Fri September 16, 2016
UNM Plans $180M in Construction Over Four Years
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The University of New Mexico is planning $180 million in construction projects on campus over the next four years, including a proposed building that has been described as “a new public face” for the university....
Fri September 16, 2016
Kewalo Basin Harbor Plans for $20M in Improvements
HONOLULU (AP) A $20 million improvement plan is moving forward at Kewalo Basin. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports Howard Hughes Corp. leases the state-owned harbor and intends to install a fuel dock, security cameras and new Wi-Fi system....
Fri September 16, 2016
AASHTO Names Project Finalists for 2016 Awards
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced the finalists in the 2016 America's Transportation Awards competition. Twelve projects from 10 state departments of transportation are competing for the national Grand Prize and the People's Choice Award....
Chuck Harvey - Fri September 16, 2016
Extra Lanes Highlight $71M I-35 Project in Norman, Oklahoma
Crews are onsite in Norman, Okla., on a federally-financed project that includes, widening I-35 from four to six lanes, reconstructing interchanges at SH-9 East and Lindsey Street and building new on-ramps and off-ramps....
Fri September 16, 2016
ADOT, Flagstaff Team Up to Improve Traffic Flow in City
Flagstaff residents and visitors will be able to spend more time enjoying the attractions of northern Arizona and less time getting there due to an upcoming Arizona Department of Transportation project designed to reduce congestion in the heart of that cityADOT and the city of Flagstaff are teaming to add turn lanes where North Humphreys Street (U.S....
Fri September 16, 2016
Sundt-Yates Breaks Ground on Ak-Chin Casino Expansion
The Ak-Chin Indian Community and Sundt-Yates, a joint venture between Sundt Construction Inc. and Yates Construction, recently broke ground on a multi-million dollar expansion at Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino in the Ak-Chin Indian Community near Maricopa, Ariz....
Fri September 16, 2016
Shoulder Widening Under Way on SR 64 Near Airport
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is performing a shoulder widening project along State Route 64 (SR 64) near the town of Tusayan in Coconino County beginning at the Grand Canyon National Airport access road (milepost 234 to 235), skipping the town of Tusayan, and ending just south of the southern boundary of the Grand Canyon National Park (milepost 237)....
Fri September 16, 2016
Structures Acquired for South Mountain Freeway Provide Invaluable Training
Because of structures the Arizona Department of Transportation has acquired in the future path of the South Mountain Freeway, probationary firefighters with the Rural/Metro Fire Department were able to practice what's known as a mayday scenario, wearing blacked-out masks to simulate being trapped in a building filled with smoke.At a former hotel, SWAT teams from various law enforcement agencies practiced responding to hostage situations....
Fri September 16, 2016
ADOT Wins Award for 2015 Vermilion Cliffs Mud Clean Up
After a spectacularly strong monsoon dumped 1.5 in. of rain on northern Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs in just 15 minutes, it was no surprise that mud and rocks had covered U.S. 89A. But when Arizona Department of Transportation crews arrived on that day in August 2015, what they saw stopped their bulldozers in their tracks: boulders the size of elephants — 15 ft....
Fri September 16, 2016
ADOT Replants Saguaros on Loop 101
Drivers on the now-wider Loop 101 (Pima Freeway), where new lanes have been added south of Shea Boulevard, may also have noticed construction crews working in recent months to transplant large saguaros, other cactuses and trees that had temporarily been stored in nurseries near the freeway....
