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Kansas Announces Nearly $50M for Bridge, Local Projects

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CEG/Kansas Department of Transportation - Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) announced more than $46 million in state and federal funding for bridge replacements, repairs and local transpor...

Phase II of ARDOT's Springdale Bypass Ahead of Schedule

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Originally expected to wrap up in 2027, Phase II work on the Springdale Bypass is currently ahead of schedule. Construction is now expected to be finished this fall. "Completing the second phase of the Springdale Bypass is a big accomplishment for the Arkansas Department of Transportation...

KDOT's $239M I-70 Project to Improve Congestion

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Designed to improve accessibility and bring new economic opportunities to downtown Topeka and the historic NOTO arts and entertainment district, the I-70/Polk-Quincy Viaduct project didn't happen overnight. In fact, it took years of planning before work could take place on the busy thoroughfare....

Introducing Arkansas Department of Transportation

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CEG - In a historical transition, the state's transportation agency begins a new chapter in its more than 100 years of existence.Senate Bill 589, now Act 707 of 2017, changes the name of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department to the Arkansas Department of Transportation. Th...

Precaster Supplies 7 Miles of Sound Walls for Highway Project

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Shari Held — Special to CEG - Overland Park is one of the largest cities in Kansas, with a population of nearly 200,000 in 2020. It also is one of the state's fastest growing cities, with new residents flocking there to settle in the suburbs. As a result, traffic on U.S. 69, one of the city's main arteries, be...

KDOT Hosts Groundbreaking for K-18/I-70 Flyover Bridge

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Kansas Department of Transportation - Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Secretary Calvin Reed joined Sen. Jerry Moran and local leaders for the I-70/K-18 interchange improvement project groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 12, 2025, at the adjacent Geary County Fire Station #4. The event highlighted the importance of the interchange...

Gov. Kelly, KDOT Announce $442M for IKE Projects

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Kansas Department of Transportation - Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Secretary Calvin Reed announced in Lindsborg Oct. 22, 2025, nine new modernization and expansion highway projects. These projects, which represent a total investment of more than $442 million, are moving into the Eisenhower Legacy Tr...

Road to the Rockies Paved With Lower Fueling, Fleet Costs

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Niki Patterson — SPECIAL TO CEG - Road construction — especially DOT (department of transportation) work — is more competitive and heavily regulated than ever. Experienced contractors like Alyson and Brycen Buum, owners of AB Underground, know that being competitive in their bids, profitable in their work and ...

Arkansas' Corning Bypass Will Improve Mobility

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - As the next phase of Future I-57 from Walnut Ridge to the Missouri state line, the Corning Bypass will have a significant impact by improving mobility and traffic flow. The $55 million undertaking in Clay County, Ark., is considered a critical project segment. ...

Mid-American DOTs Take Top Honors in National Transportation Contest

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AASHTO - Eleven state department of transportation projects from Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin won regional honors in the 2025 America's Transportation Awards competition. From preparing for the 2024 solar eclipse to crafting vulnerable road user safety assessment too...

Gov. Kelly Earmarks $25M for Road Projects Across Kansas

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Office of Gov. Kelly - Gov. Laura Kelly announced July 29 $25 million for 30 projects to improve intersections and roads across the state. The projects were selected for funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP). "Enhancing the safety a...

Bypass in Arkansas Gets Federal Funds, Utility Looks to Build New Power Station in White Bluff

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CEG & Pine Bluff Commercial - The final leg of the Springdale Northern Bypass in northwest Arkansas will move forward with the help of a $24.46 million federal grant, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced July 15, 2025. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation's BUILD grant prog...

Federal Highway Administration Offices in Ark., Miss. to Merge, Staffing Cuts Cited

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Arkansas is sharing a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) office with Mississippi due to federal staffing cuts, the Arkansas Department of Transportation's chief of administration said June 18, 2025, during a state Highway Commission meeting. The session also included the proposal a...

VIDEO: Kiewit Infrastructure Chosen to Manage Replacing the I-55 Bridge Over Mississippi River

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Arkansas Business & TDOT - The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced March 13, 2025, that Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. of Westlake, Texas, has been chosen as the construction manager and general contractor for the Interstate 55 bridge replacement project in Memphis, Tenn. The company is a subsi...

Arkansas Connector Links XNA, Springdale Bypass

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - With almost a dozen bridges, an interchange and a tie-in to Highway 264 being constructed, the XNA Connector project will be a game-changer when completed by summer 2027. The four-lane interstate will stretch nearly 4 mi., linking the northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) to the Springdale By...

ARDOT Awards Oklahoma Contractor First of Four Projects to Extend I-49 Near Fort Smith, Ark.

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ARDOT & Arkansas Business - The first of four projects near Fort Smith, Ark., to construct the next portion of Interstate 49, between Arkansas Highway 22 in Barling and the I-40/I-49 Extension, has been awarded to a Tulsa, Okla., contractor. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) selected Manhattan Road &...

