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Roadbuilding

Caltrans launches 9-month Road Charge Pilot Program

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has launched its Road Charge Pilot Program, a nine-month study using volunteers to gauge the effectiveness of a pay-by-mile system of collecting fees to help pay for transportation infrastructure projects. Motorists who have volunteered for the test won’t actually pay a fee, but will instead make simulated payments on […]

July 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

Roadtec president Jeffery Lee Richmond Sr. passes away at age 60

Jeffery Lee Richmond Sr., president of Roadtec Inc., a subsidiary of Astec Industries Inc., passed away June 30 while on a family vacation in Charleston, South Carolina. He was 60. Richmond had served with Roadtec since 1996, holding the positions of sales manager, vice president of sales and marketing and vice president and general manager […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

One worker dead, one injured after truck hits arm of lift at bridge work site

On July 1, two men who were working on the Fauntleroy Expressway Bearing Pad Replacement Project under the West Seattle Bridge were injured when a box truck traveling on a bridge off-ramp hit the arm of the lift in which they were working, KIRO 7 reports. Both men were knocked out of the lift basket by the impact. One man, who was wearing […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

San Bernardino awards contract to KEC Engineering for Garnet Street Bridge replacement

On June 28, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors awarded a $4,053,725.50 contract to KEC Engineering of Corona for the construction of the Garnet Street Bridge on Mill Creek in Mentone, Highland Community News reports. The bridge project consists of removing the existing steel truss bridge and constructing a new bridge on a two-span, cast-in-place, pre-stressed […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway Project gets $165 million FASTLANE grant

Virginia’s Atlantic Gateway, an Interstate 95 and rail expansion project, has received a FASTLANE program from the U.S. Department of Transportation for $165 million. The state’s grant request had originally been for $200 million. Total resources for the project now come to $1.4 billion, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), including the grant, […]

July 7, 2016

Roadbuilding

New Jersey compiles Transportation Trust Fund projects shut down over legislative impasse

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and New Jersey Transit have compiled their respective lists of Transportation Trust Fund projects “subject to an orderly shutdown” from Gov. Chris Christie’s executive order to stop work on projects in reaction to a gas tax legislative impasse. The list of the NJDOT projects (43-page document) is available […]

July 6, 2016

Safety

Labor Dept. hikes penalty amounts for OSHA and MSHA violations

In November 2015, Congress enacted the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act to adjust civil monetary penalties for inflation and maintain their deterrent effect. EHS Today reports that the law directs federal agencies to adjust penalties for inflation each year, and requires agencies to publish “catch up” rules this summer to make up for lost […]

July 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont DOTs launch New England Compass traveler system

The state transportation agencies for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont have launched New England Compass, a regional Advanced Traveler Information System to provide motorists in the area with road conditions and travel details. “This is a big step forward,” says New Hampshire Department of Transportation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan. “This new system combines the latest […]

July 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana, Kentucky governors sign start of I-69 Ohio River Crossing Project

The governors of Indiana and Kentucky have signed a Memorandum of Agreement launching the Interstate 69 Ohio River Crossing Project and have committed $17 million together in their capital plans for the project. “As the Crossroads of America, we know that roads mean jobs here in the Hoosier state,” says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. “The […]

July 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT celebrates 20 years of NaviGAtor 511 and Transportation Management Center

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is marking 20 years of both its NaviGAtor 511 program and Transportation Management Center, both of which were instituted prior to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games to help it handle the expected influx of roughly 2 million visitors. Both programs have operated 24 hours a day, seven days a […]

July 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Alabama DOT partners with Waze Connected Citizens Program

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has joined the Connected Citizens Program of crowdsourced navigation app Waze to provide real-time traffic details from across the state. ALDOT joins multiple state DOTs in sharing data with Waze, including Massachusetts,  Louisiana,California, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. ALDOT is the first entity in the state to join the program. “Waze […]

July 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT bridge nesting boxes a haven for endangered peregrine falcon chicks

Bridges serve as a way for vehicles to get from one place to another, but some also provide nesting sites for endangered bird species. Such is the case in Michigan, where MLive reports that seven peregrine falcon chicks were born this spring on top of two Upper Peninsula bridges—the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and […]

July 5, 2016