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Roadbuilding

Hot weather causing Utah roads to buckle and crumble

Extremely hot weather is wreaking havoc on Utah roads, causing the roadways to buckle and crumble and keeping the state Department of Transportation (UDOT) busy making repairs, kutv.com reports. “Utah is the perfect place for these kind of buckling issues to happen, because we have the extreme temperatures,” UDOT’s John Gleason told the news agency. […]

July 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT reopens Pawtucket Ave. Bridge 5 weeks early

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has reopened the Pawtucket Avenue Bridge in East Providence about five weeks earlier than scheduled. RIDOT reports 23,000 vehicles per day travel across the structure over the Interstate 195 corridor and is one of the most traveled bridges in the city. The agency’s project management team worked with […]

July 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

California’s Low Carbon Transit program provides $34.5 million to 125 projects

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) reports the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program is providing $34.5 million to fund 125 local projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emission and improving public transportation sustainability. “This program is one of the methods Caltrans is using to help the state meet its ambitious goals to address climate change,” […]

July 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT rescinds from states $857 million in unobligated federal-aid highway funds

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has rescinded $857 million in unobligated Federal-aid highway funds from states as of June 30. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced the move in a notice June 21. The funds were rescinded as part of the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act, 2017, title I of division K, Public Law […]

July 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

NW Florida’s largest transportation project, Pensacola Bay Bridge, begins

Construction of Northwest Florida’s largest transportation infrastructure project, the Pensacola Bay Bridge, has begun. Gov. Rick Scott recently kicked off the project with a ceremony at the site. The project, set to open to traffic in 2019, includes $398.5 million in state investments. The structure will allow traffic to temporarily transition to four lanes […]

July 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

MDOT staffers receive 2017 Conference of Minority Transportation Officials awards

The Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) has presented three awards to the Michigan Department of Transportation. MDOT Metro Region Engineer Tony Kratofil was named the 2017 Trasnportation Pioneer Award winner for his work in “encouraging and promoting diversity in the transportation industry and within MDOT projects and programs.” Kratofil has served the last eight […]

July 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Ricketts, Schneweis officially launch Nebraska Department of Transportation

The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), a combination of the state’s Department of Roads and Department of Aeronautics, has been officially launched in a ceremony conducted by Gov. Pete Ricketts and NDOT Director Kyle Schneweis. Ricketts signed the law creating the agency, LB339, earlier this year. The move is an effort to create efficiencies, with […]

July 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

Missouri picks Massman Construction, HNTB for new Champ Clark Bridge design/build

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has selected Kansas City-based Massman Construction for building the new Champ Clark Bridge, with HNTB providing the design services. The new bridge, which is a partnership between the Illinois and Missouri Departments of Transportation (MoDOT), replaces a 90-year-old structure in the city of Louisiana, Missouri, that is the oldest […]

July 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

AAA says 2017 July 4th holiday travel will break record

AAA reports the 2017 Independence Day holiday travel period, from June 30 to July 4, will be the most traveled in the U.S. during that period that has ever been recorded. The group says 44.2 million people are expected to travel more than 50 miles away from home on U.S. roads, rails, waterways and in […]

July 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT creates INFRA grant program to replace FASTLANE, encourage private investment

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has created a new transportation project grant program that replaces the Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) Grants program and makes $1.5 billion available and aims to use investment from private industry. The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program, USDOT […]

June 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

Five states honored in western regional America’s Transportation Awards competition

Five states representing eight projects received honors for top transportation projects as western regional winners for the America’s Transportation Awards. The awards were presented during the Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials annual meeting. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the AAA motor club and the U.S. Chamber of […]

June 30, 2017

Roadbuilding

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet releases data-driven prioritized project list

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has released a prioritized project list rated by its new Strategic Highway Investment Formula for Tomorrow (SHIFT) that looks at a project’s safety, congestion, asset management, economic growth and cost-benefit ratios. The Virginia Department of Transportation instituted a similar project assessment program called SMART SCALE last year. KYTC says it […]

June 30, 2017