Connecting Arkansas: Highway Widening Near Little Rock

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - A major roadway widening in the heart of Jacksonville, Ark., will address traffic congestion, as well as high crash rates on Highway 67/167 and associated interchanges and frontage roads, when it's completed in late 2027. The more than $145 million project is funded through the Connecting Ark...

Midwest DOT Projects Take Home Regional ATA Awards

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MAASTO America’s Transportation Awards - Ten projects from state departments of transportation in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and Wisconsin won top prizes in the regional 2024 America's Transportation Awards competition. These projects from the Mid America region were recognized for their robust impact...

Kansas Receives Nearly $45.3M in RAISE Grants

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Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Gov. Laura Kelly announced July 1 that four Kansas infrastructure projects are receiving nearly $45.3 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program. RAISE grants support road, rail, transi...

Kansas DOT Works to Reconstruct U.S. 24 in Topeka

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is collaborating with the city of Topeka on a $64 million reconstruction and pavement replacement effort that begins near N. Kansas Avenue and extends to Muddy Creek Jefferson County. The U.S. 24 improvements project won't be complete until 2027 ...

Gov. Kelly Announces More Than $14M to Improve 37 Kansas Airports

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Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Gov. Laura Kelly announced on March 5 that 58 projects at 37 airports have been selected to receive $14.3 million through the Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP). "Improvements made to our aviation infrastructure are vital to local economies, even in rural parts of Kansas," Kelly sa...

Kansas DOT Issues $16.5M for Short Line Rail Projects Through State RSIP

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AASHTO - Nearly $16.5 million will go to 17 short line rail expansion and rehabilitation projects in Kansas, funded through the Kansas Department of Transportation's Rail Service Improvement Program or RSIP. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) said in a statement that funding will help improve her state's...

KDOT Project Wins Top National Award

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Kansas Department of Transportation - The Kansas Department of Transportation's I-70 asphalt improvement project in Gove County received the 2023 Sheldon G. Hayes Award — the top paving award from the National Asphalt Pavement Association. The award was presented to the project's contractor, APAC Kansas...

Shilling Brings Safety to Rural Kansas Highway

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Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - 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 sho...

Arkansas, Tennessee DOTs Apply for Funding to Replace I-55 Bridge Over Mississippi River

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette - The state highway departments in Arkansas and Tennessee applied in early December for funding made available through the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to replace the Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River. The federal grant sought by the two agencies would cover half the cos...

University of Missouri Opens Its New Work Zone Safety Center of Excellence

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AASHTO - The college of engineering at the University of Missouri recently established the Missouri Work Zone Safety Center of Excellence or "MOWZES" to develop behavioral, educational, engineering and technology solutions to achieve zero fatalities and serious injuries in highway work zones. The ...

VIDEO: ARDOT Considers Upgrades to Zero Street, I-540/Ark. Highway 255 in Fort Smith

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Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette - The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) wants public feedback on its proposed improvements to Zero Street and Interstate 540/Arkansas Highway 255 in Fort Smith in ...

VIDEO: Explosives Drop Steel Trestle Missouri River Bridge

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Associated Press - ROCHEPORT, Mo. (AP) Onlookers online and on the banks of the Missouri River had to wait more than an hour to watch officials use explosives to drop a historic steel trestle bridge that for years carried cars across the waterway along Interstate 70 into the river below. The blast just sout...

KDOT's $570M Express Lane Project Aims to Speed Commute

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - With a continued focus on community input, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is overseeing a $570 million project that will build express toll lanes on U.S. 69 Highway in Overland Park. The mission of 69Express is to help commuters travel to their destinations quickly and safely....

Bridge Project Earns GDOT Prestigious Award Honor

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GDOT - The Georgia Department of Transportation earned a regional award in the 2023 America's Transportation Awards competition at the Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' annual meeting held in Mobile, Ala. Georgia DOT's winning submission, the "Historic 5th Stree...

Arkansas' $633M 30 Crossing Project to Improve Safety, Relieve Congestion

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Designed to manage congestion and enhance access to the downtown areas of Little Rock and North Little Rock, the 30 Crossing project will make improvements to one of the most heavily trafficked corridors in the state. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is overseeing phase one const...

National Asphalt Pavement Association Recognizes Award Winners, Honorees

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National Asphalt Pavement Association - At a ceremony during its 2023 annual meeting on Feb. 8, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) recognized 2022 award winners and honorees who advance the asphalt pavement industry. Sheldon G. Hayes Award The Sheldon G. Hayes Award for excellence in con...

Missouri's Gov. Parson Calls for $860M to Widen I-70

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Summer Ballentine and David A. Lieb ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri Gov. Mike Parson called on state lawmakers to set aside nearly $860 million to widen and improve traffic flow on Interstate 70 in his annual State of the State address Jan. 18. The massive investment in I-70 is part of a nearly $52 billion budget proposal...

