MASS.GOV - Thu December 19, 2019
Massachusetts Among States to Get Big Investment for Infrastructure
Massachusetts and 11 other states across the Northeast and the District of Columbia announced the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) draft agreement would generate $1.4 billion to $7 billion per year regionally for transportation-related investments and about $500 million per year in Massachusetts to enhance transit system infrastructure, reduce roadway congestion and deliver more resilient, efficient transportation programs....
WSDOT - Tue December 17, 2019
Dense Soil Conditions Delay Bridge Opening
Since mid-June, the Washington State Department of Transportation closed a portion of State Route 506 near Vader to replace the aging and failing Lacamas Creek Bridge in Lewis County. While drilling foundations for the replacement structure, WSDOT's contractors, Farline Bridge Inc., discovered dense soil conditions, which will delay the reopening of the highway....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
New Design of U.S. 95 Corridor Coming Soon to Idaho
Several roads at the southern end of the Garwood-to-Sagle U.S. 95 corridor north of Couer D'Alene, Idaho, are being reconfigured as part of a multi-year project to improve traffic flow and safety. The intersection with ID 53 junction near Hayden, Idaho, will be replaced with a unique interchange, while the intersection at Garwood Road will be replaced with an overpass, leaving Lancaster Road as the last signal on U.S....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
Crews Working to Build a Safer A Street in Rainier, Oregon
Street improvement projects often make travel safer, and that's certainly the number one factor driving work on Rainier, Ore.'s main street. But the $12.2 million project also comes with the added bonus of the total transformation of the city's downtown from two lanes of cracked asphalt bisected by railroad tracks to a new streetscape with ADA compliant sidewalks, new crosswalks, updated railroad gates and signage, and most importantly, the "daylighting" of the existing railroad tracks....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
After $370M Investment, Expect Smoother Drive on I-5
A $370 million project to improve and expand 67 mi. of I-5 through Sacramento will lead to smoother roadways, added capacity and an overall improved drive, but it's going to get worse before it gets better....
Mary Yamin-Garone – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 12, 2019
Atlanta 10 Years Later: Business Booming as Growth Continues
Did you know that Atlanta's metropolitan area is the third largest and fastest growing in the country? And not only that, its growth rate is consistently in the top five?Now that you do, what does all of that mean? Improving the city's infrastructure is a necessity....
Illinois Tollway - Wed December 11, 2019
Illinois Tollway Awards $183.4M in Contracts in December
The Illinois Tollway Board of Directors approved three new construction and five professional engineering services contracts totaling $183.4 million at its December meeting, including contract awards to three firms working as primes with the Tollway for the first time....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 11, 2019
IHC Rebuilds Nebraska's I-80/I-76 Interchange
The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), via a $44.5 million contract awarded to Interstate Highway Construction Inc. (IHC), is rebuilding the interchange at I-80/I-76 near Big Springs — close to the "Colorado Corner" — and 6 mi....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 09, 2019
After Years of Flooding, Work Still Remains in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Engineering District 3 continues to work to remedy the challenges created by above average precipitation in north central Pennsylvania. This has occurred since 2016 and has resulted in flooding in many areas....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 05, 2019
Coffman Ames Helms Much-Needed Loop 101 Widening Job
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is overseeing a $185 million effort that will widen and improve the Loop 101 (Pima Freeway) from Interstate 17 in Phoenix east to Pima Road in Scottsdale....
