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Roadbuilding

DOTs suspend construction amid high volume traffic Labor Day weekend

Several state departments of transportation are suspending work on many road and bridge projects throughout their state this Labor Day weekend to both alleviate traffic delays and cut down on potential accidents due to the expected heavy volume of traffic. AAA expects roughly 35.5 million people will travel more than 50 miles during the holiday […]

September 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio to begin displaying traffic fatality stats on highway message boards

A drive down a road in Ohio might be a bit more grim due to the new message on electronic traffic signs: the total number of traffic deaths during 2015. The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the state’s Department of Transportation have teamed up to try to get drivers to be safer on the highways, according […]

July 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRIP: Ohio’s roads and bridges face $11.6 billion shortfall for improvements

The Road Improvement Program’s (TRIP) recent analysis of Ohio’s transportation system finds the state will see an $11.6 billion shortfall in funding for improvements for roads, highways and bridges through 2017. The report indicates 24 percent of the major locally- and state-maintained urban roads are in poor condition, with 41 percent being in a mediocre or […]

June 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Dump truck collision sends semi crashing into excavator, kills 1 worker in Ohio work zone

A weekend work zone crash that began with the collision of a dump truck and tractor trailer in Ohio ended with the death of a construction worker. According to a report from the Dayton Daily News, a dump truck working on the Interstate 70 construction site near Englewood attempted to merge into eastbound traffic early Sunday morning […]

June 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT to begin construction on $430 million Portsmouth Bypass this summer

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin work on its largest project to date—a roughly $430 million 16-mile bypass around Portsmouth—this summer with assistance from a potential $209.3 million loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). The project is also ODOT’s first public-private partnership (P3) via a new rule in the state that […]

April 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio governor signs $5 billion transportation budget bill

Ohio Governor John Kasich signed H.B. 53, the state’s 2016-2017 Transportation Budget Bill, into law April 1, providing $5 billion for nearly 1,600 projects across the state. The bill provides $600 million for local government road and bridge projects, a new streamlined contracting process, and driver training reforms. Major projects that will be able to […]

April 3, 2015

Roadbuilding

ODOT seeks public comments on 2016-2019 transportation improvement plan

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is accepting comments from the public on its 2016-2019 Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP) through April 10. The STIP, which available for download here, is a four-year plan that includes details of the state’s federal- and state-funded transportation projects and is used as a guide by the Federal Highway […]

April 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT uses “work zone simulation room” to show drivers the dangers of road construction

Construction can be a dangerous job and when you throw in people in a hurry driving alongside you, it becomes exponentially more dangerous. Citing data saying 23 highway workers are killed each month in the U.S., the Ohio Department of Transportation invited the public to get a feel for just how dangerous road work can […]

April 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT launches construction season at Opportunity Corridor

The Ohio Department of Transportation began its construction season March 16 at the northern section of Opportunity Corridor that will connect Interstate 490 and University Circle near Cleveland, according to a report by the The Plain Dealer. New bonds totaling $1 billion from the Ohio Turnpike will fund the corridor. “It’s one of the most […]

March 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT approves $2.5 billion in construction projects

The Ohio Department of Transportation’s Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) has approved roughly $2.5 billion in transportation plan projects and associated jobs over the next 11 years, according a release from the department. The investment for projects in 2015 total $705.8 million. The projects are part of Gov. John Kasich’s “Jobs and Transportation Plan” that has […]

March 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

The 3 things needed right now to repair our nation’s bridges, according to 12 DOTs

The nation’s infrastructure system can be likened to an economic circulatory system – giving us freedom, opportunity and mobility—and this should not be taken for granted, said former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves during a recent infrastructure conference. “We should never undervalue the greatness and freedom our nation’s roads provide,” says Graves, now president and CEO […]

February 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Kokosing CEO admits demolition plan was flawed in deadly bridge collapse

The demolition plan for a bridge that crossed over Interstate 75 near Cincinnati was flawed and has been found to have contributed to the structure’s collapse which killed a worker last month. According to a report from the Cincinnati Enquirer, Brian Burgett, CEO of Kokosing Construction, the firm contracted by the Ohio Department of Transportation to […]

February 15, 2015