Kansas Provides Nearly $41M For Local Bridge Projects

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AASHTO - Gov. Laura Kelly (D) and Julie Lorenz, the outgoing Kansas Department of Transportation secretary, recently announced the disbursement of $40.5 million through two different state programs to fund 33 local and off-system bridge projects statewide. Gov. Kelly noted that local bridge funds ...

Kansas DOT Selects 69Express Project Design-Build Team

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Kansas Department of Transportation - The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has selected US69 Express Constructors to build 69Express, the state's first express lanes, on U.S. 69 in Overland Park. This project, part of the Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE), will be delivered using design-build, which allows ...

Illinois, Kansas DOTs Unveil New Plans for Major Transportation Investments

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AASHTO - Major investments in transportation infrastructure by Illinois and Kansas aim to create economic opportunity and jobs; promote quality of life; and improve mobility safety at both the state and local level. The Illinois Department of Transportation recently unveiled a $34.6 billion progra...

McGeorge Contracting Works to Complete King Expressway/Hot Springs Bypass Extension

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In Garland County, Ark., construction crews are working diligently to complete a $78.5 million, 5.8-mi. extension of the King Expressway/Hot Springs Bypass from the U.S. Highway 70 East interchange to the junction of Arkansas Highway 5 and AR 7. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) e...

Improvement Project On I-30 in Little Rock, Ark., Hitting Key Milestones

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Construction on Interstate 30 in the Little Rock, Ark., area is set to soon reach several important mileposts as work continues on a flyover ramp, and a new bridge over the Arkansas River is opened. The developments are part of the $1 billion 30 Crossing project, designed to rebuild and w...

Kansas City's Buck O'Neil Bridge Replacement

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - With a third of the work already completed, construction crews continue making progress on the Buck O'Neil Bridge replacement project in Kansas City, Mo. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is overseeing the effort, which called for the demolition of multiple bu...

Kansas DOT Approves May Construction Project Bids

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Kansas Department of Transportation - The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) announced approved bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects. The letting took place May 18, 2022, in Topeka. Some of the bids may include multiple projects that have been bundled based on proximity and type of work. Distr...

Flawed Bridge Retaining Wall Delays Completion of Arkansas Highway Extension

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Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - A faulty retaining wall has delayed completion of the 5.8-mi.-long extension of the King Expressway, the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) announced. The transportation agency told the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record in November that the $80.14 million project con...

Federal Funds for Aberdeen, Miss., Port Expected to Spur Regional Economy

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CEG - Officials with the City of Aberdeen Port in Mississippi hope that the recent infusion of $4 million in federal money to build a railway for easier transport of materials will spur economic development around not only the port, but the northeast region of the state. Mississippi's two U.S. ...

VIDEO: Arkansas's King Expressway Extension Ahead of Schedule, to Be Completed in 2022

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Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - Construction of the $79 million, 5.8-mi. extension of the King Expressway from the U.S. Highway 70 East interchange to the junction of Arkansas Highway 5 and AR 7 is running ahead of schedule, the state Department of Transportation (ArDOT) has announced. The state agency ...

Work Has Begun on Little Rock's $81M Cantrell Road Widening Project

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CEG - On Oct. 25, after years of public hearings, ideas and input, construction of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Cantrell Road Widening Project in west Little Rock has finally gotten under way. ARDOT crews had closed both the eastbound and westbound left tur...

Kansas DOT Launches Statewide Survey to Explore Future Transportation Funding

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Kansas Department of Transportation - The Kansas Department of Transportation on Oct. 14 launched a statewide survey to learn what Kansans think about how highways and bridges are funded. The survey is available on the project webpage at ksdotike.org/RUC-study and will be open through ...

Six State DOTs Win Regional Transportation Project Awards

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AASHTO - State departments of transportation in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin earned regional recognition in the America's Transportation Awards competition for eight projects that quickly restored safe access to a fire-damaged bridge; used drones to increase...

Kansas Awards Funds for 10 Short Line Rail Improvements

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Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - On Aug. 17, Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced 10 projects, totaling more than $5.2 million, were awarded as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Short Line Rail Improvement Fund Program. The announcement took place at the Gavilon gr...

I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge Partially Reopens

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Tennesee DOT - Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright announced July 28 the I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge over the Mississippi River will reopen under limited traffic while contractors finish the work. Contractors will have completed all the phase three plating an...

MoDOT, Officials Break Ground On Construction of New Buck O'Neil Bridge

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Office of Missouri Gov. Mike Parson Facebook - The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons and Kansas City officials gathered to celebrate the start of the long-awaited construction of the Buck O'Neil Bridge. Investing in infrastructure is a top priority for Parson's administration, a...

