AASHTO - Tue November 05, 2024
Winners Named for America's Transportation Awards
An innovative highway emergency repair project in Pennsylvania and construction of a new bridge spanning the Ohio River took home top honors at the 2024 America's Transportation Awards competition. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's I-95/Cottman Avenue Emergency Response project received the contest's grand prize, while the West Virginia Department of Transportation's Wellsburg Bridge project won the People's Choice Award....
USDOT - Tue November 05, 2024
University of Cincinnati Receives $5.1M for Construction Projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Oct. 28 that the University of Cincinnati will receive approximately $5.1 million to promote the adoption of digital platforms that speed up and improve the delivery of transit construction projects while reducing costs....
Northern Nevada Business Weekly - Wed October 30, 2024
NDOT, RHB Start $55M Interstate 80 Improvement Project in West Reno
The Nevada Department of Transportation and general contractor Road & Highway Builders (RHB) of Reno recently began a multi-year project along Interstate 80 in west Reno between Keystone Avenue and west McCarran Boulevard, according to the Northern Nevada Business Weekly....
ARDOT & Arkansas Business - Wed October 30, 2024
ARDOT Awards Oklahoma Contractor First of Four Projects to Extend I-49 Near Fort Smith, Ark.
The first of four projects near Fort Smith, Ark., to construct the next portion of Interstate 49, between Arkansas Highway 22 in Barling and the I-40/I-49 Extension, has been awarded to a Tulsa, Okla., contractor....
Granite Construction - Wed October 30, 2024
Granite Announces $65 Million SR 30 Project in Logan, Utah
Granite of Watsonville, Calif., announced that it was awarded an approximately $65 million contract by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to begin Phase 2 of the State Route 30 Improvement Project in Logan, Utah....
CEG - Wed October 30, 2024
NCDOT Says Coal Miners Only Helped Clear Path Near Key Storm-Damaged Highway
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) on Nov. 1 cleared up online misinformation over reports that West Virginia coal miners constructed an access road destroyed by Hurricane Helene between Bat Cave into Chimney Rock....
Office of Gov. Ned Lamont - Tue October 29, 2024
Connecticut's Political Leaders Secure $125M Federal Grant for Portion of Interchange Upgrade
A $125 million competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was awarded to the Connecticut to support the third phase of a construction project designed to reconfigure the dangerous roadway interchange that connects Interstate 91, Interstate 691 and Conn....
Rebuilding California - Mon October 28, 2024
California Transportation Commission Announces $3.8B in Project Funding
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) announced on Oct. 18, 2024, the allocation of $3.8 billion for projects that will continue to refurbish the state's transportation infrastructure, enhance safety and create more options for the traveling public....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 29, 2024
Caltrans' Fix50 Mobility Project Still on Schedule
In hopes of meeting a September 2025 deadline, construction crews in California are working night and day on Caltrans' Fix50 Project. The nearly $484 million effort will enhance mobility while providing incentives for ride sharing during peak period travel....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 29, 2024
Connecting Arkansas: Highway Widening Near Little Rock
A major roadway widening in the heart of Jacksonville, Ark., will address traffic congestion, as well as high crash rates on Highway 67/167 and associated interchanges and frontage roads, when it's completed in late 2027....
