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Roadbuilding

Fahrner Asphalt, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce team up to offer road construction training in Wisconsin

Fahrner Asphalt Sealers and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (HCCW) have partnered to offer road construction and repair job training, according to a report by the Milwaukee Business Journal. “The HCCW is excited about this new partnership with Fahrner that will train and develop underutilized workers to address the shortage of skilled labor in the […]

March 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ground broken on Florida’s I-4 Ultimate project

Florida Gov. Rick Scott officially kicked off the metropolitan Orlando Interstate 4 improvement project at a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 17 in Maitland, according to a report by the Orlando Sentinel. Dubbed I-4 Ultimate, the $2.3 billion project will involve rebuilding 21 miles of the interstate on a section between Orange County and Seminole County. Two tolled Express Lanes will […]

February 19, 2015

Roadbuilding

The 3 things needed right now to repair our nation’s bridges, according to 12 DOTs

The nation’s infrastructure system can be likened to an economic circulatory system – giving us freedom, opportunity and mobility—and this should not be taken for granted, said former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves during a recent infrastructure conference. “We should never undervalue the greatness and freedom our nation’s roads provide,” says Graves, now president and CEO […]

February 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Florida DOT begins service patrols in preparation for I-4 “Ultimate” improvement project

The Florida Department of Transportation has launched service vehicle patrols on the Interstate 4 corridor in Orlando to “assist with maintenance of traffic and overall safety of the I-4 Ultimate project.” As part of the I-4 Ultimate project, slated to begin early this year, 21 miles of the interstate will be rebuilt on a section between Orange County […]

February 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT to spend $1 billion on Atlanta interchange updates in most expensive project in state history

The busy interchange at Atlanta’s Interstate 285 and Georgia State Route 400 will receive $1 billion worth of lane and fly-over updates, according to a report from WSB-TV. According to a report on the news channels web site, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Project Director Marlow Clowers says the project will be the most expensive in GDOT’s history. To […]

February 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Transportation sector loses 8,600 jobs in January

Although the U.S. economy as a whole beat employment expectations, the transportation sector lost 8,600 jobs in January, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department There were 4.7 million people employed in transportation-related industries in the U.S. in January. Trucking led all transportation industries in job gains with an increase of 2,400 jobs to 1.443 million. The couriers […]

February 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Tolls impede the American spirit of the open road

Jack Kerouac would weep, were he alive today. The author famous for making road trips a rite of passage would be shocked to find how tolls, tickets and traffic fines are being used as revenue enhancement schemes and an extension of the American surveillance state. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Drug Enforcement Administration […]

February 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Sens. Paul and Boxer reach across the aisle, propose corporate tax holiday to boost infrastructure funding

Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) have proposed a corporate tax holiday to fund U.S. infrastructure projects. The proposal would give businesses a reprieve from penalties for avoiding prior taxes if they agree to move money back to the U.S. and pay a 6.5 percent rate on it. The money collected would then […]

February 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Astec’s Ben Brock: “Best shot we’ve had in 10 years” to get out of highway funding dead end

All the talk about the upcoming highway bill reauthorization—now in an extension until May—had a familiar ring to Ben Brock, president and CEO, Astec Industries. “I’ve been around this industry all of my life and I was starting to hear the same stories,” he told me during a break at the National Asphalt Pavement Association […]

January 30, 2015

Business

U.S. Chamber of Congress, AAA and ATA urge Congress to raise gas tax to fund long-term highway bill

With the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) inching ever so closer to insolvency, organizations are redoubling efforts to ensure Congress is passes a permanent fix, rather than a patch. AAA, the American Trucking Associations, and the U.S Chamber of Commerce submitted a joint letter to Congress Jan. 26 urging members of the 114th Congress to raise […]

January 27, 2015

Safety

Road worker crushed and killed by falling concrete lane barrier in Maryland

A construction worker was killed in an odd and tragic accident last week in Maryland when he was killed by a concrete lane barrier. The unidentified worker was on a crew with Annapolis Junction-based contractor Corman Construction working “to stabilize a portion of Route 24 in Rocks State Park,” according to a report from The Dagger. […]

January 20, 2015

Business

States must take the initiative in environmental streamlining

Even as the green movement expands its war against fossil fuels, it’s losing ground in its ability to use federal legislation to strangle new highways and capacity improvements in the cradle. Since 2005, serious reforms in federal surface transportation legislation like today’s MAP-21 and its predecessor, SAFETEA-LU, have allowed states to shorten the time it […]

January 6, 2015