VIDEO: Construction Crews Installing Eight Steel Plates on Damaged I-40 Bridge

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Arkansas Democrat Gazette & WATN-TV Local ABC 24 - Progress is being made by construction crews carefully working around the clock to make repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis after it was closed May 11 following the discovery of a large crack spotted on one of its beams. The fracture on the tied-arch Hernando de Soto Br...

Kansas Invests $42M to Support Projects

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Office of Gov. Laura Kelly - Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced on May 26 that more than $42 million will support 30 transportation construction projects across Kansas through an expanded list of recipients of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Cost Share Program for ...

ARDOT Fires Inspector Who Overlooked Crack in River Bridge in 2019

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WMC Action News 5 - As the investigation continues as to why a significant beam fracture occurred on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi River, an inspector with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) who checked the 48-year-old structure in 2019 and failed to discover the crack, has b...

Bridge Crack Closes I-40 Bridge Over Mississippi River in Memphis

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CEG - During a routine inspection of a key interstate bridge over the Mississippi River on May 11, an Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) engineer spotted a fractured beam on the structure that led him to immediately make an urgent 911 call. "We need to get people off...

Arkansas Embarks On Biggest-Ever Highway Construction Program

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Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - The state of Arkansas embarked on its biggest highway construction program ever undertaken by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, and the people couldn't be more excited. "Arkansas is a small state with a population of just three million, but this project touch...

Longview Bridge and Road Reconstructs Texarkana Highway

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Longview Bridge and Road is reconstructing 6 mi. of I-30 from the Arkansas State Line to Kings Highway in the city of Texarkana [Bowie County], replacing the four-lane [two lanes in each direction separated by a?median] asphalt highway with six concrete lanes to handle an increas...

Revolutionizing Missouri's Ditch Liners

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Curb Roller - Near the Kansas City International Airport lies a well-traveled stretch of road that connects NE Cookingham Drive to I-435. A 20-mi. jaunt separates the airport from downtown Kansas City, and while some drivers might make their way via the direct I-29 route, others choose the I-435 route that mig...

Koss Construction Keeps I-555 Job On Track

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Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) is currently working on a project to reconstruct approximately 4.716 mi. of Interstate 555 through Jonesboro. Additional work includes overlaying five overpasses along I-555 and hydrodemolition and overlay of four bridges on I-555...

MoDOT Selects Contractor for New Buck O'Neil Bridge

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Missouri Department of Transportation - On Feb. 3, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission announced that it had selected Massman-Clarkson, A Joint Venture, as the design-build contractor to replace the Buck O'Neil Bridge, formally known as the Broadway Bridge. Construction is anticipated t...

Easing Missouri/Arkansas Border Bottleneck

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Crews are working six days a week on a $70 million project that will complete the final 5 mi. of I-49 in Missouri between Pineville and the Missouri/ Arkansas border. When the I-49 Connector is completed, I-49 will stretch 290 mi. between Kansas City, Mo., and Fort Smith, Ark....

To Save on Costs, ARDOT Replacing Five Bridges at Once

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Times Record - Drivers in the Fort Smith, Ark., area can expect to come across bridge replacements in Crawford and Sebastian counties. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is replacing five bridges in the two counties at a cost of just over $8 million. The money com...

FTA Announces $174M Grant for Kansas City Streetcar Expansion

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U.S. Department of Transportation - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on Jan. 8 announced a $174.1 million federal grant agreement with the city of Kansas City, Mo., for the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension Project, which will improve transp...

Kansas' U.S. 169 Project Is Back On

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Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Despite being identified as a number 1 priority, the U.S. 169 reconstruction project in Anderson County, Kan., was placed on delayed status in 2017. "Counties from the Oklahoma border all the way to Kansas City said this project was a priority," said Trisha Purdon, executive director of t...

Little Rock, Ark., Gets $3M Grant to Build Part of Tri-Creek Greenway

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Arkansas Times - The Central Arkansas transportation planning agency Metroplan has awarded Little Rock $3 million to build a large section of the 6-mi. Tri-Creek Greenway, a 12-ft.-wide off-street bicycle and pedestrian route that will connect city parks in the southwestern part of the city. Little Rock i...

Work to Widen Arkansas' U.S. 67 Wins $10M Federal Boost

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has won another competitive grant to help pay for a project to widen two sections of U.S. Highway 67 in Pulaski and Lonoke counties. The $10 million grant under a U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)...

Contractors Serve as First Responders After Hurricane

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CEG - Contractors, equipment dealers and the heavy equipment they provide are infrastructure's first responders when natural disasters hit. When Hurricane Laura made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 27 as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 150 mph., its destructive path reached the eas...

ARDOT Head Wants Issue 1 Passed to Fund $7.4B in Road Projects

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The Saline Courier - During a public meeting Sept. 21, the Benton Area Chamber of Commerce hosted Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Director Lorie Tudor, who spoke about why she wants Issue 1 on the November state ballot passed. The proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution ...

