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Missouri DOT: 230+ roads still closed due to flooding

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) reports more than 230 roads across the state are still closed due to flooding and damages from recent heavy rains and storms. Both northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 55 between St. Louis and Jefferson counties were closed late yesterday, and I-44 was closed in St. Louis for a […]

May 4, 2017

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AGC will hold construction safety conference in July

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) will hold its Safety & Health Conference in Denver July 19-21. Attendees will participate in the development of regulatory and legislative activity at both national and local levels, assist in the development and creation of new safety training programs and products and hear the latest initiatives from the Occupational […]

May 4, 2017

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Wisconsin DOT issues $83.6 million in quarterly payments to local governments

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has issued $83.6 million in payments to local governments in its most recent quarterly submission for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids. The payments are sent to 1,925 “local units of government” across the state. General Transportation Aids, which “defray the costs of constructing, maintaining, […]

May 4, 2017

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Caltrans honors fallen employees at 27th Annual Workers Memorial

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) honored three employees who passed away in the past year during its 27th Annual Workers Memorial in Sacramento. Since 1921, 187 agency employees have died on the job. The three recognized this year include: Jorge Lopez, 57, an electrician who was struck and killed on Sept. 1, 2016, by a […]

May 4, 2017

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Seattle’s SR 520 floating bridge receives ACEC’s 2017 Grand Conceptor Award

The Washington State Department of Transportation’s (WSDOT) SR 520 floating bridge, first opened to traffic last year, has been awarded the 2017 Grand Conceptor Award for “the nation’s best overall engineering achievement” from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Groups working on the project included HDR, the general engineering consultant on SR 520 reconstruction […]

May 3, 2017

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New nanostructured concrete technology increases load-carrying capacity by more than 200%

Scientists at Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in Russia have developed a new construction technique based on nanostructured high-strength, lightweight concrete. According to a report by Electronics 360, the concrete can increase load-carrying capability by more than 200 percent and decrease the density of construction by 80 percent, as well as offer resistance to […]

May 3, 2017

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FY 2017 Omnibus Bill provides USDOT $77.1 billion total, $19.3 billion in discretionary appropriations

The fiscal year 2017 Omnibus Bill to provide budgetary guidelines through September provides for $77.1 billion in total and $19.3 billion in discretionary appropriations for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The discretionary appropriations figure is $681 million more than the enacted level for FY 2016. President Donald Trump’s blueprint budget proposal issued in early March […]

May 3, 2017

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Missouri DOT to allow heavier than normal aggregate truckloads to help with flood relief

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is allowing through the end of May heavier than normal truckloads of rock, sand and gravel on the state’s highways to allow for the raw materials to be used in repairs of roads and other infrastructure following flooding from recent storms. “While the waiver is in effect, private and […]

May 3, 2017

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I-85 Update: Georgia DOT says bridge will be rebuilt and open by May 25

Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) Commissioner Russell McMurry says the I-85 bridge over Piedmont Road reconstruction near Atlanta will be finished and open by May 25 in time for the annual heavy traffic weekend before Memorial Day. GDOT’s original estimated completion date had been June 15. The bridge was destroyed by fire at the end of […]

May 2, 2017

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Now law, $52.4 billion Calif. transportation bill to raise funds through tax increases

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed California’s SB 1, also known as the Road Repair and Accountability act of 2017, which will provide $52.4 billion over 10 years for transportation infrastructure improvements. California lawmakers approved the measure in early April. “Safe and smooth roads make California a better place to live and strengthen our economy,” Brown […]

May 2, 2017

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TRIP: Kansas motorists hit with $2.7 billion in additional costs due to bridge and road conditions

The Road Improvement Program (TRIP) says motorists in Kansas are hit with $2.7 billion each year in additional vehicle operating costs, congestion problems and safety issues due to the condition of bridges and roads in the state. According to its latest state condition report, “Kansas Transportation by the Numbers: Meeting the State’s Need for Safe, […]

May 2, 2017

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Nebraska creates state DOT by merging 2 departments

Gov. Pete Ricketts has signed into law LB 339, a bill creating the Nebraska Department of Transportation by combining the state’s Department of Aeronautics (NDOA) and Department of Roads (NDOR). Under the new structure, Aeronautics will be a division of the Roads department’s existing hierarchy, with NDOR Director Kyle Schneweis serving as head of the new […]

May 1, 2017