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FHWA proposes emissions measurements to gauge success of transportation projects

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would measure the success of transportation projects based upon greenhouse gas and other air emissions. According to an announcement from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), under the proposal, states would be required to monitor, report, and set targets for improving performance by measuring […]

April 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Safety management plans available for 2 USDOT Connected Vehicle Pilot sites

The safety management plans for the Wyoming and Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot deployment sites under the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) are now available online. The Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment program “seeks to combine connected vehicle and mobile device technologies in innovative and cost-effective ways” with the […]

April 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

American Concrete Institute names new officers, board members at Concrete Convention

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) introduced two new officers and four board members for 2016-2017 during the recent Concrete Convention and Exposition in Milwaukee. The new president is Michael J. Schneider, senior vice president and chief people officer at Baker Concrete Construction in Monroe, Ohio. He was named a Fellow of ACI in 2006 and […]

April 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nebraska DOR adds members to County Bridge Match program working group

The Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) recently announced members of the County Bridge Match Program (CBMP) working group. The recently signed Transportation Innovation Act (TIA) created the group, which is tasked with defining criteria and guidelines for the program. The CBMP is one of three programs the TIA established, and is authorized to have up […]

April 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Licking County, Ohio, pledges $4.3 million to repairing 35 bridges in 2016

Deteriorating bridges and culverts have forced the closure of five county roads in Licking County, Ohio, the Newark Advocate reports. Licking County Engineer Bill Lozier has a goal to fix 35 bridges in the county this year, which will require the closure of about five county roads during the construction season. The cost of the 2016 bridge program […]

April 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT will replace structurally deficient bridges with slide-in construction

In 2014, data from the Federal Highway Administration ranked Rhode Island as the worst of the 50 states for structurally deficient bridges. With so many of its bridges needing to be rebuilt, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is planning to use a faster method for reconstruction. WPRI.com reports that reconstruction will begin with the McCormick Quarry Bridge in East Providence, which […]

April 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

BTS provides quarterly update to National Transportation Statistics reference guide

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released the second quarterly update of 2016 for the web-only National Transportation Statics report. The update provides new information on more than 40 of the 260 tables of transportation data the report supplies, including the transportation system, safety, the economy and energy and the environment. […]

April 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Ky. Transportation Cabinet names Patty Dunaway as state highway engineer

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has named Patty Dunaway as the new state highway engineer, marking the second time a woman has served in this capacity. The state highway engineer oversees the agency’s Department of Highways and its 12 highway districts and multiple offices and divisions. “Patty’s extensive career in engineering will help shape our […]

April 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway partners with Morton Arboretum to create ‘Urban Forest’

The Illinois Tollway is partnering with the Morton Arboretum in an effort to expand tree canopy coverage by the tollway system. To recognize this, the agency will give away 15,000 tree seedlings at its Downers Grove headquarters and oases April 29, Arbor Day. The partnership will involve developing a landscape master plan for trees, shrubs […]

April 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bertha will soon begin digging below the viaduct its path will replace

The world’s largest tunneling machine will soon begin its dig beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, its first activity since mid-March. In January tunnel-boring machine Bertha broke through its repair wall following two years of down time only to be brought to a halt once again later that month at the order of Washington Gov. […]

April 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

S. Carolina DOT receives construction awards for recycled materials, perpetual pavement

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has received two construction awards, which include one for using recycled materials and another for long-lasting pavement work. Both were presented during the South Carolina Transportation Commission’s April meeting. The Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association (ARRA) gave SCDOT Secretary Christy A. Hall its Richard E. Lowell President’s Award, […]

April 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

FEMA approves grant to rebuild flood-damaged roads in the Rio Grande Valley

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a $3.3 million grant to help rebuild roads in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas that were damaged by flooding in May 2015. Roy Pena, who lives off of one of the damaged roads south of Mercedes, Texas, in Hidalgo County, says he is forced to swerve around pot […]

April 27, 2016