Secretary Lorenz Celebrates I-70 Milestone Near Kanorado

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Kansas Department of Transportation - Kansas Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz celebrated the 50th anniversary of the completion of I-70 in Kansas on Aug. 20 at the Kanorado weigh station near the Kansas/Colorado state line. A replica of signs located on eastbound I-70 highlighting this accomplishment was unveiled at the event....

Gov. Kelly Announces Cost Share Program Recipients

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Kansas Department of Transportation - Gov. Laura Kelly and Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced on July 9 the recipients across the state of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Cost Share Program. These 24 projects total more than $20 million in transportation investments statewide. The Cost ...

Arkansas Secures Right of Ways for New King Expressway Extension

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CEG - The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has secured all 62 right of way pieces needed to extend the King Expressway bypass from the U.S. Highway 70 East interchange to the junction of Arkansas Highways 5&7 North. Randy Ort, ARDOT's deputy director and ch...

ArDOT Closes Street As $81M Road Project Begins in Little Rock

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CEG - The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) has announced that widening Cantrell Road (AR Highway 10) between Pleasant Ridge Road and Pleasant Valley Drive in Little Rock required the permanent closure of the latter street on June 1. Crews did so to allow for utilit...

'Crossroads of the Country' Undergoing $23M Update

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - There's been talk around Kansas City of the need to modernize the outdated Turner Diagonal on I-70 for at least eight years. Then, about three years ago, stakeholders learned of the availability of a federal grant, applied and were awarded it. ...

Kansas Selects IKE Projects

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Kansas Department of Transportation - Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Secretary Julie Lorenz announced on May 14 that preliminary engineering work will begin on 40 highway modernization and expansion projects. These are the first projects to move forward under the Eisenhower Transportat...

Construction on Bella Vista Bypass, I-49 Interchange Still on Track Near Bentonville

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Work to complete the Bella Vista Bypass near Bentonville, Ark., is close to its schedule, despite the fact the primary contractor paused one project after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus. The delay wasn't critical to the larger picture of completing the project, said S...

Gilcrease Expressway West Project in Okla. Receives $120M for Renovations

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AASHTO Journal - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau will provide up to a $120.1 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) to help finance the ...

Federal Highway Administration Awards $8M to 10 States for Innovative Projects

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Federal Highway Administration - The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced more than $8 million in Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program grants to state departments of transportation (DOTs) and local governments in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, ...

Kansas City's I-435, I-70 Overhaul Under Way

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - To ease crashes and help prevent traffic backups, construction crews in Jackson County, Mo., are replacing multiple bridges within the I-435 and I-70 interchange. In addition to building new bridges, workers will enhance the safety of the interchange overall with a new design, as part of a $47 mi...

Purdue Using Sensors to Track Lifecycle of Concrete

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AASHTO Journal - A team of Purdue University engineers is using roadway sensors to compile data on "concrete maturity" during select highway patching and paving projects — a project that seeks to establish "evidence-based recommendations" on the optimal time to re-open highways to traffic o...

Liberty, Missouri Interchange Targets Labor Day Opening

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Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - A major Kansas contractor is quickly building a replacement for a key interchange in Liberty, Mo., a northeast suburb of Kansas City, with high hopes that the project will be open to traffic by Labor Day weekend. ...

Emery Sapp & Sons Continues to Grow

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Billy Sapp, 24 at the time, started Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. (ESS) in Columbia, Mo., in 1972 with his brother Elvin, 34, and his father Emery. The construction company for which department of transportation work accounts for about 50 percent of annual revenues, started with one piece of equipm...

ODOT's $42M Sallisaw Project Under Way

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Romona Paden – CEG Correspondent - With the kickoff of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's interchange improvements in Sallisaw, so began the highest-dollar project in ODOT's eastern central district, also known as Division 1. The $42 million project, awarded to Sherwood Construction of Tu...

Incoming Ohio, Kansas Governors Fill DOT Directorships

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AASHTO Journal - Incoming Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly named Julie Lorenz to serve as interim secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation on Jan. 10, according to news reports, while Jack Marchbanks is being tapped by Ohio Gov.-elect Mike DeWine as the ...

Arkansas DOT Works to Ease Congestion on I-630

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In an effort to ease congestion, the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is overseeing an $87 million expansion project on Interstate 630 in Little Rock. Work began in July, with an expected completion date of January 2020....

Kansas Road Crews Tackle Soil, Subgrade Issues

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Crews from Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. started work in May on the Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) $16 million pavement reconstruction of a 7.12 mi. section of U.S. 169 in Allen County, from Minnesota Road south to Delaware Road. The key el...

