Business Wire - Tue January 14, 2020
Granite Embarks on $33M Highway Reconstruction Job
Granite has been awarded a contract by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the reconstruction of four miles of State Route 99 (SR 99) near Kingsburg. A primary source of funding for this project is Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 that is expected to invest $54 billion over a 10-year period to improve California's roads, freeways and bridges....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Mon January 13, 2020
Long-Awaited Widening of North Carolina's I-26 Begins
After years of planning, environmental studies and even lawsuits, the North Carolina Department of Transportation is relieved to see the start of a widening project on Interstate 26 between Hendersonville and Asheville....
PennDOT - Wed January 02, 2019
PennDOT P3 Board Approves I-81 Reconstruction Project
The PennDOT Public-Private Transportation Partnerships (P3) Board approved a proposed P3 project to reconstruct a 4.5-mi. section of I-81 near Wilkes-Barre. The P3 Board originally approved the project in late 2018 as a bundling of 15 bridge replacements along I-80 and I-81 in Luzerne County....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 30, 2019
TxDOT Continues Work to Improve Safety Along MoPac
In Austin, Texas, work continues on a $53.5 million project that will enhance safety for motorists, decrease wait times at intersections and reduce overall travel time. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is constructing improvements along Loop 1 (MoPac) near the Slaughter Lane and La Crosse Avenue intersections....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 23, 2019
Work Enters the 'Last Mile' on New England Thruway
Construction crews are in the midst of a $135 million infrastructure project that will complete reconstruction of the final mile of a section of the New England Thruway (I-95) that carries traffic from New York City to the Connecticut border....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu December 19, 2019
Vermont's J.A. McDonald Crews Nears Halfway on Main Street
J.A. McDonald of Lyndon Center, Vt., has completed about half of the reconstruction work on Main Street in Waterbury, a $21 million job that it started in April and is scheduled for completion in June 2021....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
New Design of U.S. 95 Corridor Coming Soon to Idaho
Several roads at the southern end of the Garwood-to-Sagle U.S. 95 corridor north of Couer D'Alene, Idaho, are being reconfigured as part of a multi-year project to improve traffic flow and safety. The intersection with ID 53 junction near Hayden, Idaho, will be replaced with a unique interchange, while the intersection at Garwood Road will be replaced with an overpass, leaving Lancaster Road as the last signal on U.S....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
Crews Working to Build a Safer A Street in Rainier, Oregon
Street improvement projects often make travel safer, and that's certainly the number one factor driving work on Rainier, Ore.'s main street. But the $12.2 million project also comes with the added bonus of the total transformation of the city's downtown from two lanes of cracked asphalt bisected by railroad tracks to a new streetscape with ADA compliant sidewalks, new crosswalks, updated railroad gates and signage, and most importantly, the "daylighting" of the existing railroad tracks....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 17, 2019
After $370M Investment, Expect Smoother Drive on I-5
A $370 million project to improve and expand 67 mi. of I-5 through Sacramento will lead to smoother roadways, added capacity and an overall improved drive, but it's going to get worse before it gets better....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 11, 2019
IHC Rebuilds Nebraska's I-80/I-76 Interchange
The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT), via a $44.5 million contract awarded to Interstate Highway Construction Inc. (IHC), is rebuilding the interchange at I-80/I-76 near Big Springs — close to the "Colorado Corner" — and 6 mi....
