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Tag: Austin
Roadbuilding
$743 million US 183 South toll road in Austin 50% complete
Construction on US 183 South 50% complete as northbound non-toll lanes open for traffic. Watch local news coverage of the construction here on Equipment World.
May 11, 2018
Roadbuilding
Austinâs âspeed cushionsâ hit bump in the road with residents
An effort by the city of Austin, Texas, to slow traffic in residential areas by placing what it calls âspeed cushionsâ â bumps in the road made of rubber â has irked residents throughout the city, according to the Austin Monitor newspaper. Their purpose is to slow traffic to increase safety. But along with the inconvenience, some [âŚ]
February 15, 2018
Roadbuilding
TxDOT to seek contractors for $500 million US 183 expansion
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced that the state Transportation Commission has given the approval for TxDOT to find qualified contractors for the $500 million expansion of a 9-mile segment of US 183 in north Austin. The contract will consist of two separate projects to add managed lanes and general-purpose lanes. âThis expansion is [âŚ]
November 2, 2017
Roadbuilding
Austin develops new Street Design Guide
In preparation for continued growth, the city of Austin, Texas, updated its Street Design Guide for the first time in nearly 10 years, kxan reports. The updated guide, which was developed by the Austin Transportation Department in coordination with other city departments and Capital Metro, will work with the cityâs new Austin Strategic Mobility Plan to help engineers use the same [âŚ]
June 29, 2017
Roadbuilding
USDOT partners with mobile solar technology firm for Smart City Challenge
The U.S. Department of Transportation has partnered with mobile solar technology firm DC Solar Solutions for the agencyâs Smart City Challenge. The company will provide $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators to the winning city. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city in to the first in [âŚ]
June 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Seven cities named finalists for USDOTâs $50 million Smart City Challenge
Seven cities have been named as finalists for the U.S. Department of Transportationâs (USDOT) Smart City Challenge, which aims to convert one city into the first in the country to âfullyâ integrate into their transportation network technologies including smart sensors and autonomous and connected vehicles. Originally, only five finalists were to be selected. The seven [âŚ]
March 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
Fan replaces signage on Bowie Street in Austin to honor David Bowie
Some Austin music lovers took street naming into their own hands to honor David Bowie after he died this week, and the Austin Transportation Department is letting them be heroesâbut for more than just one day. The Austin American-Statesman reported that signage on Bowie Street near Fifth Street in Austin was replaced by an unknown person [âŚ]
January 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
U.S. 183 expansion in Austin gets $282 million TIFIA loan from USDOT
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has given the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority a $282 million loan through the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) to construct additional lanes to U.S. Highway 183 near Austin, Texas. The lanes will be added to an eight-mile section âto help relieve congestionâ as an alternate route to [âŚ]
December 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
USDOT launches regional forum for Beyond Traffic transportation trends, policy discussions
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has planned 11 forums across the country this fall to discuss the departmentâs Beyond Traffic report to be published next year. Beyond Traffic started as an effort to âspark a national dialogueâ about the needs and goals for the U.S. transportation system for the future. The first âMegaregionâ forum was [âŚ]
September 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
New $4.3 billion plan for Interstate 35 in Austin would add lanes
Texas officials announced on June 15 a new 10-year, $4.3 billion plan to ease congestion on Interstate 35 in Austin. The conceptual plan would add new lanes along the upper decks of the interstate between Airport Boulevard and Martin Luther King Boulevard through central Austin, according to KXAN in Austin. âThe need to address I-35 [âŚ]
June 17, 2015
Safety
Construction worker in critical condition after his head was pinned by elevator on Austin jobsite
While working inside an elevator shaft at a jobsite in downtown Austin, Texas, a construction worker was pinned and later hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The worker, yet to be identified by authorities, was removing old radio communications towers inside a work elevator shaft on the exterior of the eighth floor of the unfinished Colorado Tower [âŚ]
April 10, 2014
Construction Equipment
LiuGong adds Noble Iron as authorized dealer in Houston
LiuGong North America has added Noble Iron to the companyâs dealer network. Noble Iron is located in Houston, Texas, and will provide sales and service of LiuGong equipment in Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Tyler, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, Waller, Walker and Washington counties. Noble Iron [âŚ]
October 18, 2012
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