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ARTBA report highlights structurally deficient bridges in Wisc., warrants more and better funding

A report by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) shows a need to change how Wisconsin funds highway and bridge projects. According to wrn.com, the study found that approximately 9 percent of Wisconsin’s bridges are structurally deficient. Wisconsin Transportation Development Association President Jerry Derr tells the news agency that the state does an excellent job of […]

April 15, 2016

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Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In is May 10-11; registration filling fast

This year’s Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Fly-In, being held May 10-11 at the Hyatt Regency Washington at 400 New Jersey Ave. NW in Washington, D.C., is filling up fast, according to a National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA) press release. Everyone is encouraged to join with colleagues to advocate for the industry at the fly-in. Although a five-year highway […]

April 14, 2016

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Rush County, Ind., to use new weight-load technology to test integrity of small bridges

Mark Bacon is a corn farmer and county commissioner in Rush County, Ind.,where nearly three dozen bridges are closed or severely restricted with weight limits, and another two dozen are considered structurally deficient, TheHeraldBulletin.com reports. This causes heavy vehicles, such as school buses and farm equipment, to take long detours to cross some creeks. Bacon and […]

April 13, 2016

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Michigan DOT’s 5-year transportation plan includes $6.8 billion for highway restructuring and repair

In November, Michigan passed a $1.2 billion road funding law that will raise money for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) through fee hikes, fuel tax increases, and budgetary shifts. Although full funding through that law won’t be available until 2021, mLive reports, when $600 million from the state general fund begins transferring to MDOT, there’s still a […]

April 12, 2016

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Louisiana faces bridge and road budget crisis after recent flooding

Louisiana suffered approximately $20 million in damage to its bridges and roads due to recent flooding, state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Secretary Shawn Wilson said during a meeting of the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, according to a report in the New Orleans Advocate. The subcommittee is reviewing the DOTD’s proposed $583 million operating budget for the 2016-2017 […]

April 11, 2016

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Texas lawmakers take a hard look at toll roads

Lawmakers in the state of Texas are taking a long, hard look at toll roads, and there has been a push to do away with them altogether. Many are beginning to question whether toll roads are actually being built to ease congestion, which was the original plan, or whether they are just being built to […]

April 8, 2016

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Foxx urges careful consideration when determining placement of roads

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is encouraging road developers to think carefully before placing a highway through the middle of a neighborhood. The Atlantic reports that Foxx’s grandparents lived such a neighborhood, and the result was a disconnection of the cut-off part of the neighborhood from the city and opportunity. Now, Foxx wants to do something about that. The news […]

April 7, 2016

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ARTBA and AGC file suit to block OSHA’s revised crystalline silica rule

Two major industry associations, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Louisiana chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 4th, challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) revised crystalline silica rule. “OSHA’s silica regulation is based on flawed […]

April 6, 2016

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Mississippi DOT celebrates 100th birthday

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) celebrated its 100th birthday on March 29, MS News Now reports. In celebration of 100 years, a time capsule was buried during a special ceremony held outside MDOT’s administration building in Jackson. The capsule, set to be opened in 50 years, contains items that will give future generations a glimpse of what MDOT and […]

April 5, 2016

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Proposed 2016-2017 Colorado budget would cut transportation funding

Colorado’s new $27 billion budget for fiscal year 2016-2017 was introduced to the state house on March 28 and according to WesternSlope Now.com, lawmakers will pull $2.7 million from reserve funds to make up for a shortfall created by cuts to specific funds, such as transportation. CDOT gets most of its funding from state and federal […]

April 4, 2016

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AGC and NSSGA respond to OSHA’s revised silica exposure rule

On March 24, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez issued the final workplace exposure standard for crystalline silica, which will soon be published by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The new standard cuts the current permissible exposure limit (PEL) in half, reducing the exposure limit from 100 micrograms per cubic meter of air […]

April 1, 2016

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Senate passes bill to block EPA’s controversial clean water rule

The U.S. Senate has voted to block the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States rule, according to The Hill. However, the vote doesn’t mean those in the construction and aggregates industries who opposed the rule can rest easily quite yet. The bill was blocked with a Congressional Review Act resolution, which passed 53-44. […]

November 4, 2015