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Caltrans gets grant to update traffic data collection equipment and software

The California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has given the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) a $400,000 grant to help update traffic data collection equipment and software for the state’s highway system. The Model Inventory of Roadway Elements (MIRE) grant will update a system that is used in traffic […]

January 6, 2016

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Alaska DOT hosts public meetings to discuss budget issues due to low oil prices

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) Northern Region is hosting a series of public meetings across the state to discuss budgetary restraints faced by the agency due to decreased revenues from the state’s oil industry. The department says potential cuts will impact highway maintenance among other modes of transportation, including six maintenance […]

January 6, 2016

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Woman killed in crash with work trucks in Florida construction zone

A woman in Venice, Florida, died last week after she struck a bucket truck in a road construction work zone. The Herald Tribune reported that 24-year-old Riley Manyak was driving on Venice Avenue approaching a work zone the morning of Dec. 29 and didn’t follow the instruction of a construction worker holding a stop sign. Manyak’s Chrysler SUV then […]

January 6, 2016

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Truck driver causes century-old iron bridge to collapse in Indiana

A truck driver tried to cross the historic Paoli bridge in Indiana, but the weight of her vehicle was just too much for the 135-year-old bridge. WDRB in Louisville, Kentucky, reported that the bridge collapsed under the weight of Mary Lambright’s semi truck on Christmas Day. “There have been a few accidents on that bridge […]

January 5, 2016

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Contractor cited for violations that led to partial Pennsylvania bridge collapse

A contractor in Clarion, Pennsylvania, is being held accountable for the partial collapse of a bridge earlier this year that injured two workers. According to Penn Live, Francis J. Palo Inc. has been cited for serious violations in the form of a flawed engineering process that didn’t make sure the bridge could withstand the heavy […]

January 5, 2016

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Arizona DOT selects P3 partner for its largest highway project ever

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has selected Connect 202 Partners as the developer for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, the state’s first highway public-private partnership (P3) and the state’s largest highway project to date. Construction is expected to begin this summer. According to the Connect 202 website, the group consists of “Fluor, Granite, […]

January 5, 2016

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Georgia DOT awards 17 transportation project contracts valued at $97.1 million

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded 17 transportation project contracts valued at $97.1 million for November, bringing the 2015 total to more than $1 billion. The November projects included $66 million for two widening and construction projects, roughly $20 million for 10 resurfacing projects and $5.6 million for three bridge projects. “As we move […]

January 5, 2016

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Roller Compacted Concrete gaining momentum

With its placement and quick-set advantages, the use of roller compacted concrete is gaining fresh energy among contractors and road agencies.   “RCC is a concrete pavement formed from a no-slump mixture, and is characterized by its unique placement methodology, which requires no forms, and no joint cutting or sealing,” says Bill Davenport, vice president-communications, American […]

January 4, 2016

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Texas Transportation Commission approves 34 projects worth $520 million

The Texas Transportation Commission (TTC) has approved 34 projects valued at more than $520 million for the December round of projects as part of the states Proposition 1. The November round included nine projects valued at $437 million. The TTC has now approved 165 of the planned 200 projects to be funded by Proposition 1. […]

January 4, 2016

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Caltrans innovation contest awards $25k for signage, app ideas

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has selected three first place winners and one second place winner for its Innovation Contest. The contest was part of the “$25K Find a New Way” program signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in 2014. Officials said the contest was aimed at finding the “best unique idea with […]

January 4, 2016

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Tennessee DOT says current projects could take up to 51 years to finish

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is warning that without a more concrete funding plan for the future, the current slate of projects the department has planned could take more than half a century to be completed. According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, TDOT Deputy Commissioner Toks Omishakin told a group at a conference at the University of […]

January 1, 2016

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FHWA rated one of best places to work in federal government

The Partnership for Public Service (PPS) has ranked the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as one of the best places to work in the federal government, placing the agency with the top five percent for a fourth year in a row. “Exceptional public service is on display every day at the U.S. Department of Transportation, and […]

January 1, 2016