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Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway awards $26.4 million in construction, engineering services contracts

The Illinois Tollway approved $2 million for two new construction contracts and $24.4 million for an engineering services contract at its recent June meeting, bringing the yearly total for contracts in these areas to $179 million. “The construction contracts are small business set-aside contracts awarded as part of the Tollway’s Small Business Initiative, including one […]

June 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT names bridge after Highway Emergency Response Operator Spencer Pass

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has named the Interstate 85 Bridge over Cleveland Avenue in Atlanta for Highway Emergency Response Operator Spencer Pass, who was struck and killed in January 2011 while he was assisting a stranded motorist. HEROs, as they are called, assist stranded motorists with problems such as flat tires, battery jump-starts […]

June 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

MassDOT board approves $14.8 billion, 5-year plan for infrastructure projects

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Board has approved its fiscal year 2017-2021 Capital Investment Plan (CIP) that will provide $14.8 billion for roads, bridges and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) projects. Officials report this plan is the first time MassDOT and MBTA have collaborated on a plan for improving the state’s infrastructure. Another first […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT partners with mobile solar technology firm for Smart City Challenge

The U.S. Department of Transportation has partnered with mobile solar technology firm DC Solar Solutions for the agency’s Smart City Challenge. The company will provide $1.5 million worth of electric vehicle chargers and mobile solar generators to the winning city. The Smart City Challenge is designed to convert one city in to the first in […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

S. Carolina DOT seeks input on Public Participation Plan for improvements

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is seeking public input on the agency’s 2016 Updated Public Participation Plan (PPP) that includes involvement in the Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. “Feedback from the public will help shape the process in which SCDOT engages all interested parties and incorporates their input […]

June 22, 2016

Roadbuilding

ARTBA, ATA to host event honoring 60th anniversary of Interstate Highway System

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) have a planned a “lunch and policy discussion” June 29 to recognize the 60th anniversary of President Eisenhower’s signing of the law enacting the Interstate Highway System. Brian Pallasch, managing director, government relations and infrastructure initiatives for the American Society of […]

June 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

New Jersey officials look to raise gas tax to boost transportation trust fund

New Jersey officials are working on a bill that would raise gas taxes, a move they expect will provide hundreds of millions in additional revenue for the state’s transportation trust fund. Senate bill 2352 calls for an increase in the tax on gasoline from 10 cents per gallon to 21.5 cents per gallon, and on diesel […]

June 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

Officials cut ribbon on last interchange completing Alabama’s I-22

Alabama officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday commemorating the opening of the last interchange of Interstate 22, connecting the highway to I-65 just north of Birmingham. The interchange has taken nearly six years to complete and ultimately connects Birmingham and Memphis, Tennessee. Work on I-22, which for years has been referred to as Corridor X, […]

June 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

Sakai appoints new Southeast district, national light equipment sales managers

Sakai America has named Joseph Seckinger as the company’s Southeast district manager, and Dale Wilson as national light equipment sales manager. Seckinger will be responsible for customer support for dealerships in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee for products ranging from 36-inch double-drum asphalt rollers to 15-ton single-drum dirt compactors. He started his […]

June 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT reorganizes senior management with 9 new appointments

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has named nine new members to its senior management group as it works on the biggest staff reorganization in the agency’s history. “As we work diligently to improve our roads and bridges, we are working hard to rebuild RIDOT itself, creatng a more robust, accountable and efficient organizational […]

June 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Massachusetts DOT partners with Waze Connected Citizens Program

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has joined the Connected Citizens Program of crowdsourced navigation app Waze to provide real-time traffic details from across the state. MassDOT joins several state DOTs in sharing data with Waze, including Louisiana, California, Nebraska, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. “Through the use of traffic data, the MassDOT-Waze partnership will assist in making […]

June 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Iowa Transportation Commission approves 2017-2021 improvement program

The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved its 2017-2021 Improvement Program, making roughly $3.5 billion available for highway right-of-way construction and $1.2 billion for work on state bridges. Fiscal year 2017 has right-of-way construction forecast at $728 million, FY 2018 at $724.5 million, FY 2019 at 713.3 million, FY 2020 at $695.9 million and FY 2021 at […]

June 17, 2016