Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 18, 2024
Crews Continue to Make Progress On Florida's Suncoast Parkway
A project designed to ease congestion in Citrus County, Fla., will result in a much-needed extension when completed in 2026. The $103 million effort, known as Suncoast Parkway 2, Phase 2, calls for a 4-lane toll facility extending from SR 44 to CR 486....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed January 17, 2024
Shilling Brings Safety to Rural Kansas Highway
For more than a decade, motorists in Kansas drove K-177 like a star running back on their beloved Kansas State Wildcats, weaving around obstacles to record a touchdown. The northern section of this 100-mi.-long state road leading into Manhattan, home to Kansas State University, had no shoulders so a car or truck carrying mammoth farm equipment could drift down an embankment if its wheels slipped off the highway....
Mississippi Department of Transportation - Thu January 11, 2024
Several Highway Construction Projects Are Making Headway in Southern Mississippi
On his final day at the helm of the Mississippi Department of Transportation's Southern District, Commissioner Tom King announced the status of several ongoing MDOT construction projects in his part of the state....
Osceola County, Fla. & Florida Politics - Wed January 10, 2024
Florida County Begins $103M Road Upgrade; USACE to Start Beach Project Near Jacksonville
Just after the new year, construction began on a $103 million project widening and improvement project along Simpson Road, east of Kissimmee in Central Florida, to boost the traffic corridor's capacity and increase safety....
WSDOT - Wed January 10, 2024
Rotschy Inc. Crews Will Continue Washington State SR 14 Project in Spring
Winter is coming and the State Route 14 auxiliary lane project will be taking a pause — but rest assured, road construction work on SR 14 in Clark County between Southeast 164th Avenue and Interstate 205 will be back in action next spring....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Mon January 08, 2024
Portion of North Carolina's I-42 Reaches Last Year of Work
A relatively short but critical bypass of U.S. Highway 70 around the small community of Havelock, in southeastern North Carolina, is now in its last year of construction after the state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) commissioned the project in 2019....
CT Insider - Mon January 08, 2024
CTDOT Beginning $500M Effort to Improve Three-Highway Interchange in Meriden
State transportation officials have quietly ramped up work on a nearly $500 million project designed to overhaul one of central Connecticut's most congested and headache-inducing highway corridors, CT Insider reported....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 27, 2023
Peterson-Chase Provides New Surface On LA Highway
Peterson-Chase General Engineering Construction Inc. crews started work on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $33 million Interstate 5 Pavement Preservation Project in Los Angeles County on Nov....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 21, 2023
TDOT Makes Improvements to Clarksville Highway
Although the timeline has changed, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) continues monitoring long-awaited improvements for State Route 112 (Clarksville Highway). Construction on the $34.4 million project includes widening the route from two lanes to four lanes, with a continuous left turn lane from the Ashland City Highway (SR 12) intersection to the Briley Parkway (SR 155) interchange....
Mainebiz - Wed December 20, 2023
Track Improvements Ahead for Maine's Amtrak Downeaster; U.S. 1 to Get $27.1M in Upgrades
Amtrak's Downeaster rail service secured a $27.5 million federal grant in December to make repairs and related improvements along the tracks between Brunswick, Maine, and the Massachusetts border. The project, estimated to cost $34.3 million according to an Amtrak news release, aims to keep the rails in good condition, reducing the need to impose speed limits on the passenger trains, cutting down freight delays, and improving safety and service, Mainebiz reported Dec....
