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Roadbuilding
Ohio latest state to ban ET-Plus Guardrail system
The Ohio Department of Transportation is the latest to suspend the purchase of ET-Plus Guardrail End Terminals manufactured by Trinity Highway Products, LLC. Ohio has removed them from a state-approved list of products used on the stateās roadways. Ohio isnāt the first state to remove the ET-Plus guardrails from its state-approved list of products, and [ā¦]
November 5, 2014
Roadbuilding
Volunteers wanted: Oregon to test mileage tax
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) seeks 5,000 volunteer drivers to test aĀ pay-as-you-drive road tax. If the trial program is successful, a mileage tax could become a replacement for the current gas tax. Anyone who would like to volunteer for the program can sign up on ODOTās website starting on July 1, 2015. Volunteers selected [ā¦]
October 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
More states ban ET-Plus guardrail system
The list of state department of transportations to have removed the controversial guardrail end-terminal model (ET-Plus) from its approved highway-products list continues to grow. Ten states (and counting) Ā have now removed the model, including Vermont, Hawaii, Colorado,Ā Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nevada, Oregon and Virginia. The ET-Plus model has a steel fixture that is meant [ā¦]
October 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
Ohio to start largest single construction project in state history
The Portsmouth Gateway Group is set to begin building theĀ largest single construction project the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has ever seen. Construction wonāt be cheap ā itāll cost aroundĀ $429 million to construct the entire Portsmouth Bypass, which is a 16-mile, four-lane limited access highway from U.S. 23 north of Lucasville to U.S. 52 near [ā¦]
September 24, 2014
Roadbuilding
Oklahoma Legislature cuts transportation budget by $28.5 million
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) will experience $28.5 million in cuts in its fiscal year 2015 budget, Tulsa World reports. The cuts amount to a 5.5-percent reduction ā a loss of about $11 million in revenue from gas taxes. The total budget for 2015, which begins July 1, will be $1.8 billion. ODOT Executive [ā¦]
June 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
Ohio DOT moves forward on $331 million Opportunity Corridor
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is one step closer to beginning work on the Cleveland Opportunity Corridor project, which will connect Interstate 490 to University Circle. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently approved the environmental impact statement for the $331.3 million project. According to the EIS, the project will create an urban boulevard with [ā¦]
May 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
Oregon DOT seeks account managers for pilot user fee program
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is seeking vendors to run its Road Usage Charge program, AASHTO Journal reports. The voluntary pilot program, which uses a per-mile charge instead of the gas tax, is slated to begin July 1, 2015. The Oregon House and Senate in July 2013 passed a bill that allows the state [ā¦]
May 29, 2014
Roadbuilding
Illinois, Oregon DOTs aim to protect workers in highway construction zones
[Correction: This article previously reported that the Ohio DOT produced the safety video mentioned below. It has been edited to reflect the correct agency, Oregon DOT.] The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) have each implemented new strategies to improve safety in highway construction zones. Related: Did you participate [ā¦]
May 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
Ohio DOT to begin largest construction season ever with 936 projects totaling $2.5 billion
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced that the 2014 construction season will be its largest ever. ODOT says the season is made up of 936 projects statewide totaling $2.5 billion. Most of the funding will come from the Ohio Turnpike which will provide $1.5 billion over the next six years. This yearās season [ā¦]
April 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
Oklahoma DOT looks to Caltrans for bridge assessment advice
Bridges across the nation are aging, with many now well past their projected life spans. Oklahomaās bridges are among those aging structures. In the āBetter Bridges 2013 Bridge Inventory,āĀ Better Roads reported that 14 percent of the stateās 7,664 bridges were either structurally deficient or functionally obsolete. Add that recent seismic activity, which, according to a [ā¦]
April 22, 2014
Roadbuilding
PHOTOS: Ohio DOTās plow operators share their extreme winter weather stories
Continuing our extreme winter weather snow and ice stories coverage, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) shared with Better Roads some of its photos from the extreme winter weather during the polar vortex at the beginning of this month. Much of Ohio was hit pretty hard (I can personally attest to this!), especially the Northwest [ā¦]
January 31, 2014
Roadbuilding
Ohio updates āMove Over Lawā to protect highway workers
The Ohio General Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday to protect crews working on the stateās roadways. The measure, Senate Bill 137, updates Ohioās āMove Over Law,ā now requiring motorists to slow down and, if possible, move to an adjacent lane when approaching construction, maintenance and public utilities commission vehicles that are parked on the [ā¦]
December 11, 2013
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