Wed August 16, 2017
OTC: Bridges Improving, Withstanding Earthquakes; Awards $19M in Contracts
Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission's Aug. 7 meeting include a presentation on the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's new system for inspecting bridges after earthquakes, an update on improving bridge conditions and approval of contracts to replace a U.S.-412/U.S.-64 bridge near Keystone Dam in Tulsa County and rehabilitate bridges on SH-117 in Creek County and U.S.-69 in McIntosh County....
Tue August 01, 2017
10 Years After I-35W Bridge Collapse, ARTBA Analyzes Nation's Repair Progress
August 1 marks the 10th anniversary of the I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis. The bridge was classified as “structurally deficient” and was undergoing repair at the time. The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has looked at federal government data to see what progress has been made in repairing the nation's bridges in the decade since the collapse....
Wed July 19, 2017
Transportation Funding: Advocates Weigh in at ARTBA Workshop
More than 130 transportation design and construction professionals, chamber of commerce executives, and officials with better roads groups and state transportation agencies from 36 states came together July 12 in the Nation's Capital to share best practices for advancing transportation funding legislation and ballot initiatives during the 4th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates....
Fri July 14, 2017
ARTBA Recognizes Entrepreneur, Project of the Year at Conference
The I-595 Corridor Improvements Project in Florida and David Spector, director of the Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE), have been recognized as models of excellence in innovative transportation financing by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
Tue June 27, 2017
$345 Million and 43,000 Jobs in Jeopardy, New Analysis Shows
An American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis released June 27 finds that a prolonged shutdown of Illinois transportation project sites could cost $345 million per week and jeopardize 43,000 jobs....
Tue June 27, 2017
Federal Airport Construction Program Funding Only Meeting 50 Percent of Identified Needs, New Analysis Finds
A new analysis of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data finds that current airport construction funding levels are only half of what is necessary to make safety improvements and help reduce runway congestion....
Tue June 13, 2017
Transportation Construction Coalition Releases Statement About Graves-Norton Highway Trust Fund Letter
The Transportation Construction Coalition commends the 253 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives who joined together to advocate for a long-term solution to the Highway Trust Fund's structural revenue deficit. 119 Republicans and 134 Democrats — a majority of each party's membership in the chamber — signed a June 12 letter, led by House Highways & Transit Subcommittee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Ranking Member Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-D.C.), to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Ranking Member Richard Neal (D-Mass.) calling for a trust fund fix as part of legislation to reform the U.S....
Wed May 24, 2017
ARTBA Foundation Announces Financial Assistance to 11 Children of Fallen Highway Workers
Eleven children of highway workers who were killed on the job will receive college financial assistance for the 2017-18 school year from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation's (ARTBA-TDF) “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship” fund....
Tue May 23, 2017
America's Bridges Falling Down: Ten Worst States Listed
According to the 2017 Bridge Report on the ARTBA website there are 185 million daily crossings on nearly 56,000 structurally deficient bridges in the United States. Below is a list of the top 10 states that have 9% and higher bridges that are structurally deficient....
Mon May 22, 2017
Federal Highway Administration Backtracks on Obama-Era “Greenhouse Gas” Tracking Measure
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) May 19 decision to suspend a controversial Obama Administration proposal requiring the tracking of “greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions from transportation improvements will help save taxpayer dollars and prevent those projects from additional unnecessary delays, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) says....
