TxDOT - Tue October 05, 2021
Contractors Will Have Busy Fall Season Upgrading Roads
TxDOT officials recently announced that a project to resurface the pavement on U.S. 271 in Red River County has commenced. The contractor, Richard Drake Construction Company LP, was granted 96 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $4.5 million....
TxDOT - Tue October 05, 2021
TxDOT Awards Atlas $8M Contract for Odessa Jobs
Atlas Technical Consultants Inc., a leading infrastructure and environmental services provider, announced the award of an $8 million contract from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services....
TxDOT - Tue October 05, 2021
Texas Transportation Commission Approves 10-Year Plan
The Texas Transportation Commission recently unanimously approved TxDOT's 10-year plan retaining allocations for funding the I-45 improvement project in Houston. The project, commonly known as the North Houston Highway Improvement Project, or NHHIP, is supported by the majority of people who commented during the Unified Transportation Program's (UTP) public comment period....
AASHTO - Wed September 22, 2021
Seven Western Departments of Transportation Win Awards
Seven state departments of transportation in Arizona, California, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas and Utah earned regional recognition in the 2021 America's Transportation Awards competition for projects providing safer access to kids walking to school, removing a highway to reconnect a community and creating a better way to inform motorists about weather events to save lives, among others....
TxDOT - Tue September 07, 2021
TxDOT Names Barth Second Deputy
The Texas Department of Transportation recently announced the selection of Brian Barth as the department's second deputy executive director. Barth assumed his new role on Aug. 1 and will serve alongside Deputy Executive Director Brandye Hendrickson, who joined TxDOT on July 19....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 07, 2021
TxDOT Makes Effort to Hire More Women in Prominent Roles
Being one of the largest and most influential departments of transportation in the country, what the Texas Department of Transportation does has an impact on other agencies. This is certainly the case in terms of the hiring of women to assume positions of authority and responsibility, and implementing measures to ensure that women feel welcome within the ranks of TxDOT....
Bloomberg - Tue September 07, 2021
Permian Basin Will Receive $844M Boost Toward Recovery
The region at the heart of the once-booming U.S. shale industry is signaling confidence in a nascent recovery after the pandemic crushed demand and curtailed oil and gas drilling. The Permian Basin has grown over the past decade to produce more oil than Iraq....
TxDOT - Tue September 07, 2021
New Task Force Directs Funding to Vital Highway Safety
The Texas Transportation Commission recently announced a new task force to be comprised of representatives from the Texas Department of Transportation and the state's metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) to further identify and fund safety projects from funding allocated to MPOs throughout the state with a relentless focus on reducing the number of fatalities on Texas highways....
TxDOT - Tue September 07, 2021
Transportation Commission Selects JV for I-35 Phase II
Residents are one step closer to seeing improvements to one of the state's most congested areas due to a decision made recently by the Texas Transportation Commission to conditionally select Lone Star Constructors, a partnership between Fluor Heavy Civil LLC and Austin Bridge & Road LP, as the design-build contractor for the highly anticipated Interstate 35E (I-35E) Phase II Project in Dallas County....
TxDOT - Tue September 07, 2021
Officials Host Virtual Ribbon-Cutting On I-635/SH 121
On Aug. 2, TxDOT and NorthGate Constructors hosted a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony for the I-635/SH 121 Interchange Project. This $370 million project widened SH 121 to accommodate a new interchange and new direct connectors for FM 2499 and SH 26 to reduce congestion and improve safety in the area....
