ADOT - Wed October 09, 2019
Work Begins on $22.7M Pinto Creek Bridge Project
An Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) project on U.S. 60 east of the Phoenix area is replacing the 70-year-old bridge over Pinto Creek with a nearly 700-ft. span designed to better accommodate personal and commercial travel for decades to come....
ADOT News - Tue October 08, 2019
Federal Grant Will Advance U.S. 191 Bridge Improvements on Navajo Nation
Winning a $10.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to advance improvements to four U.S. 191 bridges in a corridor important to residents of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona....
Todd Staples – SPECIAL?TO?CEG - Tue October 08, 2019
Todd Staples: Respectful Protesters Won't Have to Worry
The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (CIPA) that passed during the 86th legislative session went into effect on Sept. 1, just two weeks before a group of people repelled off the Fred Hartman Bridge to block traffic in the Houston Ship Channel....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 08, 2019
Widening of I-10 in Beaumont
Crews are putting in long hours on a marathon project that will widen 22 mi. of I-10 near Beaumont, Texas. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is overseeing the more than $270-million effort, which, due to size, is divided into segments....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon October 07, 2019
Sacyr Construction USA Continues Work on Fla.'s First Coast Expressway
Phase 2 of the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) First Coast Expressway project (FCE) is underway and expected to be delivered in mid-2025. Back in March, crews from Sacyr Construction USA LLC first began working on the north segment of the job, a $229 million contract that is being funded by the Florida Turnpike Enterprise....
Associated Press - Wed October 02, 2019
Michigan Governor Vetoes $375M for Roads
LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan won't be spending $400 million in general funds to boost its roads and bridges after Gov. Whitmer vetoed $375 million from the state budget Sept. 30. Under a budget bill approved on party-line votes Sept....
AASHTO Journal - Mon September 30, 2019
Coalition Letter Urges Repeal of $7.6B Recission
A group of 41 transportation organizations called for the repeal of $7.6 billion rescission of Federal-aid highway contract authority as part of any Continuing Resolution or CR is issued to help Congress wrap up Fiscal Year 2020 funding efforts....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 26, 2019
Major Traffic Conduit Gets $97M Worth of Attention
In Bucks County, Pa., construction continues on the four-year, $97-million U.S. 1 Improvement Project in Bensalem Township. The goal is to improve safety and reduce congestion for commuters and local traffic traveling between Bucks County and Philadelphia....
Susan Haigh - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu September 26, 2019
Bipartisan Solution to Infrastructure Funding Gains Traction in Connecticut
Both Democrats and Republicans expressed interest on Sept. 20 in low-cost federal loan programs to help fix Connecticut's transportation infrastructure, following months of debate over electronic tolls....
U.S. Department of Commerce - Thu September 26, 2019
U.S. Department of Commerce Invests to Repurpose Former Coal Plant in Berks County, Pennsylvania
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.35 million grant to Recycle the World Inc. , of King of Prussia, Pa., to help convert a former coal fired power plant to a multitenant building for growing companies in the region....
