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Bertha delayed again; wonât restart drilling until late December
The Seattle Tunnel Partners have once again delayed the restart of drilling for the State Route 99 tunnel, with Bertha not expected to start work again until Dec. 23. The Washington State Department of Transportation announced the revised schedule Thursday and said the tunnel most likely would not open until April 2018. That puts the project two years and four [âŚ]
October 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Pennsylvania DOT to test real-time tracking of plow trucks this winter
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) plans to outfit 728 plow trucks this winter with an Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) system as part of a pilot program to âimprove location and operations informationâ of the trucks. The AVL system will help PennDOT track real-time movements of 516 plow trucks and 212 contracted rental trucks, their [âŚ]
October 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Washington, Oregon DOTs team up on electronic signs to display travel times between the two states
New traffic signs have gone up in Oregon and Washington to alert drivers to travel times to popular locations between the two states. The Washington State Department of Transportation said in a press release the joint effort between WSDOT and the Oregon Department of Transportation placed three signs in Oregon and four in Washington earlier [âŚ]
October 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Tennessee group says state needs $25.7 billion in transportation improvements
A public-private advisory consortium says in a new report Tennessee needs $25.7 billion in transportation infrastructure improvements by 2018, an increase of $4.2 billion or 19.5 percent over the groupâs previous yearly estimate. The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relationsâ (TACIR) annual report covers all infrastructure needs across the state, including transportation and utilities, education, [âŚ]
October 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
House transportation committee approves 6-year highway bill
The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved a six-year, $325 billion transportation bill. The committee announced it had unanimously approved the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 Thursday afternoon after it was introduced for markup earlier in the morning. But with an approaching October 29 deadline for the expiration of the [âŚ]
October 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Michigan DOT designates M-134 as first âPure Michigan Bywayâ
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has designated a 50-mile stretch of M-134 in the Upper Peninsula as the first Pure Michigan Byway. The program is a rebranding of the former Heritage Route Program and is a collaboration between MDOT and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC). The Heritage Route Program was established in 1993 [âŚ]
October 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Wisconsin DOT seeks release of $200 million in bonds for highway programs
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Gov. Scott Walker have asked the stateâs Joint Finance Committee to open up $200 million in general obligation bonding for the stateâs Major Highway Development and State Highway Rehabilitation programs. âWe urge the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) to approve this request to release the funds included in our most [âŚ]
October 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
South Carolina taps Christy Hall as new DOT Secretary
Christy Hall has been working as the Acting Secretary of the South Carolina Department of Transportation since July, but the state is ready to make it official. Gov. Nikki Haley announced that she had officially appointed Hall as the stateâs Secretary of Transportation, according to a SCDOT press release. Hallâs appointment is the culmination of over two decades with [âŚ]
October 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
New Jonathan Hulton Bridge over the Allegheny River opens to restricted traffic
The new Jonathan Hulton Bridge, which spans the Alleghany River in Oakmont, Pennsylvania, opened to limited traffic this week after a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Gov. Tom Wolf in attendance. The $65.7 million project began in September 2013 and is roughly 1,600 feet long, 69 feet wide and carries two 11-foot lanes of traffic in each [âŚ]
October 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Ohio DOT releases video featuring mother of road worker killed to raise awareness of âMove Overâ law
Mark Kiper had only been working his summer job as a seasonal employee at the Ohio Department of Transportation for two weeks when he was struck and killed by a vehicle. He was a high school valedictorian, college athlete and a deanâs list student, as his mother Joan explains in a new video from ODOT. She recalls that her son [âŚ]
October 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Washington agency fines 4 contractors for Bonney Lake bridge collapse that killed family
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (WL&I) has fined four contractors for safety hazards on an SR 410 overpass collapse in Bonney Lake in April that killed a couple and their 8-month-old son. The companies, which have 15 business days to appeal the fines, include: WHH Nisqually Federal Services, Tacoma, general contractor. The company [âŚ]
October 21, 2015
Roadbuilding
All 19 Democratic governors join together to urge Congress to act on a highway bill soon
Every single Democratic governor in the U.S. has joined together to send Congress a letter urging lawmakers to finally pass a long-term transportation bill. The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) said in a press release that the unanimous letterâthe first in years with full supportâcalled for Congress to do more than just pass a transportation patch. The [âŚ]
October 21, 2015
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