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DOJ, Rhode Island DOT negotiating consent decree over highway runoff environmental damage

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is negotiating consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over damage to the environment from highway runoff across the state, according to a report by Rhode Island Public Radio. At issue is inadequate monitoring of runoff from the state highways. “We’re under a negotiation right now, […]

October 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

PennDOT accepting applications for transportation project funding

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced it’s accepting applications for $40 million in grants available for transportation projects next fiscal year. PennDOT announced that it will begin taking proposals for projects through December 18 under the state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, which was created in 2013 with the state’s Act 89 transportation funding plan. “The fund allows us […]

October 2, 2015

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New Jersey DOT commissioner accused of ethics violations

The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation has been accused of violating ethics laws last year when he failed to recuse himself from a meeting with a company he lobbied for just a month prior. According to NorthJersey.com, two former State Ethics Commission chiefs said Jamie Fox committed ethics violations by sitting in on […]

October 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT Director Paul Trombino III elected AASHTO president

Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) Director Paul Trombino III has been elected president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). “I’ve spent more than two decades in transportation and this ranks at the top of my list of extraordinary moments and I approach it with great humility,” Trombino said. “I am […]

October 1, 2015

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House Majority leader pledges to pass a long-term highway bill

The favorite to replace John Boehner (R-Ohio) as the Speaker of the House has gone on record vowing to pass a six-year highway bill before the October 31 deadline. The Hill reported that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California) said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that if he were elected to the Speaker position once Boehner […]

October 1, 2015

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Build America Transportation Investment Center offers access to federal transportation knowledge

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has unveiled its Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC) to serve as a centralized source for municipalities and states seeking federal transportation knowledge, applications for transportation credit programs and methods for accessing private capital for public-private partnerships. President Obama established BATIC in 2014 as part of his Build America Investment […]

October 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Indiana DOT accuses contractor of “material deficiencies” in highway project, asks for replacement or $5.1 million lump sum

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has accused a Fort Wayne contractor of “material deficiencies” in a highway project completed in 2012 that has led to the road “deteriorating at an alarming rate”. In a letter from INDOT Deputy Commissioner Robert Fuller dated September 25, INDOT asked Brooks Construction to either replace the pavement in […]

September 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

Mississippi DOT is investigating a possible beer run in one of its vehicles

A Facebook user in Mississippi caught the eye of the state’s Department of Transportation after posting pictures that appear to show three women loading up an MDOT law enforcement vehicle with beer. According to The Clarion-Ledger, MDOT has launched an investigation to determine if there was a misuse of state property following the photos making the rounds on […]

September 30, 2015

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Minnesota DOT installing Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems at 54 intersections

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is updating 54 rural intersections with intelligent transportation systems to improve intersection safety. MnDOT is adding Rural Intersection Conflict Warning Systems (RICWS) at locations identified as high risk using variables including visibility, nearby commercial development, nearby railroad tracks, traffic volume, crash history and distance from a previous stop sign. […]

September 30, 2015

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Four contractors compete for $1.1 billion I-285/GA 400 interchange project in Atlanta

Georgia is set to spend more money than it’s ever spent on a road project to redesign and reconstruct the Interstate 285/GA 400 interchange for $1.1 billion, but first, the state has to decide who’s going to the work. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports four teams of contractors have submitted their proposals to take on the $1.1 billion project. […]

September 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS > Big Bertha gets her head together: How to repair the world’s largest tunnel machine

With the final repairs having been made earlier this summer and Big Bertha finally picked back together underground, Washington State Department of Transportation and Seattle Tunnel Partners crews are hopeful that their 18-month nightmare is nearing a close. Now two years behind schedule, the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine is pegged for a return to digging in […]

September 29, 2015

Roadbuilding

Music to your gears: Artist uses New York traffic to create musical notes

An artist from Brazil has turned cars driving down a New York highway into a musical notes to compose a song that follows the flow of traffic. For his latest musical arrangement, titled “Cars on the Lanes,” Jarbas Agnelli used a video of one section of a New York City freeway, and assigned musical notes to cars […]

September 29, 2015