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California receives $293.1 million federal bonus for meeting transportation project deadlines

California will receive a $293.1 million transportation funding bonus for meeting its 2016 fiscal year deadlines for federally funded projects. The money will be split between the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and local agencies. The bonus money comes from a pool created from federal transportation funds states do not spend before federal deadlines. The […]

September 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

Second phase of USDOT’s Connected Vehicle Pilot Program begins

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) has announced that the second phase of the Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilot Deployment Program is set to begin its 20-month cycle. The Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment program “seeks to combine connected vehicle and mobile device technologies in innovative and cost-effective ways” with […]

September 6, 2016

Roadbuilding

First Caltrans District 7 employee death on the job in 11 years as worker is struck on freeway near LA

California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 7 employee Jorge Lopez, 57, was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer September 1 while working on the Antelope Valley Freeway in Acton at Crown Valley Road. Lopez, an electrician and 16-year Caltrans veteran, is the first District 7 agency employee to be killed on the job since 2005. […]

September 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

New York’s Hylan Boulevard Bridge completed four months ahead of schedule

The southbound portion of New York’s Hylan Boulevard Bridge over the Staten Island Expressway has been completed four months ahead of schedule and is open to traffic. “Investing in our transportation network is essential to building a strong economy and ensuring safe and reliable travel for New Yorkers,” N.Y. Governor Andrews Cuomo says. “Millions of commuters and […]

September 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Minnesota DOT seeks comments on 3 statewide transportation plans

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has released three transportation plans and is looking for public comments on each. These plans include: 20-Year Minnesota State Highway Investment Plan (MnSHIP) This was updated most recently in 2013. “MnSHIP directs capital investment for Minnesota’s 12,000-mile state highway system over the next 20 years,” MDOT says. “It is […]

September 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Belmont County (Ohio) bridge engineer receives historic bridge preservation award

During the Ohio Bridge Conference August 17-18 in Columbus, Belmont County Engineer Fred Bennett received a statewide historic bridge preservation award for his work preserving historic landmarks in the area, The Times Leader reports. The award was sponsored by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), the Ohio Historical Society, the County Engineer’s Association, and the National Road […]

September 5, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT marks 25 years of contractor-agency partnering program success

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is celebrating 25 years of partnering with contractors, municipalities and other agencies to deliver projects on time and with few conflicts. “Partnering is another way ADOT shows its commitment to continuous improvement,” ADOT director John Halikowski says. “Through partnering, we constantly get and give feedback. This helps us improve […]

September 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

AASHTO names 2 DOT veterans to research committee

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President Paul Trombino, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, has named two state departments of transportation (DOT) veterans to its Standing Committee on Research (SCOR). The SCOR supports the association and the transportation community by “delivering strategic, high-quality research results while addressing development, technology […]

September 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

DOTs begin annual limitations on construction, lane closures for Labor Day weekend traffic

Many state departments of transportation (DOT) will suspend work on bridge and road projects, or at least limit lane closures, throughout their respective states this Labor Day weekend to provide motorists a traffic congestion respite and to reduce potential work zone incidents. AAA has stopped releasing forecasts for traffic volume for this holiday weekend, as […]

September 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Erie County (NY) wraps up 2016 program to patch and resurface rural roads

Erie County, New York, recently wrapped up its 2016 rural road repair program, consisting of patching and resurfacing 172 miles of gravel roads in Aurora, Clarence, East Concord, and Hamburg, The Buffalo News reports. County crews used more than 12,000 tons of patch to repair potholes, and then covered the road surface with an oil and chip process that used […]

September 2, 2016

Roadbuilding

Eight state DOT projects receive federal grants to explore alternative Highway Trust Fund revenue

The Federal Highway Administration announced eight projects that have been awarded a combined $14.2 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to investigate “alternative revenue mechanisms” as means of sustaining the Highway Trust Fund. Last year’s Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act established the STSFA. The program is designed to fund projects that […]

September 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT creates small business help center for contract qualification

The Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) State Supported Funding Program (SSFP) has created a Business Resource Help Center to help eligible disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), small and veteran-owned businesses with opportunities funded by the Transportation Funding Act (TFA). The center aims to provide training, consulting services, targeted “matchmaking”, one-on-one assistance, meeting space and computer access […]

September 1, 2016