OTC Awards Willis Bridge Contract

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Oklahoma Department of Transportation - A $43 million contract to replace a mile-long, 58-year-old bridge over Lake Texoma that links Oklahoma and Texas was awarded by the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. Jensen Con...

Expansion of U.S 69 Aims at Student Safety

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Work began on March 13, 2017 on the $20.4 million Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) project expanding a 6-mi. section of U.S. 69 to a four-lane upgradable expressway in Bourbon County, as well as rebuilding or refurbishing several brid...

KDOT Places High Hopes on Viaduct Reconstruction

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Kansas Department of Transportation is spending $65 million to replace the aging and deteriorating westbound section of the Lewis and Clark Viaduct on Interstate 70, which links Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. Built...

Arkansas Seeks Federal Approval for $630M Interstate Project

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Associated Press - LITTLE ROCK, ARK. - The Arkansas Department of Transportation is seeking federal approval of an environmental assessment that would clear the way for a more than $630 million renovation of Interstate 30. The department is wor...

ARDOT Team Wins 16th Annual 'Roadeo' Competition

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AASHTO - From Sept. 4 through 6 this year, teams from 11 state departments of transportation competed in the 16th annual Southeastern Regional Equipment Operators Roadeo in Rogers, Ark., where they pitted their knowledge of safety practices and equipment operating skills against one anoth...

Cities Receive $13.7M for Road Projects

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Kansas Department of Transportation - Twenty-seven projects that will improve intersections and roads in Kansas cities have been selected for funding through the Kansas Department of Transportation's City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP), which funds improvements to state highways that extend through c...

Winners Announced in National Faces of Transportation Competition

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AASHTO - Two captivating photographs and three compelling videos won prizes in the 13th annual Faces of Transportation competition sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. A photograph of a California Department ...

Kansas DOT Tests Drones for Road Construction Work

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Associated Press - NETAWAKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas transportation officials are beginning a pilot project to determine how drones could be used in future road design work. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that last week marked the first time the Kansas Department of Transportation has employed drone technology...

Major Project Aims to Improve Travel in Wichita

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - In an effort to reduce congestion, increase capacity and improve travel in east Wichita, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) and the city of Wichita have partnered to provide improvements at the Webb Road intersection and the Greenwich to K-96 corrido...

State DOT Chooses Company for $87.3M Road Widening Project

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Emily Buenzle - The Arkansas Department of Transportation recently awarded Manhattan Road and Bridge an $87.3 million widening project on the western portion of I-630 in Little Rock. "We still have a few details to work on, but we could not be happier to have been selected to partner with Arkansas Depart...

Three State DOTs Contribute to Rail Project That Won $16M TIGER Grant

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AASHTO Journal - State departments of transportation from Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico helped fund a regional rail line improvement project that won a federal TIGER grant of $16 million this month from the USDOT. The award went to the $26.7 million Southwest Chief Route Stabilization Project, and the g...

Arkansas Delays 12 Road Projects Due to Funding Uncertainty

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The Associated Press - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Citing uncertainty in federal funding, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has pulled a dozen road construction projects from the bidding process for next month.The department made the recommendation to withdraw the 12 projects before the recent governm...

Four-Lane Bridge Key Link for Rural Arkansas

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Cindy Riley - Work on a more than $29 million bridge has inched beyond the halfway point in Arkansas, on U.S. 167 near Calion. The new structure is considered a key link in completing a four-lane roadway from El Dorado to the Ouachita River.“For most of our team, this is a once in a lifetime type...

Two KDOT Projects Receive National Awards

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CEG - Two Kansas Department of Transportation construction projects won national awards at the 28th annual American Concrete Pavement conference on Nov. 30 in San Diego, Calif.The South Lawrence Trafficway (SLT) was a gold winner in the Divided Highways (Rural) category. The 6-mi., $18...

American Concrete Pavement Association Presents Sustainable Practices Recognition Award

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CEG - The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has presented its Sustainable Practices Recognition Award to Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. (an ACPA Member) and the Kansas Department of Transportation for their team effort in recognizing and prioritizing sustainable construction practices on the South...

AASHTO Board Elects Braceras as Vice President

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CEG - On Sept. 28, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials' Board of Directors elected Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer, as the association's president. Carlos Braceras P.E., executive director of the Utah Department of Transportati...

FAA Announces Another Round of Airport Infrastructure Grants

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CEG - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announced Sept. 13 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $264 million in airport infrastructure grants to 95 airports in 31 states across the United States as part of the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP).&...

Audit Confirms State's Need for More Road Maintenance Funds

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Noel Oman - A special report by the Arkansas Legislative Audit confirms Arkansas Department of Transportation's assertions that its construction and maintenance program for roads and bridges requires additional revenue of more than $400 million annually.The report, which is expected to be presente...

