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Roadbuilding

Caltrans workers clear Highway 299 after a landslide

A minor landslide earlier this month turned into a much larger problem in California after El Nino pounded northern California. The California Department of Transportation spent two days digging Highway 299 out from 1,500 cubic yards of debris that fell on the highway. For two days, the road was closed disrupting a connection between 130,000 people […]

February 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT announces $1.3 billion plan for projects to improve traffic congestion

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has released a $1.3 billion plan for accelerated transportation project completion aimed at improving traffic congestion across the state. The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) will need to approve the strategy. “The major metro areas of Texas – Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio – represent more than […]

February 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Ohio TRAC approves 7 new projects totaling $58.6 million

The Ohio Transportation Review Advisory Council has approved seven construction projects across the state. According to the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio TRAC voted to approve additional funding totaling $58.6 million. The following are the seven projects approved: Mahoning County: $6 million for construction of a new interchange at I-680 & SR 164. Jefferson County: $900,000 for […]

February 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

NAPA releases books on RAP and RAS best practices, high RAP Japanese pavements

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has released two books aimed at provided best management practices for using reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). Best Practices for RAP and RAS Management (Quality Improvement Publication 129) provides details on pavement milling, inventory management, processing, sampling and testing of RAP and recycled asphalt shingles (RAS). Written by National Center […]

February 1, 2016

Roadbuilding

Bridge work the focus of Kentucky’s $6 billion proposed highway plan

Kentucky Gov. Matthew Bevin this week released his administration’s 2016 Recommended Highway Plan that details transportation projects and funding for fiscal years 2016-2022, representing $6 billion in “traditional revenues.” But one key takeaway from the plan was an effort to focus on bridge repairs by setting aside 15 percent of the available state highway funds […]

January 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Project engineer struck and killed by dump truck after just 2 days on the job

A 26-year-old project engineer in Texas was only on the job for two days before he was hit and killed by a dump truck Tuesday. KHOU reported that the man had recently started working with OHL Construction as an engineer. The man was walking back from lunch with some of his fellow engineers at about 12:30 p.m. […]

January 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Pink paver helps VT LeeBoy and Stephenson Equipment raise $100,000 for American Cancer Society

VT LeeBoy and equipment dealer Stephenson Equipment recently presented a $100,000 check to the American Cancer Society for it’s Relay for Life, an amount raised in part by the use of a pink LeeBoy paver. The pink paver, a modified 8515C, was the brainchild of LeeBoy Human Resources Generalist Tamara Helderman. She came up with […]

January 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

South Carolina proposes $725 million plan to widen Interstate 27

The South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to upgrade sections of Interstate 26, but it’s not going to be cheap. The department announced proposals for two new widening projects for the interstate—one located in Newberry, Lexington and Richland Counties and the other in Charleston County. The former is estimated to cost more than $241 million, while the […]

January 29, 2016

Roadbuilding

Watch Oregon DOT crews perform emergency 17-mile pothole fix on US 97

Oregon Department (ODOT) of Transportation crews were recently called out on an “all hands” assignment to patch potholes on a stretch of U.S. 97 near Chemult. ODOT District Manager Pat Creedican pulled in crews from four districts to help with the work that patched 17 miles of the highway. The agency reports that winter weather […]

January 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Blizzard road rage ends with man firing gun at Massachusetts snow plow driver

Just as last weekend’s the deadly winter storm was slamming the east coast, a snowplow driver in Massachusetts found himself in more immediate danger when an angry motorist who had been drinking pulled out a gun and opened fire. No one was injured in the incident, which the driver claims was instigated by the snowplow […]

January 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT pleased with initial iPad testing for inspections

Inspectors for the Texas Department of Transportation might soon have a new tool that could make their jobs a little easier. TxDOT has been testing out equipping each of the state’s roughly 1,100 inspectors with tablets loaded with software tailored for their work. According to the Houston Chronicle, the new tablets could help save time and money for the department […]

January 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Wisconsin DOT makes $108 million in transportation aid payments to local governments

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has made $108.18 million in payments to 1,924 local “units” of governments for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids and Expressway Policing Aids. General Transportation Aids programs received the bulk of the payments at $104.91 million. These funds are designed to help “defray the costs of constructing, maintaining and […]

January 28, 2016