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FHWA gives 8 state DOTs $3 million in highway-related job training grants

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded eight state departments of transportation roughly $3 million in grants for highway-related job training through the Ladders of Opportunity Initiative On-The-Job Training/Supportive Service. States DOTs receiving grants include California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The grants support DOT training programs for highway contractors, apprentices and […]

June 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

Virginia board approves 6-year transportation project plan

Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) has approved the state’s six-year improvement program (SYIP) which will apply $14.4 billion for transportation projects for six fiscal years beginning July 1 this year. The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) says the SYIP will fund more than 3,200 projects including highways, bridges, rail, transit and bicycle/pedestrian paths. The program […]

June 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

DelDOT App update enhances advisories, issue reporting, bus stops, water levels

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) has updated its DelDOT App with enhanced notification features for both the iOS and Android versions. The app was first released in 2012 and last December was updated with a snowplow tracking feature. The latest version includes these updates and functions: Report an Issue: This new feature for the […]

June 16, 2016

Roadbuilding

MoDOT ready to move forward on Road to Tomorrow “smart” pilot projects

Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) engineer Tom Blair recently told the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) the department is ready to move forward on five pilot projects for its Road To Tomorrow initiative. MoDOT announced the initiative last year, in which it is turning Interstate 70 between Kansas City and St. Louis into a […]

June 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Louisiana governor creates transportation infrastructure investment task force

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has created the Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment to find consistent sources of funding for transportation projects. Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson will serve as co-chair of the group. “For years, the Transportation Trust Fund has been raided to pay for other priorities, leaving […]

June 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT awards 37 construction, maintenance projects valued at $82.7 million

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has awarded 37 construction and maintenance project contracts valued at $82.7 million for projects advertised for bids in May. More than half of the projects are for resurfacing and maintenance work, with a value of $48.4 million. The largest project, valued at $13.8 million is for work on a six-mile […]

June 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Grand Forks installs cameras to allow residents to keep up with road projects

Grand Forks has a new way for residents to keep up with local road construction projects. The city installed two cameras that allow staff and the public to see live action, still images, and time-lapse video of street projects as they progress, the Grand Forks Herald reports. City officials say the cameras not only boost transparency, but allow […]

June 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse chronicles first 5 years of Portland’s Sellwood Bridge construction

Since 2011, Multnomah County, Oregon, has been working to replace the Sellwood Bridge, a historic span in the Portland area that opened in 1925. The time-lapse video below chronicles the first five years of construction of the new Sellwood Bridge. The project replaces the 90-year-old, 300-foot span with a 1,976-foot steel arch design that is […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

NCPPP announces 2016 National Public-Private Partnership Awards

The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) has announced six winners of its 2016 National Public-Private Partnership Awards to be presented June 28 during the P3Connect 2016 conference in Chicago. Winning projects and the public and private partners by category include: Excellence in Individual Leadership Award John G. Picerne, founder and CEO, Corvias Group Infrastructure […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT awards $33.8 million I-15 widening project

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has awarded Las Vegas Paving a contract for improvements and widening of a 5-mile stretch of Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas. This section of roadways has 41,600 travel along it each day, but is expected to increase 71 percent in the next 15 years. NDOT estimates the project […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

AT&T partners with USDOT on Smart City Challenge with hardware and services pledge

AT&T is partnering with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on the agency’s Smart City Challenge with a pledge to provide the winning city with $1 million in hardware, products and/or services. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city into the first in the nation to fully integrate technologies, such as smart […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Girder collapses on crane during Arizona bridge construction, injures 2 workers

Two workers were injured when a 150-foot concrete and steel girder cracked and collapsed the morning of June 9, in Surprise, Arizona, azcentral.com reports. One worker fell about 40 feet and was airlifted to a trauma center in critical condition, Surprise Fire Department officials told the news agency. The second man, who was in a piece of heavy equipment when […]

June 13, 2016