ARTBA - Wed August 16, 2023
ARTBA Reports 222,000 U.S. Bridges Need Repair
More than 222,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) analysis of the recently released U.S....
Yahoo Finance - Tue July 11, 2023
New Truck Parking Facility Gets $23M DOT Funding Boost
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a combined $33.5 million to build new truck parking facilities in Texas and Louisiana as project sponsors find ways around a lack of dedicated funding pools for such projects....
ARTBA - Mon February 13, 2023
ARTBA Joins U.S. DOT Call to Action on Safety
To reduce injuries and deaths on roadways, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has joined forces with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) in a new "Call to Action" campaign....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu December 15, 2022
'Every Day Counts' — DOT Program Expands Pool of Projects
The DOT has expanded its Every Day Counts (EDC) program from innovative infrastructure projects to tackling climate and safety. Seven projects were added to the list of 52 the department has supported in the decade-old federal initiative program....
U.S. Dept. of Adminstration - Tue November 29, 2022
Three State Ports Will Receive Million-Dollar Upgrades
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced more than $39 million to fund three projects in Texas to improve port facilities through the Maritime Administration's Port Infrastructure Development Program....
Federal Highway Administration - Mon August 29, 2022
Long Stretch of Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway to Get $54.3M in Upgrades
An 83-mi.-long stretch of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi will get much-needed safety improvements after the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $54.3 million grant to the National Park Service (NPS) for the work....
Caltrans - Tue June 28, 2022
Caltrans' Safe System Will Protect Construction Workers
Building on its longstanding commitment to safety, Caltrans is unveiling a new Director's Policy on Road Safety, which commits the department to the Safe System approach and reaffirms the vision of reaching zero fatalities and serious injuries on state highways by 2050....
The Hill & Newsweek - Thu June 23, 2022
Construction, Transportation Groups Push Back on Biden's Gas-Tax Proposal
Lobbying groups representing manufacturers, construction contractors, and civil engineers joined dozens of industry groups on June 22 to criticize President Biden's proposal to suspend the federal gas tax to combat sky-high fuel prices....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Tue March 15, 2022
Michigan Department of Transportation Begins Bridge Bundling Pilot
A Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) initiative to bundle bridge projects together to make them more cost-effective is under way. A pilot project, the first of its kind in Michigan, encompasses 19 bridges owned by local agencies....
US Dept. of Transportation - Wed February 09, 2022
BelRed Network to Receive $99M in Government Funding
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that its Build America Bureau has refinanced a $99.6 million TIFIA loan for the city of Bellevue's BelRed Street Network Project. The Bureau provides Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans and other surface transportation infrastructure financing to reduce the costs of infrastructure projects....
