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Judge rules Minnesota DOT, engineer are immune from wrongful death lawsuit

The Minnesota Department of Transportation and one of its engineers will be immune from a lawsuit filed over the death of a man who died in a 2012 crash, a judge ruled last week. According to KARE 11, 25-year-old former Minnesota State University football player Fred Statz was driving home from a banquet at a […]

August 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Supervisor with Georgia DOT accused of taking bribes for dumping dirt

A former supervisor with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has been charged with conspiracy and accepting bribes in allowing “unsuitable dirt” to be dumped on department property, according to a release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia, George H. Bell, 49, was indicted by a federal grand jury August 11. “This […]

August 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT seeks additional winter operations and maintenance workers

We may still be feeling the effects of summer heat but the Central District for the Missouri Department of Transportation is already looking ahead to its winter maintenance needs. The district is looking for seasonal workers to supplement its winter maintenance staff. “We staff our maintenance forces at a level that will allow us to […]

August 18, 2015

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT begins testing wrong-way detection devices in hopes of curbing freeway crashes

Following several crashes in following wrong-way drivers, Arizona is looking to crack down on the situation by installing new detection devices along highways. The Arizona Department of Transportation began testing the system at three locations on freeways around the Phoenix area, according to the Casa Grande Dispatch. It works with a series of radar and camera sensors […]

August 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA releases 2015 Transportation Officials and Engineers Database

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has recently made available its 2015 Transportation Officials and Engineers Database, including contact information for more than 6,000 transportation officials at the local, state and federal levels. The database costs $395 for ARTBA members and $495 for non-members and is available as an Excel spreadsheet complete with […]

August 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Study shows Portland highways are either at capacity or nearly there

Drivers in Oregon probably noticed their commute has been getting significantly more lengthy this year, and a new study found most drivers could already tell: highways in the state are way too crowded. The Oregonian reported the Oregon Department of Transportation conducted a study over the past week which found most of the state’s highways are either at […]

August 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT wants comments on public involvement section of MI Transportation Plan

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is seeking public comments on the public involvement part of the state’s long-range transportation plan (SLRP). Comments on the MI Transportation Plan (MITP) are due September 30. “This policy document identifies overarching goals and objectives for Michigan’s transportation program and sets the priority by which prospective projects are approved,” […]

August 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Georgia construction company files for bankruptcy, leaving road projects incomplete

A Georgia county is looking at a few incomplete road projects that were already paid for after an Augusta construction company filed for bankruptcy. According to the Augusta Chronicle, Mabus Brothers Construction filed for the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy on May 2 while there still a few incomplete or shoddily done projects under contract with Columbia […]

August 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT appoints Van Port Fleet deputy director and COO

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has named Mark Van Port Fleet as the department’s new deputy director and chief operations officer. He brings to the position more than 35 of years of experience with MDOT, most recently as deputy chief engineer/director of the Bureau of Development. Van Port Fleet is described as a “very […]

August 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

NCDOT worker saves the life of a man who was drowning after crashing into a pond

A North Carolina Department of Transportation worker took a break from his road paving project on Monday to save a life. You know, all in a days work for a DOT worker. According to WNCN, Jay Mozingo was working on the paving project in Vance County when he heard the squeal of tires and saw a […]

August 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Tennessee state senator wants $280 million repaid into state’s highway fund

Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville), Tennessee Senate Transportation Committee chairman, is seeking $280 million in repayment for funds “raided” from the highway fund and used in other agencies between 2001 and 2007. Tracy plans to submit in January a budget appropriation amendment requiring repayment of the funds over a two-year period. A breakdown of the funds requested redistributed […]

August 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Indiana county buys its own asphalt plant equipment from federal surplus sale

Daviess County in the southwestern portion of Indiana recently purchased its own asphalt plant through a federal surplus equipment sale, landing the equipment for $500 and spending $11,000 to relocate it, according to a report by the Washington Times Herald. Daviess County Highway Superintendent Phil Cornelius found it on a whim. “I was working late […]

August 13, 2015