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PennDOT accepting applications for transportation project funding

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it’s accepting applications for $40 million in grants available for transportation projects next fiscal year. PennDOT announced that it will begin taking proposals for projects through December 18 under the state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, which was created in 2013 with the state’s Act 89 transportation funding plan. “The fund allows us […]

October 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

House Majority leader pledges to pass a long-term highway bill

The favorite to replace John Boehner (R-Ohio) as the Speaker of the House has gone on record vowing to pass a six-year highway bill before the October 31 deadline. The Hill reported that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that if he were elected to the Speaker position once Boehner […]

October 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Four contractors compete for $1.1 billion I-285/GA 400 interchange project in Atlanta

Georgia is set to spend more money than it’s ever spent on a road project to redesign and reconstruct the Interstate 285/GA 400 interchange for $1.1 billion, but first, the state has to decide who’s going to the work. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports four teams of contractors have submitted their proposals to take on the $1.1 billion project. […]

September 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

Florida DOT wins grand prize at America’s Transportation Awards National Competition

The Florida Department of Transportation took home top honors at the 2015 America’s Transportation Awards on Sunday. FDOT beat out the competition of 48 transportation projects from 24 states and won the Grand Prize for the state’s $670 million Port of Miami Tunnel Project,  according to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. But the […]

September 29, 2015

Roadbuilding

Wyoming Transportation Commission approves $21.7 million for nine projects

The Wyoming Transportation Commission approved nine projects with a value of $21.7 million at its most recent meeting. Two of the contracts were for providing stockpiles of sand and salt, with Kilroy LLC of Afton providing the materials for the southwestern part of the state by March 31 at a cost of $1.5 million, and […]

September 29, 2015

Roadbuilding

September Texas Prop 1 project approvals valued at $88.9 million for projects in 5 counties

The Texas Transportation Commission has approved projects in five counties valued at $88.9 million as part of the seventh round of the state’s Proposition 1 transportation funding program. Proposition 1 is providing funds for more than 800 miles of highway rehabilitation, including 500 miles of new highway lanes; 114 replaced, widened or rehabilitated bridges; and […]

September 28, 2015

Roadbuilding

Caterpillar CEO says Congress’ inaction on long-term highway bill threatens nation’s future

The chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc. is again speaking out in favor of a long-term highway bill. Doug Oberhelman wrote a column for CNBC published September 17 calling Congress to work to pass a long-term transportation bill as the deadline for the October 29 expiration of the Highway Trust Fund looms closer. He wrote a similar […]

September 24, 2015

Roadbuilding

APWA joins 82 organizations calling on House to pass long-term highway bill

The American Public Works Association is ready for the House of Representatives to pass a long-term transportation bill, and the organization isn’t alone. The APWA announced in a press release it has joined with another 82 organizations from different sectors of the U.S. economy to urge lawmakers to finally act on transportation after 34 short-term patches. […]

September 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Alabama House committee passes 5 cent gas tax hike

Alabama drivers could see the state’s gas tax rise for the first time in 23 years. The Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure committee has passed a new bill that would raise the gas tax in the state by 5 cents per gallon, The Anniston Star reported. The bill would also automatically raise the gas tax by […]

September 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Congress back in session as Highway Trust Fund deadline looms

Congress was back in session this week after the August recess, and the clock is ticking for lawmakers to act on road funding before the Highway Trust Fund expires at the end of October. The U.S. Department of Transportation said in late August that the Highway Trust Fund would remain solvent through the third quarter […]

September 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

Oklahoma Transportation Commission approves 8-year, $6.5 billion bridge and road construction plan

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission (OTC) has approved the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Federal Fiscal Year 2016-2023 Construction Work Plan that would provide roughly $6.5 billion for 1,812 transportation improvement projects. “It’s been a decade since the state made transportation funding a top priority and in that time we have seen great progress in addressing […]

September 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Arkansas highway department to reinstate projects withdrawn from bid openings

The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) is reinstating 27 projects into its October bid opening that had been previously withdrawn from the state’s 2015 bid openings schedule due to the uncertainty of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). AHTD made this decision as a direct result of the short term funding patch passed by Congress […]

September 7, 2015