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BTS provides quarterly update to National Transportation Statistics reference guide
The U.S. Department of Transportationâs Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released the second quarterly update of 2016 for the web-only National Transportation Statics report. The update provides new information on more than 40 of the 260 tables of transportation data the report supplies, including the transportation system, safety, the economy and energy and the environment. [âŚ]
April 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
Ky. Transportation Cabinet names Patty Dunaway as state highway engineer
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has named Patty Dunaway as the new state highway engineer, marking the second time a woman has served in this capacity. The state highway engineer oversees the agencyâs Department of Highways and its 12 highway districts and multiple offices and divisions. âPattyâs extensive career in engineering will help shape our [âŚ]
April 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
Illinois Tollway partners with Morton Arboretum to create âUrban Forestâ
The Illinois Tollway is partnering with the Morton Arboretum in an effort to expand tree canopy coverage by the tollway system. To recognize this, the agency will give away 15,000 tree seedlings at its Downers Grove headquarters and oases April 29, Arbor Day. The partnership will involve developing a landscape master plan for trees, shrubs [âŚ]
April 28, 2016
Roadbuilding
Bertha will soon begin digging below the viaduct its path will replace
The worldâs largest tunneling machine will soon begin its dig beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, its first activity since mid-March. In January tunnel-boring machine Bertha broke through its repair wall following two years of down time only to be brought to a halt once again later that month at the order of Washington Gov. [âŚ]
April 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
S. Carolina DOT receives construction awards for recycled materials, perpetual pavement
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has received two construction awards, which include one for using recycled materials and another for long-lasting pavement work. Both were presented during the South Carolina Transportation Commissionâs April meeting. The Asphalt Recycling and Reclaiming Association (ARRA) gave SCDOT Secretary Christy A. Hall its Richard E. Lowell Presidentâs Award, [âŚ]
April 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
FEMA approves grant to rebuild flood-damaged roads in the Rio Grande Valley
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved a $3.3 million grant to help rebuild roads in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas that were damaged by flooding in May 2015. Roy Pena, who lives off of one of the damaged roads south of Mercedes, Texas, in Hidalgo County, says he is forced to swerve around pot [âŚ]
April 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT Engineering Applications Group launches website for contractor software support
The Colorado Department of Transportationâs (CDOT) Engineering Applications Group recently launched a website for contractors to serve as a clearinghouse for software support. The site includes training schedules, documents, SiteManager access, Pay Estimates, Bridge Applications, Payment Resources, and Project Bids. âWe felt that the software information that contractors needed was difficult to locate and required [âŚ]
April 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
North Carolina students honored for winning state Model Bridge Building Competition
Students from a middle school and high school in Wake County won their divisions of the annual North Carolina Model Bridge Building Competition. The Carolinas Associated General Contractors and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) sponsor the event that began in 2000 as a way to âencourage students to develop math and science skills.â [âŚ]
April 27, 2016
Roadbuilding
Clever crosswalkâs 3D paint job appears as a road block to stop drivers
A new crosswalk design is being implemented in the state of Ahmedabad in India that brings drivers to a halt using an optical illusion. According to reports from Wired and The Architectâs Newspaper, the design is the brainchild of mother and daughter Saumya Pandya Thakkar and Shakuntala Pandya. As you can see in the photo above, the crosswalk [âŚ]
April 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Kansas DOT to delay FY2017-2019 large projects due to low highway fund revenues
The Kansas Department of Transportation is delaying for fiscal years 2017-2019 two categories of road projects, modernization and expansion, due to low State Highway Fund revenues. KDOT says these types of projects are âgenerally the larger projects under the current T-WORKS (Transportation Works for Kansas) transportation program.â Modernization projects, it adds, would include adding shoulders [âŚ]
April 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Work begins on Idahoâs surplus-funded critical-need transportation projects
Work has begun on critical-need projects identified by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and is being funded by a surplus from the stateâs general fund. There are 17 projects in all to be funded by the surplus. The first project includes critical safety improvements to eight bridges on U.S. 20 in the eastern part of the [âŚ]
April 26, 2016
Roadbuilding
Minnesota DOT bathes I-35W bridge in purple light to commemorate life of Prince
The Minnesota Department of Transportation recently bathed the Interstate 35 West bridge in purple light to honor the life of musician Prince, a native of the state, who died April 21. The bridge features a computerized lighting system MnDOT uses to change the color of the bridge, which it does to coincide with âsignificant regional [âŚ]
April 26, 2016
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