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Roadbuilding

Full House Appropriations Committee OKs FY2017 THUD funding bill

The full House Appropriations Committee has approved on a voice vote the fiscal year 2017 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) funding bill, sending it on to vote by the full chamber. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would receive $19.2 billion in discretionary appropriations, a boost of $540 million compared to fiscal year 2016, […]

May 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

AAA: 70% of motorists concerned about road conditions

A recent AAA survey shows that nearly 70 percent of motorists are concerned about road conditions. The top concerns are too much traffic/congestion (48 percent) and unsafe roads and bridges (36 percent). “Bad roads and traffic gridlock can make summer travel unpleasant and costly for U.S. drivers,” Jill Ingrassia, AAA managing director of Government Relations & Traffic Safety Advocacy said […]

May 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA, state and local officials cut ribbon on San Bernardino’s Devore Interchange

Local and state officials, along with Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Deputy Administrator David Kim recent attended a ribbon cutting ceremony to official open the $325 million Devore Interchange in San Bernardino, California. Officials hope the project will relieve congestion and improve safety for the 160,000 vehicles that travel the junction of Interstate 15 and I-215 […]

May 26, 2016

Roadbuilding

Buyers SaltDogg MDS combines dump body with 4-season spreader

Buyers Products has introduced its new SaltDogg Municipal Dump Spreader (MDS) that combines a dump body with a four-season spreader to provide municipalities a product they can use year round. The product was on display at the American Public Works Association 2016 North American Snow Conference in Hartford, Connecticut. The MDS is constructed from 304 […]

May 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Henke intros larger Alaska Expressway ‘extreme’ snowplow designed for Dalton Highway

Henke introduced during the 2016 North American Snow Conference a larger version of its Alaska Expressway “extreme” snowplow, the EXP41-66BP, which the company says is engineered for the conditions of Alaska’s Dalton Highway. It features a 5-inch diameter Tube Table pushframe (1/2-inch thick wall) with a sliding left and provides an integral snow and rock […]

May 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT receives $9.8 billion in FASTLANE grant project applications

The U.S. Department of Transportation has received 212 applications valued at $9.8 billion for the Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies (FASTLANE) grant program. There is only $800 million available for the program for fiscal year 2016. The program was made possible by a provision in the FAST […]

May 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

WinterPave asphalt additive a built-in “anti-icer” for roads

Cargill Deicing Technology displayed the WinterPave asphalt anti-freeze product, which lowers the freezing temperature of water on a road surface, at the 2016 North American Snow Conference in Hartford, Connecticut. The company is the exclusive U.S. distributor for the product. Rather than a topical product broadcast on pavements, such as salt, WinterPave is added to […]

May 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Poor bridge ranking sparks Iowa group’s calls for more DOT funding

The advocacy group Progress Iowa says Iowans are driving on some of the worst bridges in the country, kcrg.com reports. The group is calling on state lawmakers to provide more funding to the Iowa Department of Transportation for bridge inspections, after the legislature cut nearly $5 million from this year’s DOT budget. “Iowa is now number one […]

May 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

MoDOT slides I-70 bridge into place over Garth Ave.

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) says the new Interstate 70 bridge at Garth Avenue is only the second bridge in Missouri to be slid into place from its nearby location, but more bridges at Range Line Street and Business Loop will be shifted into place this summer. Due to rain, the bridge slide was postponed from […]

May 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia transportation board awards $46.8 million in infrastructure improvement projects

The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) recently awarded four major infrastructure projects valued at $46.8 million. The projects are spread across the Fredericksburg, Hampton Roads, Lynchburg, Salem and Bristol districts of the Virginia Department of Transportation. Projects include: Interstate-95 Express Lanes extension in Stafford County/Fredricksburg District – $31.1 million design-build contract to Branch Highways of […]

May 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Florida road construction worker killed by sweeper truck

On Friday, May 13, a 69-year-old road construction worker was killed when he was run over by a sweeper truck on a job site on Florida 207 in Hastings, The Florida Times-Union reports. The Florida Highway Patrol identified the victim as Everett Leslie Rolfe of Holly Hill. According to the report, the sweeper truck was cleaning the left lane after it […]

May 24, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rutgers: New Jersey DOT total road cost is $183,757 per mile

A new study by Rutgers University’s Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center finds that the average costs of planning, construction, operation and maintenance of roadways maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is $183,757 per mile. The university conducted the study as part of a program aimed at the “aggregate costs” that are connected […]

May 23, 2016