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Roadbuilding
Bipartisan highway bill would tie federal gas tax to inflation, create transportation commission
A bipartisan group of representatives have introduced a long-term bill for funding infrastructure that would tie the gas tax to inflation and create a bipartisan, bicameral Transportation Commission to provide long-term funding of the Highway Trust Fund. The Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which provides the bulk of road and bridge project budgets, will dry up [ā¦]
April 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
Paul, Boxer intro bill calling for 6.5% tax on repatriated foreign earnings to fund highway spending
As we near the May 31 funding deadline for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), an expected flurry of proposed legislation to extend funding is popping up, with the latest being a bipartisan proposal from Senators Barbara Boxer (D-California) and Rand Paul (R-Kentucky). Their Invest in Transportation Act, S. 981, would ask for companies to voluntarily [ā¦]
April 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
ARTBA Highway Trust Fund campaign urges social media, phone calls, and email efforts to reach Congress
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has launched a digital media campaign designed to āamplify the voices of the transportation design and construction industryā via social media, phone calls, and email to urge Congress to act on the continued funding of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Two bipartisan bills designed to address HTF [ā¦]
April 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
Four-ton pipe rolls from wheel loader, crushes worker in California work zone
While working a highway job near San Francisco Wednesday, a construction worker was crushed and killed by a large pipe. According to a report from theĀ Press Democrat, 28-year-old Jared Overfield was killed insideĀ a work zoneĀ along Highway 101 as part of a crew working to improve a frontage road. Overfield was directing a wheel loader operator [ā¦]
April 16, 2015
Roadbuilding
Missouri commission awards $13 million in road and bridge contracts
The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has awarded 11 contracts totaling nearly $13 million for the 24-country Southeast DistrictĀ of the state, covering pavement repairs, overlays, intersection improvements, bridge replacement, and sidewalk improvements. These include: $107,808 contract was awarded to Fronabarger Concreters for concrete repairs on Interstate 55 from the Jefferson County line to Route 60 [ā¦]
April 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
Ohio DOT uses āwork zone simulation roomā to show drivers the dangers of road construction
Construction can be a dangerous job and when you throw in people in a hurry driving alongside you, it becomes exponentially more dangerous. Citing data saying 23 highway workers are killed each month in the U.S., the Ohio Department of Transportation invited the public to get a feel for just how dangerous road work can [ā¦]
April 1, 2015
Roadbuilding
USDOT awards $194 million infrastructure loan for part of Orlandoās Wekiva Parkway
A project that will help complete a beltway around metro Orlandoās northwest side is getting $194 million loan through theĀ Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA), the U.S. Department of Transportation announced. Five of the planned 14 sections of the Wekiva Parkway will be funded through the loan. When completed, the nearly $2 billion toll [ā¦]
March 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Texas awards first batch of Prop 1 contracts totaling more than $52 million
The Texas Transportation Commission awarded contracts for nine projects in seven Texas Department of Transportationās (TxDOT) districts, representing more than $52 million in road project work. The funding comes from the stateās Proposition 1 funding program, approved by Texas voters last year, and representing $1.74 billion available for transportation projects in 2015. The seven districts [ā¦]
March 30, 2015
Roadbuilding
Ohio DOT launches construction season at Opportunity Corridor
The Ohio Department of Transportation began its construction season March 16 at the northern section of Opportunity Corridor that will connect Interstate 490 and University Circle near Cleveland, according to a report by the The Plain Dealer. New bonds totaling $1 billion from the Ohio Turnpike will fund the corridor. āItās one of the most [ā¦]
March 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
Ground broken on Indianaās $400 million āMajor Moves 2020ā transportation projects
Indiana Gov.Ā Mike Pence recently broke ground to symbolically begin work on the āMajor Moves 2020ā construction program, representing a $400 million bump in funds to expand lanes on certain sections of the states interstates. āRoads mean jobs, and Major Moves 2020 will further enhance Indianaās reputation as the āCrossroads of America,ā ā Pence said. āWhen [ā¦]
March 17, 2015
Roadbuilding
Mississippi DOT begins work on Interstate 220 erosion
Almost immediately after The Federal Highway Administration announced emergency relief funds were being issued to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, roadwork began on an embankment slide on an Interstate 220 ramp. Heavy rains and severe winter weather combined to cause sliding, or embankment erosion, along the eastbound Highway 80 exit ramp to I-220, MDOT said. [ā¦]
March 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
Can John Oliverās stand on U.S. infrastructure do for highway funding what āLast Week Tonightā did for net neutrality?
John Oliver, onĀ the latest episode of his HBO program āLast Week Tonightā, aimed his comedic wit at the issue of the need for infrastructure spending in the U.S., much in the same way he targetedĀ the net neutrality issue in 2014. Many pundits believe his call to action last year, funny as it was, helped push [ā¦]
March 2, 2015
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