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Roadbuilding

State Farm sponsorship continues Conn. DOT’s roadside assistance, traffic control program

State Farm and the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) have entered into a sponsorship agreement that will rename the agency’s Connecticut Highway Assistance Motorist Patrol (CHAMP) to the CTDOT State Farm Safety Patrol. The program, which involves patrols and assistance for stranded motorists in addition to traffic control at incident scenes, has been in operation […]

May 23, 2017

Roadbuilding

I-85 bridge contractor C.W. Matthews donates portion of incentive money to Camp Hooray

I-85 bridge reconstruction contractor C.W. Matthews is donating $10,000 from the incentive money it received for completing the reconstruction of the downtown Atlanta bridge early to Extra Special People’s (ESP) Camp Hooray, the first summer camp built in the U.S. built specifically for special needs children. “C.W. Matthews is proud to be one of the […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Transportation Secretary Chao attends I-85 bridge ribbon cutting

Even though the I-85 bridges over Piedmont Road in Atlanta destroyed by fire in late March were completely open to traffic by May 13, officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 18 to celebrate the opening of the roadways. “The workers who helped to make today possible – the men and women who worked tirelessly to build […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Rosen confirmed as Deputy Secretary of U.S. DOT

In a 56-42 vote May 16, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jeffrey A. Rosen to be Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), second in command to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, The Hill reports. Rosen’s confirmation comes as President Trump’s highly anticipated infrastructure package is set to be unveiled within the next several weeks. “I am delighted to […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

HNTB’S Yarossi named chairman of ARTBA Foundation

Paul Yarossi, executive vice president of HNTB, has been named chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. Yarossi, who has worked at HNTB since 1973, served as ARTBA chairman in 2011 and as vice chair of ARTBA-TDF since 2014. He has also served ARTBA as senior […]

May 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

APWA to hold first National Equipment Roadeo at 2017 PWX

The American Public Works Association (APWA) is planning to hold its first National Equipment Roadeo Aug. 29 during the 2017 Public Works Expo (PWX) in Orlando. The competition will feature two backhoe operation events per participant, including a Tennis Ball Challenge and a Pipe Lift Pin Challenge. Tennis Ball Challenge The objective for this event […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bipartisan BRIDGE Act would leverage private funding for state, local infrastructure projects

Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Virginia) and Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) are proposing legislation that would help leverage private funding for states and localities to use on infrastructure projects. The legislation, named  the Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act, is being designed as a means of creating new jobs for these […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Worker on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge seriously injured in fall

A construction worker on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge shattered both of his legs when he fell 25 feet on Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The accident occurred at approximately 12 p.m. The worker fell from the upper deck and landed on a beam on the lower deck. In order to rescue him, Emergency […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT designates Johnny Appleseed Historic Byway

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) has designated two state routes as The Johnny Appleseed Historic Byway, its newest Scenic Byway. Making up the byway, which is the 27th in the state’s program, are State Route 39 from Loudonville to Mansfield and State Route 603 from Mifflin to Malabar. ODOT says the Scenic Byway Program […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

TRIP: Conn. motorists see $6.1 billion in added costs due to bridge, road conditions

Connecticut motorists are seeing a total of $6.1 billion in additional costs associated with vehicle operation, safety and congestion, according to The Road Improvement Program’s (TRIP) most recent state condition report. “Connecticut Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility,” indicates 57 percent of the states major locally and state-maintained roads […]

May 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

ARTBA presents Helping Hand Awards to Gardner Asphalt Supply, Florida Transportation Builders’ Association members

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation (ARTBA) Development Foundation presented its first place 2017 Helping Hand Award to Gardner Asphalt Supply and Florida Transportation Builders’ Association member companies. The awards, presented during the ARTBA Foundation awards lunch in Washington, D.C., May 17, recognize “organizations within the transportation industry that have exceptional strategic philanthropic […]

May 18, 2017

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT names Hood state highway safety and traffic engineer

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has named 21-year agency veteran Nicole Hood as the state highway safety and traffic engineer, replacing the retiring Eiler Rackers. Hood began working at MoDOT in the Central Office as a transportation planner, and continued on with the agency in positions in planning, design and traffic. She has served […]

May 18, 2017