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Business
Highway construction up 4.3% annually in January thanks to warmer weather
Highway construction was up 4.3 percent in January over January 2012, largely due to warmer weather, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Each month ARTBA analyzes U.S. Census Bureau data and reports the outcome. âWith warmer-than-average temperatures across the country, many contractors were able to get more work done on transportation projects, [âŚ]
March 12, 2013
Business
Maryland Gov. proposes fuel tax changes to fund transportation projects
Maryland is the latest state looking to use the fuel tax as a way to fund transportation infrastructure projects. Recently, Gov. Martin OâMalley recently unveiled a five-year plan to generate $3.4 billion for state highway and transit projects. The bill will go before a House hearing March 15, according to a report from our sister [âŚ]
March 12, 2013
Business
Smart highway glows in the dark
Highway, Netherlands, luminous powder
October 26, 2012
Roadbuilding
Pennsylvania contractors association supports transportation funding plan
The trade association representing Pennsylvaniaâs highway construction industry has strongly endorsed the recommendations of the Gov. Tom Corbettâs Transportation Funding Advisory Commission. Robert Latham, executive vice president of Associated Pennsylvania Constructors (APCST) and a member of the Commission, said the benefits to residents of Pennsylvania far outweigh the modest cost to the average motorist. âThis [âŚ]
August 3, 2011
Safety
Associated Pennsylvania Constructors supports transportation funding plan
Associated Pennsylvania Constructors supports transportation funding plan
August 3, 2011
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Granite Construction awarded $23 million California highway project
Granite Construction Inc. has been awarded a $23 million contract by Caltrans to rehabilitate about four miles of Highway 99 through Madera in the Central San Joaquin Valley. Granite will book the project into its second quarter 2011 backlog. The scope of the project will consist of the rehabilitation of Highway 99 using asphalt and [âŚ]
July 8, 2011
Roadbuilding
Highway Contractor
âBack to gravelâ doesnât have to be the only choice for a failing road ⌠even if funds are scarce.
April 1, 2011
Roadbuilding
Texasâ transportation funding nightmare
Here is a very scary prediction: âBy 2025, only 21 percent of Texasâ roads will be in good or better condition.â Itâs not my prediction, it comes from the Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas, and its contained in a story from the Houston Chronicleâs chron.com. The story should upset us. It [âŚ]
March 10, 2011
Roadbuilding
Special Report
Backhoes By Tom Jackson, executive editor, Equipment World  Contractors extend trade-in times, rely on used equipment As with just about every other category of equipment, the sales of both new and used backhoes plunged between 2006 and 2010. Whatâs a little less obvious until you do the math is the ratio of new to [âŚ]
March 4, 2011
Roadbuilding
Louisiana group wants sponsors for gas tax, bond program
Transportation coalition âDriving Louisiana Forwardâ is seeking legislative sponsors for Louisiana state constitutional amendments that would raise the gasoline tax and establish a $3 billion bond program for highway efforts, The Bond Buyer, a daily finance newspaper, reported. The coalition said the additional funding is needed to resolve a $12.8 billion backlog of road and [âŚ]
October 28, 2010
Construction Equipment
Louisiana group wants sponsors for gas tax, bond program
Transportation coalition âDriving Louisiana Forwardâ is seeking legislative sponsors for Louisiana state constitutional amendments that would raise the gasoline tax and establish a $3 billion bond program for highway efforts, The Bond Buyer, a daily finance newspaper, reported. The coalition said the additional funding is needed to resolve a $12.8 billion backlog of road and [âŚ]
October 28, 2010
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Work to begin on Trans Texas Tollway
Sort of. What was proposed in 2004 as a 20-lane mega transportation corridor spanning most of the state of Texas has been whittled down, for now, to a four-lane, 49-mile tollway.
January 15, 2010
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