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Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway approves roughly $1 billion 2017 budget for capital, maintenance, operations

The Illinois Tollway board of directors has approved its 2017 budget, allocating $961.3 million for capital programs, with the majority set aside for Move Illinois projects. This includes $374.5 million for construction on the new Illinois Route 390 Tollway and planning for the new Interstate 490 Tollway for the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. Another […]

December 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Newport News (Va.) receives $3.6 million in state, federal funding for transportation projects

Newport News recently received $3.6 million in state and federal funding for five different transportation-related projects, the Daily Press reports. Projects include a bridge replacement at Lake Maury, traffic signal improvements, a sidewalk/crosswalk/lighting project for Washington Ave. and work at the Warwick Boulevard/Harpersville Road intersection. The $1.24 million grant for the bridge replacement project, which is scheduled to […]

December 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

NCDOT second annual customer survey ends Dec. 31

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is requesting state citizens complete its second annual online customer survey by Dec. 31. “The N.C. General Assembly requires the survey to gauge how the transportation department is providing great customer service,” NCDOT reports. “Participation can help NCDOT identify ways to make North Carolina transportation services safer, more […]

December 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Vermont Governor-elect appoints Joe Flynn as Secretary of Transportation

Vermont Governor-elect Phil Scott has appointed Joe Flynn as Secretary of Transportation with oversight of the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). Flynn currently serves as deputy commissioner of the state’s Department of Public Safety, an agency he has been with since 2012. Previously, he worked for two years as a director within VTrans, which included […]

December 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Half of century-old Conn. bridge will open to two-lane traffic while other half is rebuilt

Two-lane traffic is expected to resume on the East Center Street bridge over Wharton Brook in Connecticut by the end of December 2016. Myrecordjournal.com reports that crews are replacing one half of the bridge at a time, so traffic is restricted to one lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays. By the end of […]

December 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

TxDOT, GEICO launch Safe Phone Zones with WiFi at rest areas, travel info centers

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has launched Safe Phone Zones providing free WiFi at Safety Rest Areas and Travel Information Centers across the state. The Safe Phone Zones are sponsored by GEICO and are part of the agency’s Sponsor Acknowledgement Program, which is a trade-off program used to fund driver benefits in exchange for […]

December 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

MoDOT renames youth leadership program TRACTION

The Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) Highway Safety Division has renamed its Youth Traffic Safety Leadership Training program to Teens Taking Action to Prevent Traffic Crashes—or TRACTION. The program was previously branded as TEAM SPIRIT. “The program has been in existence for over 20 years. It will have a new look, but the traffic safety […]

December 26, 2016

Construction Equipment

The heavy equipment behind moving and erecting the 2016 Capitol Christmas tree

An 80-foot Englemann spruce Christmas tree is the latest “People’s Tree”. Now adorned with thousands of lights and some 6,000 ornaments made by children in Idaho, the tree made a 4,000-mile, three-week journey from the Payette National Forest in Idaho to the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) lit […]

December 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bridge replacement time-lapse covers demolition, gives great view of deck placement

The video below shows time-lapse footage of the demolition and reconstruction of the 140-year-old Station Road Bridge in Hucknall, Nottingham, England, which passes over a railway. The project was done as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan. The especially interesting thing about this video is the view from the piece of equipment used to move the […]

December 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia DOT names McGhee director of state’s Transportation Research Council

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has named Catherine C. McGhee as the new director of its Virginia Transportation Research Council (VTRC). “From driverless vehicles to roadway paving materials to bridges, the Virginia Transportation Research Council is committed to conducting research in order to find innovative solutions to transportation issues in Virginia and beyond,” says […]

December 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Florida DOT, FHWA environmental review agreement to save time and money

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) have signed an environmental review agreement that assigns FHWA’s responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for federally funded highway projects to FDOT. The environmental review process for these projects takes longer to complete than on state funded projects. FDOT says it […]

December 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

ACPA honors Pitcock with 2016 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Award

The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has presented its 2016 Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Award to James D. Pitcock Jr., owner, chairman and CEO of Williams Brothers Construction Company. ACPA presents the award annually to individuals or organizations for “unparalleled, long-term commitment, dedication, participation, and leadership in the concrete pavement community.” “It is a privilege that our association […]

December 22, 2016