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Roadbuilding
Budget cuts force delays to Okla. highway projects
Seven years of continued state funding cuts have led the Oklahoma Transportation Commission to drastically reduce and even remove some projects from the stateās 2018-2025 highway and bridge plan. Forty construction projects totaling more than $204 million were removed from the updated eight-year plan, and about 42 percent of all programmed projects are being delayed [ā¦]
October 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
TDOTās Chattanooga traffic center now operating 24/7
The Tennessee Department of Transportation is staffing the Region 2 Traffic Management Center in Chattanooga 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to try to improve traffic management in a 24-county area. As of October 1, technicians and dispatchers have been monitoring traffic operations and communications in the center as part of the TDOTās [ā¦]
October 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
78-year-old NYC bridge knocked down by āenergetic fellingā
The former Kosciuszko Bridge in New York City was brought down October 1 by a process called āenergetic felling,ā to make way for two new cable-stayed bridges. The process involved placing small explosives in key spots, causing the bridge to fall straight down, according to The Bridge. The trusses were dismantled with heavy equipment, and [ā¦]
October 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
$70 million awarded to help reduce commercial vehicle crashes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded more than $70 million in grants October 2 to states and educational institutions to prevent commercial vehicle crashes. Most of the money will go to help states improve their commercial vehicle safety programs, including adding advanced technology, and to improve the national commercial driverās license program, the FMCSA [ā¦]
October 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
WSDOT project to help fish pass beneath highway
A project to remove a failing culvert and replace it with a wider bridge will help drivers in Wooster Creek, Washington, but also help the fish. During heavy rains, the culvert blocks water flow and causes the Spirit Lake Memorial Highway (State Route 504) to flood. Hamilton Construction won the contract for the $4.8 million [ā¦]
October 3, 2017
Roadbuilding
New AASHTO president hopes to work with Trump on infrastructure
Tennessee Transportation Commissioner John Schroer has been elected the new president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officialsā board of directors. Schroer said he hopes to lead AASHTOās efforts to work with the Trump administration and Congress to enact an infrastructure package and a new long-term transportation reauthorization bill. The impacts of [ā¦]
October 2, 2017
Roadbuilding
New inspector general to seek out waste in WisDOT
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will create a new position to lead an effort to root out waste, fraud and abuse. The new inspector generalās tasks include reviewing all programs and initiatives to look for cost savings and then make recommendations for improvements, according to a WisDOT news release. The new position was created by [ā¦]
October 2, 2017
Roadbuilding
āCritter shelfā makes N.Y. debut to prevent wildlife-vehicle crashes
The New York State Department of Transportation and The Nature Conservancy have installed a novel and less costly way to help animals cross a dangerous road. The two agencies teamed up to create a ācritter shelf,ā a 2-foot-wide steel platform that extends the length of a culvert under State Route 12. Instead of crossing the [ā¦]
October 2, 2017
Roadbuilding
FHWA sends $40 million to Puerto Rico for road and bridge repairs
The Federal Highway Administration will send $40 million in āquick releaseā emergency relief funds throughout Puerto Rico to help restore roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Maria. āIt is critical to get the islandās infrastructure in working condition as soon as possible so relief supplies and other assistance can be delivered to the people of [ā¦]
September 29, 2017
Roadbuilding
Colo., Idaho projects take top prizes at 2017 Americaās Transportation Awards
A multimodal project in Colorado and the removal of dangerous intersections in Idaho won top honors at the 2017 Americaās Transportation Awards competition. The Colorado Department of Transportationās $487 million U.S. 36 Express Lanes project earned the Grand Prize and the Idaho Transportation Departmentās $11.2 million U.S. 20 Thornton Interchange project was voted the Peopleās [ā¦]
September 29, 2017
Roadbuilding
CoDOT to install weather, speed monitoring on I-70
The Colorado Department of Transportation plans to install interconnected weather and road sensors and other devices on a particularly dangerous section of the Interstate 70 Glenwood Canyon corridor to improve driver safety. Three weather monitoring stations will be installed along a 15-mile stretch of east and westbound lanes to give drivers advanced warning of dangerous [ā¦]
September 29, 2017
Roadbuilding
ARTBA elects Cummings as 2017-2018 chairman
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has announced the election of Matthew G. Cummings, executive vice president with global infrastructure company AECOM, as its 2017-2018 chairman. Cummings has worked in the transportation construction industry for 30 years, with the last 23 years at AECOM, where he led AECOMās $2 billion transportation business in [ā¦]
September 29, 2017
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