont, Hawaii, Colorado,Ā Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oregon and Virginia. The ET-Plus model has a steel fixture that is meant [ā¦]
October 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
Connecticut leans on federal funding for transportation while others find alternatives
Despite some states ā and even some counties and municipalities ā finding a way to fund transportation projects without relying on the federal government, the state of Connecticut isnāt one of them. (To read, āStates Arenāt Waiting Around for Federal Support, click here.) A Pew Charitable Trusts report has found that Connecticut is actually relying [ā¦]
October 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
Firefighters plea for better roads and bridges
The Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters are pleading with state officials to focus on the safety of stateās transportation system. The organization, which represents overĀ 6,000 professional firefighters across the state, has released an open letter to the state. āThere are 20,000 miles of bridges and highway crossings in Missouri without shoulders,ā Eric Latimer, 4th [ā¦]
August 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Missouri voters speak: Sales tax not the place for raising highway monies
Missouri voters in Tuesdayās (8/5) primary elections,Ā as I wrote last week, were presented with a ballot measure that would have raised the state retail sales tax a fraction of a cent to help fund transportation projects ā it would also,Ā as I noted, have prohibited for 10 years tolling as a means of funding and likewise [ā¦]
August 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
Missouri could get $4.8 billion in transportation projects
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on Wednesday approved $4.8 billion in transportation projects that could would go into effect if state voters approve a transportation-focused ballot measure at the polls next month, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced Wednesday. On Aug. 5, state citizens will vote on Constitutional Amendment 7, which would increase [ā¦]
July 9, 2014
Roadbuilding
Missouriās new sales tax hike expected to generate $534 million each year for transportation
The Missouri Senate on Tuesday passed a less than 1-cent sales tax increase aimed at improving transportation in the state, The Kansas City Star reports. If approved by legislature, the 3/4-cent sales tax hike would generate $534 million each year for 10 years. According to the report, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) needs $485 [ā¦]
April 30, 2014
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS, VIDEO: MoDOT employee finds a new way of transportationā¦ skydiving
With the nationās congested highway, one woman who works for the Missouri Department of Transportationās (MoDOT) Southeast District has found another way to get around ā by parachute! Doris Dumey, CAP-OM (pronounced Demi, like Demi Moore), is the executive assistant to the MoDOT District Engineer, Mark Shelton, at the Sikeston, Missouri District office. After I [ā¦]
April 21, 2014
Business
Joplin, Missouri has seen more than $1 billion in construction since devastating tornado
In the wake of the EF-5 tornado that devastated the community of Joplin, Missouri on the afternoon of May 22, 2011, it was hard for most to know where to begin in order to dig out of the destruction. The storm killed 158 people and changed the look and feel of the city forever. But [ā¦]
April 3, 2014
Roadbuilding
Missouri DOT archaeologists find colonial artifacts near Poplar Street Bridge in St. Louis
What do French settlers have in common with St. Louisā Poplar Street Bridge? Location, for one. Archaeologists with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) have uncovered artifacts dating back to 1764, when French settlers founded the city, near the bridge, St. Louis Public Radio reports. The archaeologists made the discovery while planning for new construction [ā¦]
April 2, 2014
Business
Al Landes, president and COO of Missouriās Herzog Contracting, named AGC of America president
Industry veteran Alan Landes has been named Associated General Contractors of Americaās 2014 president. Landes was installed at the close of the AGCās 95th annual convention last week in Las Vegas. Landes takes the reins of the organization after having served as senior vice president during 2013. He is also the former president of AGC [ā¦]
March 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
āIce balloonsā from the TowPlow inventor (PHOTOS)
Bob Lannert, a retired Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) official who worked for the agency for 34 years and inventor of the TowPlow, shared photos he took in February 2007 just south to the Morley, Missouri, TowPlow plant. Morley is near the Missouri Boot Heal in the Banana Belt. According to Lannert, two balloons were [ā¦]
January 29, 2014
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