Crews Work Around the Clock on I-49

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Cindy Riley - A $176 million project that began in 2014 is inching closer to completion in north Caddo Parish, La. Construction on I-49 North Segment K is being performed in two phases, based on the size and scope of the assignment.“Work to construct this entirely new section of I-49 north is nece...

Six Southern States Receive Top Awards in National Contest

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CEG - State department of transportation projects that swiftly addressed a spike in wrong-way driving fatalities and that used safety improvements to encourage pedestrian and bicycle travel were winners in the southern regional America's Transportation Awards competition. Now in its 10th ye...

A New Name: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department is Now ArDOT

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Emily Buenzle - The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department announced that it will change its name to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), effective immediately. The name was changed in the 128-page Senate Bill 589, which served as a recommendation of the Legislative Task Force...

KDOT Employees Celebrate Service Anniversaries

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CEG - The Kansas Department of Transportation expresses its appreciation for employees celebrating state years-of-service anniversaries in June. KDOT is proud to acknowledge them for the long- term dedication they have provided to the state of Kansas.Sherri Bain, Environmental Administrative Ass...

South Dakota DOT Pays $7.5M for Mount Rushmore Road Renovations

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Samuel Blackstone - Rapid City Journal - Work is now underway on the third and final phase of the project, Mostly Chocolates will host a ground-breaking ceremony at 1919 Mount Rushmore Road to mark the occasion. This phase of the project has an expected completion date of May 2018 and is estimated to cost about $9 million, with ...

Demo of Broadway Bridge a 'Show Stopper'

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Cindy Riley - Although efforts to bring down the 93-year-old structure didn't go according to plan, work remains on schedule for the replacement Broadway Bridge (Hwy. 70) over the Arkansas River in Pulaski County. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) is overseeing construction, ...

Phase II of JoCo Complete

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Cindy Riley - Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) officials are marking completion of Phase II of the state's largest-ever highway project. Final cleanup is taking place on Johnson County Gateway Phase II, which has been under construction for more than two years at the convergence of Interstates 3...

Four-Lane Highway Project Completes Loop Around Lawrence

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CEG - LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas transportation officials will host two public events to celebrate the completion of a long-waited highway project nearly three years after the start of construction.The Kansas Department of Transportation is scheduled to host a ribbon cutting and public walk-bike...

VIDEO: Bridge Finally Collapses — Five Hours After Failed Implosion

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CEG - Charges detonated shortly after 10 a.m. created puffs of smoke – but no collapse. The steel from the bridge was supposed to fall into the Arkansas River within minutes and a cleanup crew was going to move in and begin to pull debris from the water. However, the bridge did not fall as planne...

Ark. Eyes Tolls for 13-Mi. Stretch of Interstate 49

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CEG - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) State highway officials have commissioned a study to determine whether the state should use tolls to build a new section of Interstate 49 in western Arkansas.The Arkansas Highway Commission also is asking consultants to study whether a private company should operate ...

Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc. Names New Region Director

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CEG - Murphy Tractor & Equipment Co. Inc., is strengthening its value as a John Deere dealer organization by naming Mike King as the region director of the Plains area of responsibility. Based out of corporate headquarters, located in Park City, Kan., King will be providing leadership and oversight to...

Wildcat Construction Enters Second Year of $79M Job

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Irwin Rapoport - Crews from Wildcat Construction Co. Inc. are into the second construction season for the $79 million Kellogg and Webb Interchange Project, part of an East Kellogg initiative launched by a partnership between the city of Wichita, the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), and Kansas Turnpike ...

Fading 85-Year-Old Bridge Near Pruitt to Be Replaced

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Bill Bowden - ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE - PRUITT, Ark. (AP) Rust is slowly replacing the faded green paint on an 85-year-old bridge over the Buffalo National River.Motorists still pull off of Scenic Arkansas 7 to take pictures of the bridge near Pruitt in Newton County, but they'll only be able to do that for another three yea...

Delaying Highway Projects Have Some in Kansas Worried

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Melissa Hellmann - ASSOCIATED PRESS - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Congested or treacherous roads could become more so under the Kansas Department of Transportation's recent announcement that 25 large, already-scheduled highway projects will be delayed for over the next two years.The delay is part of Gov. Sam Brownback's plan to ...

Dondlinger Builds First Phase of Wichita's $116M RED Project

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Irwin Rapoport - Dondlinger Construction crews began work on the first phase of the Kansas Department of Transportation's (KDOT) 235 Kellogg Central Project in Wichita, known as the RED Project, on Nov. 10, 2015 and will be delivering the new infrastructure in the summer of 2019.The $116 million projec...

Kansas Contractors Blame Lawmakers for Recent Drop in Construction Jobs

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CEG - Fox TV News affiliate WDAF is reporting that contractors in Kansas are blaming lawmakers for a recent drop in road construction jobs across the state. A new report shows cuts to road and bridge spending has led to the drop.The state lost five percent of their construction jobs in January, ...

