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Roadbuilding

New Jersey transportation project shutdown to cost 1,000+ jobs and up to $9 million per week

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) estimates the first week of the recent New Jersey transportation project shutdown could idle 1,700 workers and cost taxpayers $41 million. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered a shutdown of state Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) projects in reaction to a stalemate over legislation to raise the state’s […]

July 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

Alaska DOT testing differential speed limits to improve passing lanes on Seward Highway

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) is running a differential speed limit pilot program on five miles of Seward Highway in an effort to improve passing lane traffic. The left lane will remain at the normal speed limit of 65 miles per hour and the right lane’s speed limit will be reduced […]

July 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nebraska releases 2017 surface transportation program

The Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) has released its 2017 Surface Transportation Program publication, which provides details on plans for the state’s highway system. “Both asset management projects and capital improvement projects are vital to securing the future of our Nebraska roadways,” says NDOR Director Kyle Schneweis. “The projects selected for the program book are […]

July 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

AEM announces 5 winners in Infrastructure Vision 2050 ‘Dream Phase’

The Association of Equipment Manufactures (AEM) has announced five winners in the “Dream Phase” of the Infrastructure 2050 Challenge program that aims to bring forth “groundbreaking ideas and solutions” to address U.S. infrastructure challenges. The program was launched in January and offers $150,000 in prizes. The “Dream Phase” ($45,000 awarded) is the second of three […]

July 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

35 Conn. bridges to be re-examined after lead inspector arrested for falsifying reports

Thirty-five Connecticut bridges are scheduled to be re-examined by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) after the inspecting engineer, Akram Ahmad, was arrested in May on allegations that he falsified a bridge report in New York, myrecordjournal.com reports. Ahmad worked with a handful of contractors as team leader of those 35 inspections, including 13 with TranSystems of Meriden. […]

July 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT’s Cedar Rapids intermodal facility gets FASTLANE green light

The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) has been awarded $25.65 million from the FASTLANE grant program to build an intermodal transportation facility in Cedar Rapids. The total project cost is estimated at $46.5 million, and the remainder of the funds will come from the private sector led by Alliant Energy Transportation. “The facility directly […]

July 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

ITD director explains how GARVEE program transformed Idaho’s infrastructure for the better

Idaho’s Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) program recently wrapped up following a decade of investment in the state’s roads and bridges. Along the way, the GARVEE program transformed the state’s infrastructure in a way we haven’t seen since the interstate system was built through Idaho in the 1960s. President Eisenhower signed the Interstate bill into law […]

July 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Maine DOT awarded $7.7 million in FASTLANE grants for terminal

The Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) has received a $7.7 million FASTLANE grant to be used for the Maine Intermodal Port Productivity Project (MIPPP) in infrastructure improvements to the International Marine Terminal (IMT) in Portland. Officials estimate the MIPPP will cost $15.4 million and funds from the state and private sector will match the FASTLANE […]

July 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Ohio’s I-480 Valley View Bridge project to begin two years early

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has announced a rehabilitation project for the Interstate 480 Valley View Bridge of the Cuyahoga River Valley will begin two years earlier than previously planned, according to a report by Cleveland 19. The project had been projected to start in 2019, but due to improved transportation funding, Kasich says the project […]

July 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Flooding damage to West Va. roads at $47 million and rising

The West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) reports damage to roads in the state resulting from recent flooding has reached $46.86 million, affecting roads in 19 counties. The agency expects the damage total to rise as it surveys more areas. Heavy rains hit the state for several days beginning June 23, killing more than 20 people […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Louisiana awarded $60 million FASTLANE grant for I-10 pavement replacement

Louisiana has been awarded $60 million in a U.S. Department of Transportation FASTLANE grant to use toward adding lanes and replacing 15 miles of pavement on Interstate 10. The state had applied for $100 million for the project in a submission in April. Officials say the total project cost will exceed $300 million.   “We are […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

S. Carolina DOT slates 10 bridges for replacement

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has slated 10 substandard bridges on state roads in Pickens County to be replaced, thanks to the roads legislation adopted by the Legislature this year, Greenville Online reports. The new legislation will generate $950 million over the next 10 years to replace 400 deficient bridges statewide and will allow the agency […]

July 8, 2016