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Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT awards 22 contracts valued at $69.4 million

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has awarded 22 contracts, mostly for pavement preservation, valued at $69.4 million in its most recent round of approvals. Preservation of existing infrastructure accounts for 17 of the contracts for resurfacing and maintenance of 120 miles of state highways. The largest of the contracts is for $29.8 million for […]

May 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

FHWA releases $1.25 million in emergency relief funds for Idaho flood damage

The Federal Highway Administration has released $1.25 million in emergency relief funds to aid in repairs to bridges and roads damaged by floods in March. “Today’s funding represents a down payment toward completing all the repairs on highways that travelers in Idaho rely upon,” says Acting Deputy Federal Highway Administrator Walter Waidelich. “Additional resources will become […]

May 24, 2017

Roadbuilding

ARTBA presents Steve Wright with its highest honor

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has presented Steve Wright, president of Wright Brothers Construction Company in Charleston, Tennessee, with its ARTBA Award. The award, established in 1960, is the association’s highest honor and recognizes recipients for their “outstanding contributions that have advanced the board goals of the association.” Wright has served in […]

May 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

California Transportation Commission approves $328 million for 88 transportation projects

The California Transportation commission has approved $328 million for 88 transportation projects across the state, including 41 biking and pedestrian projects receiving $35.8 million from the Active Transportation Program. “This list of multi-modal and fix-it-first projects help us keep our commitment to Californians to maintain and improve the transportation system for economic and quality of […]

May 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

State Farm sponsorship continues Conn. DOT’s roadside assistance, traffic control program

State Farm and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) have entered into a sponsorship agreement that will rename the agency’s Connecticut Highway Assistance Motorist Patrol (CHAMP) to the CTDOT State Farm Safety Patrol. The program, which involves patrols and assistance for stranded motorists in addition to traffic control at incident scenes, has been in operation […]

May 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

I-85 bridge contractor C.W. Matthews donates portion of incentive money to Camp Hooray

I-85 bridge reconstruction contractor C.W. Matthews is donating $10,000 from the incentive money it received for completing the reconstruction of the downtown Atlanta bridge early to Extra Special People’s (ESP) Camp Hooray, the first summer camp built in the U.S. built specifically for special needs children. “C.W. Matthews is proud to be one of the […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Transportation Secretary Chao attends I-85 bridge ribbon cutting

Even though the I-85 bridges over Piedmont Road in Atlanta destroyed by fire in late March were completely open to traffic by May 13, officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 18 to celebrate the opening of the roadways. “The workers who helped to make today possible – the men and women who worked tirelessly to build […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Rosen confirmed as Deputy Secretary of U.S. DOT

In a 56-42 vote May 16, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jeffrey A. Rosen to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), second in command to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, The Hill reports. Rosen’s confirmation comes as President Trump’s highly anticipated infrastructure package is set to be unveiled within the next several weeks. “I am delighted to […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

HNTB’S Yarossi named chairman of ARTBA Foundation

Paul Yarossi, executive vice president of HNTB, has been named chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. Yarossi, who has worked at HNTB since 1973, served as ARTBA chairman in 2011 and as vice chair of ARTBA-TDF since 2014. He has also served ARTBA as senior […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

APWA to hold first National Equipment Roadeo at 2017 PWX

The American Public Works Association (APWA) is planning to hold its first National Equipment Roadeo Aug. 29 during the 2017 Public Works Expo (PWX) in Orlando. The competition will feature two backhoe operation events per participant, including a Tennis Ball Challenge and a Pipe Lift Pin Challenge. Tennis Ball Challenge The objective for this event […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bipartisan BRIDGE Act would leverage private funding for state, local infrastructure projects

Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia) and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) are proposing legislation that would help leverage private funding for states and localities to use on infrastructure projects. The legislation, named  the Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act, is being designed as a means of creating new jobs for these […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Worker on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge seriously injured in fall

A construction worker on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge shattered both of his legs when he fell 25 feet on Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The accident occurred at approximately 12 p.m. The worker fell from the upper deck and landed on a beam on the lower deck. In order to rescue him, Emergency […]

May 19, 2017