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Roadbuilding

Delaware lawmakers propose a 10-cent hike on state’s gas tax

Delaware lawmakers want to raise the state’s gas tax by 10 cents in order to raise about $50 million per year for infrastructure improvements. According to The News Journal, state Reps. Sean Matthews (D-Talleyville) and Michael Mulrooney’s (D-Pennwood) proposal to raise the gas tax comes two years after Gov. Jack Markell unsuccessfully attempted the same in 2014. […]

February 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Thomas named deputy secretary of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

Gov. Matt Bevin has tapped Greg Thomas to be the new Deputy Secretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The state’s transportation department announced at the beginning of February that Thomas, who spent most of his years in the private sector, would step into the role. Thomas most recently worked for LG&E and KU Energy LLC in Louisville […]

February 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Iowa Concrete Paving Association, Iowa DOT honor top concrete pavements in the state for 2015

The Iowa Concrete Paving Association (ICPA) and the Iowa Department of Transportation honored the top concrete paving projects in the state during the association’s recent Annual Concrete Paving Workshop. The 2015 Concrete Paving Awards evaluate projects on “smoothness, quality control, general appearance and workmanship, contractor management, safety, and project complexity.” The winning projects, by category, […]

February 19, 2016

Roadbuilding

Gutting named Michigan DOT construction field services administrator

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has named Jason Gutting as the new administrator for its Construction Field Services (CFS) division. This division develops and distributes construction specifications, quality control and quality assurance programs, field consultation standards and training. It also administers the annual bridge and capital preventive maintenance programs that includes the statewide bridge […]

February 18, 2016

Construction Equipment

Riding along with an upstate New York snowplow: a life that “revolves around the weather”

Camillus Highway Department snowplow driver Gary Poppe never knows when the call will come to get out on the roads to clear the snow. He’s out in his snowplow so much fighting back the accumulation in the city, located in upstate New York, that he considers his plow his winter home. “Same with all the other […]

February 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

ARTBA offering scholarships to children of highway workers killed or disabled on the job

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation is once again offering scholarships to the children of highway workers who were killed or permanently injured while doing road work. ARTBA announced earlier this month it was seeking applications from qualified high school students for the 2016/2017 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program. The scholarship […]

February 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

NAPA Care fund raises $109,000 at annual meeting silent auction

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) raised $109,000 for the NAPA Care Emergency Benevolent Fund (NAPA Care) from a silent auction held during the group’s recent annual meeting in La Quinta, California. NAPA Care provides immediate funds ($5,000) to families of a NAPA member employee who suffered a fatality at a work zone or asphalt […]

February 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Boulders strike semi trucks as rockslide shuts down I-70 in Colorado

A boulder the size of a small car hit two semi-trucks on Interstate 70 in Colorado during a rockslide that shut down the highway. The Denver Post reported that the rockslide on Monday night in Glenwood Canyon didn’t injure anyone, but did divert traffic 146 miles east of the Utah Boarder after the Colorado Department of Transportation shut down […]

February 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts seeks $200 million for local transportation funds via Chapter 90 program

Gov. Charlie Baker has filed an act seeking $200 million for transportation infrastructure improvement projects at the local level via the Chapter 90 funds. “An Act Financing Improvements to Municipal Roads and Bridges,” also requests funding authorization for a small bridge program as well as an authorization request for the federal aid highway program. “We are […]

February 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

South Dakota DOT gets 99 applications for Bridge Improvement Grant funds

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) has received 99 applications for its Bridge Improvement Grant (BIG) funds system, a program the state created last year that makes $9 million available for bridge projects. SDDOT will forward their recommendations to the South Dakota Transportation Commission, which will then make a decision on the approved projects […]

February 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

Chicago snow plow driver shot at while clearing city streets

For the second time in less than a month, a snow plow driver was shot at while clearing streets. ABC 7 in Chicago reported that a Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department snow plow driver was driving through the West Side on Sunday afternoon when another driver in a dark SUV opened fire. The snow plow driver […]

February 17, 2016

Roadbuilding

Caltrans dismantles 504-foot long section of old Bay Bridge

The California Department of Transportation recently dismantled a massive chunk of the old Bay Bridge in Oakland. According to Caltrans, the department finished up a major project at the beginning of the month in its three-year demolition of the old Bay Bridge as it cut loose the 504-foot long, 2,500-ton steel truss and lowered it onto waiting […]

February 16, 2016