Kansas Department of Transportation - Wed July 22, 2020
Gov. Kelly Announces Cost Share Program Recipients
Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced on July 9 the recipients across the state of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Cost Share Program. These 24 projects total more than $20 million in transportation investments statewide....
Talk Business & Politics - Wed July 08, 2020
Little Rock Port Authority Secures $11M to Use for Upgrades
Arkansas's Little Rock Port Authority announced July 6 that it had secured $11 million in investments to support transportation infrastructure improvements in the port's footprint. As many as 1,500 new jobs may be added, according to a release from the port....
Iowa Department of Transportation - Tue June 23, 2020
Iowa Approves $3.6B FY 2021-2025 Transportation Plan
The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the Fiscal Year 2021-2025 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program at its meeting on June 9. The program documents investments in Iowa's multimodal transportation system covering aviation, public transit, railroads, trails and highways....
Iowa Department of Transportation - Tue June 09, 2020
IDOT Presents Transportation Improvement Program to ITC
The Iowa Department of Transportation presented the Iowa Transportation Commission with the draft Fiscal Year 2021-2025 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program at its May 12 meeting. The program documents investments in Iowa's multimodal transportation system covering aviation, public transit, railroads, trails and highways....
CEG - Tue May 26, 2020
GDOT Commissioner Hopeful for Funds From $3T Stimulus Proposal
Like many Americans in the transportation and infrastructure building industry, Russell McMurray is keeping a close eye on the prospects of a massive new economic stimulus bill currently before the U.S....
Associated Press - Wed May 20, 2020
Phoenix Receives $198 to Upgrade Transit Services
Phoenix is getting nearly $200 million in federal assistance to help prop up the city's transportation system during the coronavirus outbreak. The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced a $198 million award to Phoenix under legislation approved in late March....
AASHTO Journal - Tue May 19, 2020
State DOTs Would Get $15B in Phase 4 COVID-19 Bill
A $3 trillion, 1,815-page COVID-19 relief measure proposed by the House of Representatives on May 12 contains $15 billion in stopgap funds for state departments of transportation – well below the nearly $50 billion the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials projects state DOTs will need to continue operations in the face of drastic falloffs in motor fuel tax revenues, toll road receipts, and other funding sources....
AASHTO Journal - Tue May 12, 2020
Kentucky Receives Disaster Funds to Fix Roads, Bridges
The Trump Administration authorized disaster assistance for more than 27 Kentucky counties and cities on April 24 affected by a weather system that produced extended episodes of strong winds and torrential rain — triggering flooding, flash flooding, landslides and mudslides — between Feb....
AASHTO Journal - Tue May 12, 2020
Feds Earmark $33M Bridge Replacement Funds for South Dakota
The South Dakota Department of Transportation received more than $33.823 million worth of Federal Highway Infrastructure Program funds to be used for local bridge replacements throughout the state. The agency noted in a statement that money will be disbursed via its Local Federal Bridge Replacement and Local Bridge Removal programs, noting that all South Dakota counties, cities and towns with bridges in poor condition are eligible to apply for grants....
ARTBA - Mon May 11, 2020
'Re-open, Renew and Revitalize' Campaign Tells Lawmakers: Economic Recovery Begins with Multi-Year Transportation Investment Package
A coalition of 31 national construction associations and labor unions launched an advertising and grassroots campaign designed to encourage Congress to make new infrastructure investments as the major catalyst for economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19....
