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Minnesota DOT converting roadway lights from high-pressure sodium to LED

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is converting more than 28,500 roadway lights from high-pressure sodium bulbs and fixtures to LEDs in an effort to improve motorist visibility, save energy and lengthen bulb replacement time. The agency estimates the move will see $1.45 million in yearly energy savings with an additional $500,000 in reduced maintenance […]

March 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Indiana approves more than $1 billion in transportation infrastructure funding

The Indiana House and Senate approved March 10 transportation infrastructure funding legislation that allocates more than $1 billion to road and bridge projects over four years without the increase in gas and cigarette taxes that had been proposed previously. Gov. Mike Pence, who plans to sign the bill as soon as he receives it, said […]

March 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Worker killed after being struck by excavator in NC work zone

A construction worker died recently after he was struck by the counterweight of an excavator at a highway project in North Carolina. WFMY News reported that Dimino Foster was working for Tetra Tech Construction on U.S. 220 when he walked into the swing radius of an excavator at about 11 a.m. on March 8. Foster was hit […]

March 14, 2016

Roadbuilding

Highways 2.0: Transportation’s future holds drastic changes for road builders

The Eisenhower Interstate System was a bold plan. It supercharged our economy and provided good, middle class jobs to millions of Americans for more than 40 years. It changed the face and character of America. That’s what we’re calling Highways 1.0. What followed in the footsteps of these big thinkers and world-class builders? Stasis, neglect and […]

March 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

South Carolina Senate approves $400 million transportation bill

The South Carolina Senate has approved a new transportation bill that sends $400 million to road building without raising the gas tax. The State reported that the bill would send $400 million in excess revenues to fund road projects for a year. The bill will head to the  for a vote, but the House already passed […]

March 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

FHWA releases $1.5 million in emergency relief funds for rock slide damage in Colorado, Idaho

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has released emergency relief funds for repair work needed after rock slides affected highways in Colorado and Idaho in February. Colorado gets $1 million to help with work on both the eastbound and westbound sections of I-70 near Glenwood Springs. Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) officials closed the interstate in […]

March 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT partners with Waze navigation app for Connected Citizen Program

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is partnering with Waze to share data as part of the crowdsourced navigation app’s Connected Citizens Program. This follows similar moves by Pennsylvania in December and Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont in November. “TDOT is always looking for ways we can provide motorists with information that can make their […]

March 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT: Upwards of $2 billion in unused earmarks can be repurposed

The United States Department of Transportation has freed up about $2 billion in unused earmarks for states to put back to use on other infrastructure projects. According to USDOT, the department began to give guidance to states on how to repurpose the funds under the new Consolidated Appropriations Act 2016. The act allows states to use […]

March 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

North Carolina officials break ground on new Bonner Bridge

It took a while, but North Carolina officials finally broke ground on the new Herbert C. Bonner Bridge this week. For five years, litigation between the North Carolina Department of Transportation and environmentalists kept construction on the bridge from getting under way, according to NCDOT. But after a deal was brokered last year, officials broke […]

March 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

Missouri DOT launches speedy pothole plan aiming for next business day repairs

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has launched an “enhanced pothole repair initiative” for March aimed at repairing an asphalt pothole “as quickly as possible of it being reported.” “We want to get asphalt in the hole as quickly as possible. If you report it in the morning, our goal is to repair it before […]

March 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

NAPA converts Young Leaders Program into IMPACT Leadership Group

The National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) has launched the IMPACT Leadership Group, which is a modification of its Young Leaders Program first launched in 2004. The IMPACT group (which stands for Innovative, Motivated, Passionate, Active, Connected and Teachable) aims to provide education, leadership development training and networking opportunities to “support the personal and professional growth […]

March 10, 2016

Roadbuilding

Mexico-Arizona trade corridor agreement to boost development of I-19, I-11

Mexico and Arizona have signed an agreement to collaborate on developing a trade corridor between them, an effort that will boost development of Interstate 19 and the future I-11 in addition to Mexico Highway 15. Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Director John Halikowski and Mexico’s Ministry of Communications & Transport Undersecretary of Infrastructure Raul Murrieta […]

March 9, 2016