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Roadbuilding

SCDOT awards 100 road projects valued at $39 million

Wasting no time in taking advantage of its new transportation funding, the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has awarded 100 road resurfacing and rehabilitation projects valued at $39 million. The agency recently awarded the first project contracts as part of the road funding bill that went into effect July 1. It raises funds through the […]

August 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

U.S. motorists drive 281.2 billion miles in May

The latest Federal Highway Administration data shows vehicle miles traveled (VMT) for May this year reached 281.2 billion miles, surpassing the figure for May 2016 by 2.2 percent. This is the highest figure for May FHWA has reported in its monthly Traffic Volume Trends report going back to 1992. This brings the year-to-date VMT to […]

August 7, 2017

Roadbuilding

Oregon DOT finds growing traffic congestion in Portland

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has released a report indicating that more highway improvements such as auxiliary lanes and RealTime traffic signs are needed to address increasing congestion in the Portland area. The report, “2016 Portland Region Traffic Performance Report,” looked at data from 2013 through 2015 and shows drivers, commuters and freight haulers […]

August 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway soliciting management support for Move Illinois program

The Illinois Tollway is seeking firms to provide program management office support to help with the agency’s overall program management, technical and administrative services for the Move Illinois program, as well as construction corridor management for the Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294) Project. The Tollway reports the program management support contract will cover reviewing the “current […]

August 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

North Dakota DOT, UGPTI seek Transportation Innovation Program ideas

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) are seeking submissions for the next round of the Transportation Innovation Program (TRIP). TRIP is in its third year and holds up to four solicitations each year. The program aims to “identify and implement innovative solutions for transportation related projects, […]

August 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

$646 million St. Croix Crossing project officially opens

The $646 million St. Croix Crossing project officially opened during a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday featuring Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. It has been under construction since 2012. The project, which spans the St. Croix River connecting Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, and St. Joseph, Wisconsin, is a 5,000-foot extradosed bridge that […]

August 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

Marootian named District DOT interim director

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has named Jeff Marootian as interim director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), following the resignation of Leif Dormsjo from the director position last week. Marootian will take the position on Aug. 11 when Dormsjo officially leaves to take a position in the private sector. Marootian currently serves as […]

August 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

IDOT’s I-290/Eisenhower Expressway expansion receives federal approval

The Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) expansion of the Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290) has been given federal approval to proceed with plans to add managed lanes and transit updates. “The next phase of improvements on the ‘Ike’ will be another step to strengthening the state’s position as the transportation hub of North America,” says Illinois […]

August 3, 2017

Roadbuilding

ARTBA: Structurally deficient bridge numbers drop, spending up in last 10 years

In an analysis of progress made on repairing U.S. bridges in the 10 years since the Interstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) says the number of structurally deficient bridges have dropped by 24.5 percent, while the value of construction has increased 39 percent. While this is positive, […]

August 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

GDOT picks C.W. Matthews/Michael Baker for replacing Atlanta’s 110-year-old Courtland Street Bridge

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has selected the team of C.W. Matthews Contracting and Michael Baker International to replace Atlanta’s 110-year-old Courtland Street Bridge. The project, valued at $21 million and funded in part by Georgia’s Transportation Funding Act of 2015, will replace the structure between Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Gilmer Street […]

August 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT provides $628.9 million TIFIA loan for I-405 Improvement Project

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is providing a $628.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for the Interstate 405 Improvement Project. The project will add one new general-purpose lane and one new toll lane in each direction of a 16-mile stretch of I-405 between SR […]

August 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona moves forward on “first of its kind” wrong-way detection system

The Arizona State Transportation Board has approved the contract for installing a wrong-way vehicle detection and alert system for Interstate 17 in Phoenix that will be the first of its kind in the U.S. “The system will use thermal cameras to detect a wrong-way vehicle along an off-ramp, triggering an illuminated wrong-way sign with flashing […]

August 1, 2017