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Roadbuilding

FHWA distributes $5 billion more in federal-aid highway funding authority to state DOTs

The Federal Highway Administration has issued its latest “obligation limitation” notice to state departments of transportation, allowing them access to an additional $5 billion in project funding authority for federal-aid highway programs, according to the the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO). This allows state DOTs to use the prorated portion of their authorized funds […]

April 2, 2018

Roadbuilding

Mass. officials approve $205 million North Washington Street Bridge replacement project

The 100-year-old North Washington Street Bridge that spans Charles River between Charlestown and Boston’s North End is set to get a facelift. Massachusetts officials have approved a $205 million project to replace the rusty truss bridge, the The Boston Globe reports, launching a grueling five-year period of lane closures and construction that will ultimately install […]

March 30, 2018

Roadbuilding

Five Cabinet members push infrastructure before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

The Trump administration sent five Cabinet secretaries — Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Energy Secretary Rick Perry — to a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on March 13 to talk up its infrastructure proposals, but they didn’t seem to be enough to get […]

March 28, 2018

Roadbuilding

Hales Sand & Gravel wins 2 NAPA ‘Quality’ paving awards

Hales Sand & Gravel, a Staker Parson company, won two National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) Quality in Construction Awards for asphalt pavement. One award was for working safely in rough weather to successfully produce a smooth, high quality pavement using cold-in-place recycling on U.S. 50 in Millard County, Utah. The company also won an award […]

March 28, 2018

Roadbuilding

NCAT conference discussing asphalt pavement design, construction, technologies and maintenance

In Alabama, the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University is hosting a major conference where experts share their knowledge of research on asphalt technology. Held every three years, the Test Track conference is a forum to present research findings from the previous cycle of accelerated pavement testing. During the two-and-a-half day program […]

March 27, 2018

Roadbuilding

Offering new way to relieve congestion on I-95, Conn. governor warns of consequences for failing to act

Amid a debate over funding needed for highway projects, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Transportation (CTDOT) Commissioner James P. Redeker have outlined the consequences of failing to act on much-needed improvements for congested Interstate 95. To that end, they’ve now released the findings of a study on the impact of widening and improving […]

March 26, 2018

Roadbuilding

New Autobahn-tested bridge ‘transition zones’ could replace expansion joints

Expansion joints are an important part of bridges that prevent the pavement from cracking when it expands in hot weather and contracts in cold weather, but they require a lot of maintenance. However, Daily Commercial News reports that researchers at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have developed a system that features a transition zone a […]

March 23, 2018

Roadbuilding

Pittsburgh shifts money to streets after harsh winter causes abundance of potholes

The Pittsburgh City Council agreed to shift more than $720,000 to the streets budget as a result of the 3,700 reported potholes caused by the freeze-thaw cycles this winter, bringing the city’s resurfacing budget to nearly $16.8 million. The funds will repave approximately 67 miles, according to estimates from chief operations officer Guy Costa, with […]

March 23, 2018

Roadbuilding

NTSB confirms workers were adjusting tension rods when Miami bridge collapsed

The National Transportation Safety Board, continuing its probe into the deadly pedestrian bridge collapse in Miami, says its investigative team has confirmed that workers were adjusting tension on the two tensioning rods located in the diagonal member at the north end of the span when the bridge collapsed. That confirmation is key in the inquiry […]

March 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: Hales Sand & Gravel receives UAPA award for SR-99 paving project

Staker Parson announced that its Hales Sand & Gravel operation received the Utah Asphalt Pavement Association‘s (UAPA) Large Project of the Year Award for the SR-99 Fillmore Main Street project in Millard County. The SR-99 Fillmore Main Street project corrected a drainage problem on the roadway with the installation of a new storm drain system, […]

March 22, 2018

Roadbuilding

National Center for Asphalt Technology strengthens team to help industry maintain U.S. infrastructure

The National Center for Asphalt Technology, or NCAT, at Auburn University in Alabama is strengthening its team through several staff promotions and a hiring to enhance its research, training and technical services capabilities. The staff changes will help the center in its goal to provide practical research and development to meet the needs of maintaining […]

March 21, 2018

Roadbuilding

Proposal to bring back tolls in Conn. fuels debate amid funding shortfall for highway projects

With Connecticut poised to delay major highway projects due to a funding shortfall, lawmakers grilled the state transportation commissioner at a public hearing this week on a proposal to bring back tolls to Connecticut roads, a local television station reports. Questions about where the tolls would go, how much revenue they would generate and […]

March 20, 2018