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ARTBA seeks entries for 2017 Student Transportation Video Contest

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is seeking entries for its seventh annual Student Transportation Construction Industry Video Contest. Entries are due by Aug. 15. ARTBA designed the contest to help raise awareness about the conditions of transportation systems across the country. The program is sponsored by the group’s Research and Education Division. […]

July 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

I-15 Express Lanes Project receives $152.2 million TIFIA loan

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is providing a $152.2 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) for the Interstate 15 Express Lanes Corridor Project. The project will cover 14.6 miles of I-15 in Riverside County, California, between the Cajalco Road interchange near the city of Corona […]

July 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT seeks public comment on draft five-year transportation program

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is seeking public comment on the draft of its five-year transportation program for fiscal years 2018-2022. The plan calls for total investment across the five years of $11 billion, with the majority, $8.2 billion, being for the Highway Program. Programs for bus, rail and marine/port would be $2.3 billion, […]

July 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

AASHTO accepting entries for 2017 Faces of Transportation photo and video contest

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is accepting entries for its 2017 Faces of Transportation photography and video contest. The deadline is Aug. 25. “We hope this contest will give people a reason to stop and pay attention to the many ways transportation touches their lives,” says Lloyd Brown, AASHTO director […]

July 25, 2017

Roadbuilding

ARTBA recognizes Florida I-595, CDOT’s Spector with National P3 Awards

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) recognized the I-595 Corridor Improvements Project in Florida and David Spector, director of the Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) as “models of excellence in innovative transportation financing” during its recent Public Private Partnerships (P3) in Transportation Conference. Spector was named P3 Entrepreneur of the Year, an […]

July 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

U.S. asphalt in pavements to reach 13.7 million tons by 2021

A report by The Freedonia Group forecasts asphalt used in highways and streets could increase 3.3 percent per year to reach 13.7 million tons by 2021, citing expectations of increased construction activity and more government funding. The report, “Paving Asphalt Market in the U.S.,” expects total “paving asphalt products” used in total applications to reach […]

July 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

South Carolina DOT awards first projects from new roads bill

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has awarded the first project contracts as part of the recent road funding bill that went into effect July 1 which raises funds through the state’s first gas tax increase in 30 years. The projects, valued at $26.5 million, are for road resurfacing and rehabilitation projects in 27 counties […]

July 24, 2017

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Neb. Supreme Court rules county not liable for dump truck driver’s 2011 death

On July 7, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a Washington County District Court’s ruling that Washington County is protected by sovereign immunity and can’t be sued for the death of a quarry worker who drowned while working to raise a county road during the 2011 Missouri River flood, Pilot Tribune & Enterprise reports. James McGauley, […]

July 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT uses carbon fiber strips to repair I-17 bridge girders

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has used carbon fiber strips coated with reinforced polymer to fix girders on two Interstate 17 bridges in Phoenix that have been struck by vehicles that exceeded height restrictions. This is the first time the agency has used the Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) strips for repairs. The material wraps […]

July 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada’s Project Neon 40% complete after first year

The Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) Project Neon is 40 percent complete at the one-year mark, a milestone the agency is celebrating during the biggest public works project in the state’s history. The project, with a price tag of almost $1 billion, involves the widening of Interstate 15 between Sahara Avenue in downtown Las Vegas […]

July 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bloomberg poll: 55% of Americans support gas tax increase to fund bridges and roads

A Bloomberg National Poll shows 55 percent of Americans would support a gas tax increase for funding bridge and road projects. The question was one of multiple queries posed to respondents July 8-12. Selzer & Company conducted the poll of 1,001 U.S. adults ages 18 and over. Forty-one percent responded that it was “Not Okay” […]

July 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

PennDOT’s Richards becomes first female chair of Turnpike Commission

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Leslie S. Richards has become the first female chair of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC). The move is part of a reorganization of the commissioners. William K. Lieberman was named vice chairman and Barry Drew was named secretary-treasurer. “I have had the honor of serving as the commonwealth’s first female […]

July 20, 2017