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Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway’s Bedalov receives NOME Champion Award

The National Organization of Minority Engineers (NOME) has presented Illinois Tollway Executive Director Greg Bedalov with its 2017 Champion Award. NOME presents the award to recognize leadership in the government or corporate community “that exemplifies providing access and advocacy for the advancement of small, minority and women-owned and operated engineering firms within the architectural, engineering and construction […]

June 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois DOT to shut down work by June 30 if no state budget is passed

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) will shut down transportation project work by June 30 if the state legislature does not pass a budget by the end of the month. The Illinois Road & Transportation Builders Association (IRTBA) reports IDOT has already issued Stop Work notices to Illinois construction and consulting firms effective June 30, […]

June 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Florida DOT breaks ground on first SUN Trail program project

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and local officials recently held a groundbreaking ceremony in Edgewater for the state’s first Shared Use Nonmotorized (SUN) Trail program project. The SUN Trail network involves developing a statewide system of paved multi-use trails for bicyclists and pedestrians, physically separated from vehicular traffic. The program was established in the […]

June 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT provides $106.9 million TIFIA loan for C-470 Express Lanes Project

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Build America Bureau (BAB) is providing a $106.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE) for the C-470 Express Lanes Project. The project is the first phase of an effort to add capacity to the 26-mile C-470 highway that […]

June 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

PennDOT pilot paving program using 3-inch lift of recycled asphalt paving

A Pennsylvania Department of Transportation pilot paving program is testing a 3-inch lift of recycled asphalt paving (RAP) on two sections of roadway in Armstrong County. The program is being conducted through PennDOT’s Road Maintenance and Preservation (Road MaP) initiative, which Gov. Tom Wolf recently said will invest $2.1 billion in roadway maintenance and highway […]

June 15, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT provides $99.6 million TIFIA loan to Bellevue’s BelRed Street Network Project

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Build America Bureau (BAB) is providing a $99.6 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to Bellevue, Washington, for the BelRed Street Network Project. The project is a combination of 12 multimodal roadways planned to support the new BelRed neighborhood in the north part of the city. […]

June 15, 2017

Roadbuilding

S. Carolina highway workers safety act becomes law

Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law H. 4033, legislation that significantly increases the penalties for motorists who speed through work zones above the posted limits, with fines ranging from $500 to $5,000. The fines are specifically for categories that span endangering a highway worker without injury, to causing bodily harm, to the death of […]

June 15, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bergkamp celebrates 40 years providing pavement preservation equipment

Pavement preservation equipment manufacturer Bergkamp Incorporated, based in Salina, Kansas, is celebrating 40 years in business this year. The company was started by Melvin and Marjorie Bergkamp in 1977 and originally offered metal fabrication in Salina, Wichita and Kansas City. Three years later the company began making pavement preservation equipment when Melvin Berkamp was asked […]

June 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

Chao issues notice on federal regulatory reform for infrastructure projects

During President Trump’s closing “Infrastructure Week” remarks last Friday, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has published a notice in the Federal Register seeking public input on ways to reduce regulatory obstacles the slow down infrastructure projects. “We are so fortunate because this President is a builder, he understands the challenges […]

June 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

N. Carolina officials mark opening of new I-73 section near Greensboro

Gov. Roy Cooper, Transportation Secretary Jim Trogdon and Board of Transportation Chair Michael Fox recently celebrated the opening of a new 9.4-mile section of Interstate 73 near Greensboro. Cooper said the new roadway is one of the most important transportation projects of the last 20 years in the Triad area. “Interstate connections bring mobility, economic […]

June 14, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bomag marks 60 years as a supplier to road construction

Bomag GmbH this year is celebrating 60 years of serving the road construction industry through soil and asphalt compaction. The company was founded in October 1957 in the town center of Boppard/Rhine in Germany and now has roughly 2,200 employees and annual revenue of about € 700 million ($783 million), with production plans in Germany, […]

June 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

GM R&D, Michigan DOT collaborate on smart traffic signals

General Motors Research & Development, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Macomb County Department of Roads have recently conducted demonstrations in the county near GM’s Warren Technical Center in developing vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) at two intersections. During the demo on Mound Road, the GM vehicles were able to receive data from the traffic controllers […]

June 13, 2017