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Roadbuilding

Grand Forks installs cameras to allow residents to keep up with road projects

Grand Forks has a new way for residents to keep up with local road construction projects. The city installed two cameras that allow staff and the public to see live action, still images, and time-lapse video of street projects as they progress, the Grand Forks Herald reports. City officials say the cameras not only boost transparency, but allow […]

June 15, 2016

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse chronicles first 5 years of Portland’s Sellwood Bridge construction

Since 2011, Multnomah County, Oregon, has been working to replace the Sellwood Bridge, a historic span in the Portland area that opened in 1925. The time-lapse video below chronicles the first five years of construction of the new Sellwood Bridge. The project replaces the 90-year-old, 300-foot span with a 1,976-foot steel arch design that is […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

NCPPP announces 2016 National Public-Private Partnership Awards

The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) has announced six winners of its 2016 National Public-Private Partnership Awards to be presented June 28 during the P3Connect 2016 conference in Chicago. Winning projects and the public and private partners by category include: Excellence in Individual Leadership Award John G. Picerne, founder and CEO, Corvias Group Infrastructure […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT awards $33.8 million I-15 widening project

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has awarded Las Vegas Paving a contract for improvements and widening of a 5-mile stretch of Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas. This section of roadways has 41,600 travel along it each day, but is expected to increase 71 percent in the next 15 years. NDOT estimates the project […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

AT&T partners with USDOT on Smart City Challenge with hardware and services pledge

AT&T is partnering with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on the agency’s Smart City Challenge with a pledge to provide the winning city with $1 million in hardware, products and/or services. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city into the first in the nation to fully integrate technologies, such as smart […]

June 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Girder collapses on crane during Arizona bridge construction, injures 2 workers

Two workers were injured when a 150-foot concrete and steel girder cracked and collapsed the morning of June 9, in Surprise, Arizona, azcentral.com reports. One worker fell about 40 feet and was airlifted to a trauma center in critical condition, Surprise Fire Department officials told the news agency. The second man, who was in a piece of heavy equipment when […]

June 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

San Diego voters approve $4 billion plan to “rebuild” city’s infrastructure

San Diego voters have approved Proposition H, also known as Rebuild San Diego, an infrastructure plan that is estimated to dedicate at least $4 billion for streets, sidewalks, storm drains and city services over a 30-year period. Councilman Mark Kersey originally proposed the measure last December. Sixty-four percent of voters approved Proposition H, according to […]

June 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas create I-10 Corridor Coalition

A voluntary Interstate 10 Corridor Coalition, created by heads of the Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas departments of transportation, has been created to support and foster innovation development along the interstate that travels through the four states. “The efficient flow of commerce in Arizona drives our state’s economic vitality,” says Arizona DOT Director Halikowski, […]

June 13, 2016

Roadbuilding

NASTO honors 7 DOTs for excellence in transportation construction projects

The Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials (NASTO) recognized seven state departments of transportation (DOTs) as the first regional winners for the America’s Transportation Awards. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the AAA motor club and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsor the program, which honors the best transportation projects in the categories […]

June 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

Gov. Haley signs into law S. Carolina’s $2.2 billion highway funding bill

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has signed into law S. 1258, an infrastructure funding bill that allows the state to borrow $2.2 billion over 10 years to help fund highway projects for the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT). “SCDOT can now move forward with the planning and development of several projects and needed repairs […]

June 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina DOT’s US 70 Goldsboro Bypass officially opens

State officials, including Gov. Pat McCrory and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Sec. Nick Tennyson, recently celebrated the opening of the US 70 Goldsboro Bypass, a route designed to relive congestion and improve local access and safety on the roadway. “The Goldsboro Bypass is a great example of what we are working to accomplish throughout […]

June 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

Two bridges in Chippewa Falls, Wisc., undergo reconstruction

Two bridges in Chippewa Falls, Wisc.–the Veterans Memorial Bridge on Main Street and the Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge on Spring Street—will undergo reconstruction in this month, according to a report in The Chippewa Herald. Work on the Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge started June 6, and work on the Veterans Memorial Bridge is scheduled to start June […]

June 10, 2016