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Roadbuilding

Pelosi hints at approval for trade package if Republicans support long-term transportation funding

The trade adjustment assistance (TAA) bill shot down by members of the House last week might get support from Democrats if Republicans were to get behind bigger transportation funding efforts, according to Nancy Pelosi (D-California). The Hill reported the House Minority Leader feels the failure of the TAA, with a vote of 126-302, might not […]

June 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Caterpillar Paving to expand manufacturing in Minnesota

Caterpillar Paving Products is expanding its production facility in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, pledging a $3 million effort and the creation of 31 additional jobs. As a result, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) will provide incentive funds for the company completing the project. The DEED program’s Job Creation Fund will provide $307,300 after […]

June 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT celebrates 100 years with new signage, interactive website

The Ford Model T was just seven years old when Tennessee first established its Department of Transportation. There were no interstates, or barely any roads resembling what lines America today back in 1915, but TDOT was getting started on one of its first major projects with State Route 1. A century later, TDOT is […]

June 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Louisiana legislature passes 2 bills to boost road funding

The Louisiana Senate passed two bills last week to boost road funding by about $100 million per year. The New Orleans Advocate reported Senate Bills 122 and 221 passed in the Senate June 9 by the overwhelming 39-9 and 35-1, respectively. The bills, sponsored by Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Robert Adley (R-Adley), passed in the state […]

June 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

House Ways & Means to “explore new ideas” for long-term financing of Highway Trust Fund

The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing June 17 to discuss long-term financing for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), with the plan to “explore the feasibility of various ideas” for sustainable solutions. “The roads and bridges that keep our economy moving rely on a highly unsustainable financing system,” Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) […]

June 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Awaiting a budget, Illinois DOT cuts $100+ million in road projects

The Illinois Department of Transportation had to cut $103 million in road projects from a contract letting June 12 because the state still doesn’t have a budget for FY 2016. IDOT Secretary Randy Blankenhorn had to pull seven projects planned for this year, the most expensive being a $48 million project in Rock Island County. A […]

June 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Iowa Transportation Commission approves state transportation improvement program with $3.2 billion for highways

The Iowa Transportation Commission (ITC) has signed off on the fiscal year 2016-2020 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program, which includes a forecast of $3.2 billion in highway right of way and construction projects. The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) proposed the plan in early May. “The Commission and Iowa DOT continue to recognize the critical importance […]

June 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Semi truck crash in U.S. 50 paving zone kills West Virginia DOH worker

West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) worker Randall W. Bland, 49, was killed Thursday following a five-vehicle collision in an area of U.S. 50 being resurfaced, according to a report by The Marietta Times. A DOH truck was one of the five vehicles involved, but it was unoccupied at the time of the incident. According […]

June 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Michigan House passes $1.2 billion road package

Lawmakers in the Michigan House of Representatives narrowly passed a 12-bill package to provide $1.16 billion for infrastructure work. The funds from the package largely come from existing tax revenue and by eliminating a tax break for low income families, the Detroit News reported. About $700,000 million of the funds would come from earmarking some of […]

June 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Lee again files bill to get rid of the federal gas tax

As the future of federal transportation funding remains up in the air, two Republican lawmakers have filed a bill that would take the federal government out of the road business permanently. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) filed a bill that would gradually get rid of the federal gas tax used to support the Highway […]

June 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Kansas DOT hosts transportation, construction career camp for high school girls

The Kansas Department of Transportation hosted a camp recently to educate teenage girls on career opportunities in transportation and construction. According to WIBW, KDOT hosted 28 high school girls to the MAGIC summer camp last week to teach them about alternative careers in the transportation industry they may have never considered before in fields like […]

June 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT uses Native American archeological site to teach historical preservation at work sites

A proposed Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) project involving bridge replacement, intersection updates and overflow culvert is being used in educational efforts to impress upon fifth and sixth graders the importance of preservation of historical artifacts found at work sites. The project, located on U.S. 69 near Belmond, is near the outdoor classroom of […]

June 12, 2015