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Roadbuilding

Report highlights top 100 Texas highway improvements needed

In a new report, The Road Improvement Program (TRIP) has identified the top 100 highway improvements needed in Texas for continual economic growth and improvement of quality of life for residents. The report, “Texas’ Most Critical Highway Projects to Support Economic Growth and Quality of Life,” points out the direct correlation of the building, expanding modernization […]

April 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

Nordik’s new MOVE blades follow road contours for cleaner snow plowing

Nordik Blades’ new MOVE blades are designed to move with the shape of the road when plowing, thereby cutting down on multiple plowing passes because of missed snow and ice. On display this week at the American Public Works Association North American Snow Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the company says the blades will provide exponential savings for […]

April 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ventrac demos new sidewalk salt drop spreader at APWA Snow Show

Ventrac’s new SA250 Drop Spreader has a wireless controller to provide control of salt and other de-icing material drop-rate and easy flow adjustments, features that have been optimized for the precision needs of winter sidewalk/pathway management. The U.S.-made spreader was on display and being demoed at the American Public Works Association’s 2015 North American Snow Conference […]

April 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Water main damaged by Big Bertha repair excavation could cost WSDOT $4 million

Four months after crews temporarily stopped excavation on a repair pit for the world’s largest tunnel-boring machine due to ground sinkage, Seattle officials have now identified a major repair needed on a water main damaged by the sinking. Back in December, excavation stopped on the repair pit through which Big Bertha’s massive cutterhead was recently lifted as officials suspected groundwater pumping […]

April 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio DOT to begin construction on $430 million Portsmouth Bypass this summer

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will begin work on its largest project to date—a roughly $430 million 16-mile bypass around Portsmouth—this summer with assistance from a potential $209.3 million loan from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). The project is also ODOT’s first public-private partnership (P3) via a new rule in the state that […]

April 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

New Improve Detroit app allows residents to quickly file detailed infrastructure issue reports

The city of Detroit is turning its citizens into infrastructure watchdogs with the new Improve Detroit app. The app, available for both Android and iOS, can be used to report issues such as potholes and water main breaks directly to the city. “The new Improve Detroit app is like having City Hall on your phone,” said […]

April 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Pittsburgh plots 2015 paving projects on interactive map for public

The Pittsburgh Department of Public Works has launched an interactive website and map that shows all the city’s current and forecast paving projects for the entire 2015 paving season, which will cover roughly 44 miles. This is the first time the city has made its plan for paving projects available to the public. The map offers […]

April 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker killed in work zone backover accident in Pennsylvania

A construction worker installing guardrail along a Pennsylvania highway was killed last week when a vehicle or piece of equipment backed over him. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 43-year-old Legrant Blackwell was in the blind spot of an unidentified “construction vehicle” inside a work zone on Route 22 in Washington County. The vehicle […]

April 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

U.S. 41 in eastern Wisconsin becomes Interstate 41

A portion of U.S. Highway 41 that runs from just south of the Wisconsin/Illinois border to Green Bay has officially been designated Interstate 41. Roughly 3,000 I-41 signs will be added to the highway through November 2015 to signify the change. “The Interstate designation is the culmination of years of hard work by federal, state, […]

April 13, 2015

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT to pay fine, implement statewide compliance program to settle stormwater violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will pay a $750,000 fine and enact a compliance program as part of a consent decree to settle alleged Clean Water Act violations connected to two road building projects. In 2010 and 2011 officials with EPA’s Region 7 inspected construction sites at […]

April 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Potholes plague Oklahoma highways, patching material use up drastically

Like many states across the country, Oklahoma’s highways were covered with potholes as a result of heavy rain and snow coupled with freezes and thaws throughout the winter and into early spring. As a result, Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) expenditures for patches increased dramatically. The department reports that in a 12-day period after the […]

April 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Pennsylvania DOT accepting unsolicited proposals for P3 transportation projects

Contractors have until April 30 to submit unsolicited proposals for transportation projects to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Office of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) (www.P3forPA.com). This is the first of two unsolicited proposal periods for 2015. Infrastructure and PennDOT-owned projects are the primary focus for this open period, but proposals for “non-PennDOT-owned assets” also can […]

April 10, 2015