Tag: pavement marking

Roadbuilding

Transportation Research Board offering webinar on pavement marking visibility

The Transportation Research Board is offering a webinar that will focus on helping to ensure roadways are safe for night travel. This webinar will focus on assessing pavement marking retroreflectivity at night. It will explore proposed pavement marking visibility standards and promising maintenance practices, according to the TRB. The webinar will be held from 2 p.m. […]

February 8, 2018

Roadbuilding

Ennis-Flint purchases American Traffic Products

Pavement marking material manufacturer Ennis-Flint, based in Thomasville, North Carolina, has purchased paint and thermoplastic producer American Traffic Products (ATP). “We are excited to continue our growth at Ennis-Flint with this acquisition,” says Matt Soule, Ennis-Flint president. “Most importantly, we’re excited that the entire ATP sales and operations team will join our organization. Members of […]

January 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

Rhode Island DOT moves pavement marking work in-house to save $22.1 million over 10 years

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will handle its own roadway pavement marking work instead of contracting out the services in a move to save more than $22.1 million over a 10-year period. To do this, RIDOT is “reorganizing personnel and purchasing equipment” for the roughly 3,300 lane miles of state roads it maintains. […]

December 3, 2015