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....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 12, 2023
OC 405 Partners Completes $2B Improvement Project
The efforts of OC 405 Partners — a joint-venture of OHLA USA and Astaldi Construction Corporation — led to the completion of the Orange County Transportation Authority's (OCTA) $2.16 billion, I-405 Improvement Project, which had two new regular lanes (one in each direction) and the 405 Express Lanes (two lanes in each direction) open to the public on Dec....
Aiken Standard - Wed November 29, 2023
Completion of Aiken, S.C.'s Hitchcock Parkway Project Delayed Once Again
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) announced just before Thanksgiving that the expected completion date of the S.C. Highway 118/Hitchcock Parkway in Aiken has once again been delayed — the fourth time that has occurred since the project got under way in 2021....
PennDOT - Tue November 21, 2023
PennDOT Begins an $83.6M Upgrade to U.S. 422 in Lower Pottsgrove Township
Pre-construction activities on a project designed to rebuild and improve a portion of U.S. Highway 422 in Lower Pottsgrove Township, about 30 mi. northwest of Philadelphia, began Nov. 20, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)....
Illinois Tollway - Mon November 20, 2023
Illinois Tollway Awards $335.7M in Contracts in November
The Illinois Tollway board of directors on Nov. 16 approved five construction and professional engineering contracts totaling $335.7 million at its November board meeting, including the last major contract needed to deliver the reconstruction of the I-290/I-88 Interchange on the Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294)....
NC Ports & Charlotte Observer - Thu November 16, 2023
Busy N.C. Port's North Gate Funded for Move; NCDOT to Fix Choked I-85/I-485 Interchange
The North Carolina State Ports Authority (NC Ports) is set to receive a nearly $11 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to assist in paying for the relocation and optimization of the Port of Wilmington's North Gate....
