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Roadbuilding

New I-66 tolls reach $40, but VDOT stands behind them

Tolls on Virginia’s new Express Lanes on Interstate 66 Inside the Beltway have been raising eyebrows – and emptying wallets – with some drivers paying as much as $40 to travel 10 miles. The first week of the new lanes’ operations, which began December 4, has seen a backlash from drivers, and politicians are vowing to curtail […]

December 11, 2017

Roadbuilding

3 contractors, 2 VDOT employees plead guilty to snowplow bribery

Two Virginia Department of Transportation officials and three contractors pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme in which the officials awarded snowplowing contracts in exchange for some of the profits, according to The Washington Post. VDOT officials Kenneth D. Adams, 42, and Anthony Willie, 55, took about $500,000 in bribes and have pleaded guilty to federal […]

November 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

VDOT adds Waze navigation to state’s 511 road information app

The Virginia Department of Transportation has upgraded its 511 road information app, which now includes turn-by-turn navigation, the VDOT says. The agency has joined with the popular Waze app to provide the navigation feature. The app also now provides push notifications and alerts, transit and parking information, and it continues to give real-time traffic information […]

November 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

I-66 Outside Beltway project gets $1.2 billion federal loan

A plan to add express lanes to 23 miles of Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia got one-third of the funding the project needs through a $1.2 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation. “Today’s milestone of achieving a TIFIA loan will allow the express lanes project on I-66 Outside the Beltway to move ahead, […]

October 24, 2017

Home

Virginia DOT readies drivers for new I-66 Inside Beltway Express Lanes

The Virginia Department of Transportation rolled out a new website to prepare drivers for the new toll express lanes that will open in December on Interstate 66 Inside the Beltway. The site at 66ExpressLanes.org addresses such issues as the difference between E-ZPass and E-ZPass Flex, how the tolling will work, who pays the toll and […]

September 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Trail opposition creates hurdle for VDOT I-66 Outside Beltway widening

Virginia’s plan to widen Interstate 66 outside the Capital Beltway could be in jeopardy if the proposed walking and biking trail along the highway is changed, as some bike advocates and lawmakers are demanding, the state’s transportation secretary told The Washington Post. The state plans to begin construction next year on the $2.3 billion I-66 […]

September 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nearly 60 years after his death, road worker’s name is added to Virginia DOT memorial

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has added a highway worker’s name to its Workers’ Memorial on Afton Mountain 58 years after he was killed on the job. The granite memorial now has 135 names etched on its surface. VDOT conducted the ceremony during National Work Zone Awareness Week. Robert James Butler was 66 years […]

April 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Newport News (Va.) receives $3.6 million in state, federal funding for transportation projects

Newport News recently received $3.6 million in state and federal funding for five different transportation-related projects, the Daily Press reports. Projects include a bridge replacement at Lake Maury, traffic signal improvements, a sidewalk/crosswalk/lighting project for Washington Ave. and work at the Warwick Boulevard/Harpersville Road intersection. The $1.24 million grant for the bridge replacement project, which is scheduled to […]

December 27, 2016

Workforce

Lifetime of learning brings Travis Elliot to top of his profession, AEMP Tech of the Year finalist honors

Travis Elliot, equipment technician for the Virginia Department of Transportation, learned a lot of what he knows at his father’s side. His dad worked as a diesel tech from more than 30 years and as Travis says, “For as long as I can remember I was outside in our home garage with him when he […]

December 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia DOT reopens Isle of Wight County bridge 7 months ahead of schedule

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has announced that the new Route 680 bridge over Stallings Creek, one of two Isle of Wight County bridges being rebuilt, reopened seven months ahead of schedule, according to the Daily Press. Early completion of the bridge was due mostly to the utility relocation being ahead of schedule. The new bridge has […]

December 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia selects Express Mobility Partners to build I-66 express lanes

Virginia has selected Express Mobility Partners, a consortium made up of Cintra, Meridiam, Ferrovial Agroman US and Allan Myers VA, to finance, design, build, maintain and operate the express lanes on Interstate 66 Outside the Beltway. The procurement process for the project took 16 months to complete. It is the first major procurement process under […]

November 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Infrared, all-in-one, 3D pothole repair solutions on the rise, but the basics still rule

The pothole is the bane of both the driver and a transportation department. It can ruin a morning commute and overshadow any positive roadway construction projects in an area. According to AAA, pothole damage costs U.S. drivers roughly $3 billion a year, with roughly 16 million drivers experiencing some form of pothole damage to their […]

July 11, 2016