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Roadbuilding

First concrete pour made for deck of Ohio River Bridges Project Downtown Crossing

Walsh Construction crews have made the first concrete pour on the bridge deck of the Ohio River Bridges Project Downtown Crossing on the Indiana approach side of the river. The bridge will connect downtown Louisville and Jeffersonville, Indiana, and could be completed as early as January 2016. This pour is the first of nine total […]

May 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Senate to begin work on long-term highway bill, but not until current funding has expired

The Senate will hold a hearing on a new long-term transportation bill, but it’s not going to be on the agenda until after the impending expiration of the Highway Trust Fund. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) and Barbara Boxer (D-California) announced Wednesday that the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee would mark-up a bipartisan, six-year surface […]

May 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Lack of federal highway funding solution puts 131 Arkansas projects in jeopardy

More than 100 Arkansas road and bridge construction projects could be in jeopardy if Congress doesn’t extend federal transportation funding. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported 131 federally funded projects totaling $1.5 billion would be halted indefinitely if lawmakers don’t pass an extension to the Highway Trust Fund or new infrastructure funding. Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department director Scott […]

May 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT plans $3.2 billion in highway projects through FY 2020

The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) proposes $3.2 billion in highway right of way and construction projects in its draft fiscal Year 2016-2020 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program presented to the Iowa Transportation Commission (ITC). The ITC will meet June 9 in Council Bluffs to consider approving the program plan. The public can post comments on it […]

May 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Build USA Act would create American Infrastructure Bank for transportation funding

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) has introduced the Build USA Act, a bill aimed at creating an American Infrastructure Bank (AIB) to provide methods for funding transportation projects for states. Fischer, who is chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, was involved in similar legislation when she was […]

May 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Foxx: USDOT will need its own LeBron James to secure a fix for highway funding

America may have cast aside monarchy long ago, but maybe only a king would be able to take on transportation funding. Well, a king on the court, that is. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Congress needs someone like NBA all-star LeBron James to step up before the Highway Trust Fund expires at the end of […]

May 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

California DOT: State needs $5.7 billion more each year to maintain roads

California’s budget falls short on road funding to the tune of about $5.7 billion each year, according to the state’s Department of Transportation. A Caltrans report said the department needs $8 billion annually over the next 10 years to pay for the management and improvement goals set for the state’s infrastructure. But the state only […]

May 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Report finds voting for, or against, gas tax increases has little impact on state legislator re-election

An analysis by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) shows members of neither the Republican or Democratic parties have been negatively impacted politically after voting for a gas tax increase used for funding transportation projects. ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC) reviewed voting patterns of legislators in seven states during the last election cycle […]

May 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Board rules WSDOT should have given contractor more warning about pipe struck by Big Bertha before stall

In regard to the drilling of the new State Route 99 tunnel below Seattle, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has few friends left. There remains disagreement between the department and the city of Seattle over who will pay to repair a water main damaged during the excavation of a repair pit for Big Bertha, […]

May 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Nadeau nominated for administrator of Federal Highway Administration

President Barack Obama has nominated transportation veteran Greg G. Nadeau for the administrator position of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Nadeau would replace Victor Mendez, who has been serving as DOT deputy secretary since July of last year. Nadeau has served as the deputy administrator for FHWA since 2009, and briefly was […]

May 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Texas DOT blames AT&T line changes for 58 road project delays

It’s not the type of traffic AT&T is used to, but the Texas Department of Transportation said the company has delayed 58 road projects across the state. It’s not only costing Texans time, but KGBT-TV reported the delays could cost the TxDOT upwards of $26.5 million. TxDOT spokesperson Veronica Beyer said public utility companies like […]

May 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Obama administration kicks off Infrastructure Week funding push

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill scramble to extend transportation funding before the end of the month, a week of events is set to advocate for roadwork during Infrastructure Week. Vice President Joe Biden kicked off the week designed to raise awareness and increase the funding in transpiration on Monday in a webcast with U.S. Secretary of […]

May 12, 2015