Ark. Highway Realignment to Reduce Crashes

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CEG - DERMOTT, Ark. (AP) An intersection on U.S. 65 in southeastern Arkansas is getting realigned in an effort to give drivers better sight lines and reduce fatal crashes. An estimated $500,000 and $750,000 will be spent to redevelop the intersection with Arkansas Highway 35, the Arkansas Democr...

Motorists Endure Lane Closures for I-40 Job

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CEG - Motorists in Conway, Ark., are dealing with lane closings, as construction of a bridge over Interstate 40 continues. The work, a partnership between the city of Conway and the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), is tied to a nearby major development, and is one of five differ...

Contractor Adds New Link to Historic Arkansas Road

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Jeff Winke - The southwest-northeast bisector of Arkansas, U.S. Route 67, has always been a significant motor route. In 1803, the route was known as the Southwest Trail. This old military road follows the natural break between the Ozark Mountains and the Ouachita Mountains.President Andrew Jackson appr...

One State Tries Cheaper Road Treatment

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CEG - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department is turning to a cheaper road treatment to help refresh some of its busier highways and stretch maintenance dollars.But the ”chip-seal’ treatment, which is typically a mixture of gravel and liquid asphal...

Kansas’s Ongoing Gateway Project Moves Toward Phase 2

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Irwin Rapoport - Planning for the construction of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) ongoing Johnson County Gateway Project (Phase 2) in Kansas City — the first design-build project to be initiated by the DOT —began in mid-2008 when a three-year concept study was launched.Th...

State Agency Delays Plans to Demolish White River Bridge

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CEG - CLARENDON, Ark. (AP) An effort to repurpose a bridge across the White River into the longest pedestrian bridge in the country has gotten an assist from Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. The state Highway and Transportation Department has delayed plans for six months to demolish the 83-year-old...

States Seek Alternatives for Highway, Bridge Funding

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David A. Lieb - ASSOCIATED PRESS - JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Touted as one of the first interstate highways, a 200-mi. (322 km) span of Interstate 70 between suburban St. Louis and Kansas City stands as a prime example of the challenges facing the nation’s roads. Built in the 1950s and ’60s with a 20-year-life ex...

Oklahoma Completes $75 Million Sale of Railroad Track

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Ken Miller - ASSOCIATED PRESS - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Oklahoma Department of Transportation on Aug. 4 completed the $75 million sale of nearly 100 mi. (161 km) of railroad track between Sapulpa and Midwest City to Stillwater Central Railroad LLC, which plans to introduce passenger rail service connecting the Tulsa suburb to th...

Gov. Cuomo Selects Team for Kosciuszko Bridge Project

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CEG - Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced that a design-build team has been selected to replace the eastbound Kosciuszko Bridge carrying the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278) over Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens in New York City. The team includes construction companies Skanska, a...

Job Numbers Robust, Despite Harsh Weather

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CEG - Construction firms added jobs in 38 states between January 2013 and January 2014, while 27 states experienced construction employment gains between December and January, according to an analysis March 17 by the ...

$6.6 Million Kansas Street Reconstruction Complete

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Mary Reed - The $6.6 million project to reconstruct Iowa Street in Lawrence, Kan., has just recently been completed.Funded by moneys from the city sales tax and two Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) sources — the Highway Safety Fund and the Surface Transportation Program — the pro...

MoDOT: More Money Needed to Keep Up With Demands

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Heather Hollingsworth - ASSOCIATED PRESS - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A gap exists between the transportation system that Missourians demand and the one the state can provide with current funds, a report released Nov. 7 said. Missouri Department of Transportation officials outlined more than $70 billion of wants, needs and projects from...

States that are Using Creative Ways to Fund Projects

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Len Toenjes - Faced with insufficient revenues and increased transportation infrastructure needs, a number of states are exploring new ways to fund highway and bridge improvements. Arkansas• On March 21, House Bill 1418 failed in a vote by the House Public Transportation Committee 1...

Third-Largest Cable-Stayed Span Under Way

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Irwin Rapoport - The New Mississippi River Bridge (NMRB), currently under construction, is a 1,500-ft. (457 m) span that will link downtown St. Louis, Mo., to East St. Louis, Ill. When completed in February, 2014 it will be the third longest cable-stayed bridge in the United States.The $667 million co-proj...

Miss. River Span Job Sees Finish Line Ahead

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Brenda Ruggiero - A huge project involving the Mississippi River Bridge is headed toward completion next year. While the project owners are the Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation, the lead is the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), under project director Gregory Horn. The project is act...

KDOT Unveils Massive $1.1B Projects Plan

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John Milburn - ASSOCIATED PRESS - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas transportation officials released a list of more than 430 construction projects totaling $1.1 billion to be carried out in the next two budget years, including several that are already under way. The list includes some major projects that were previously announced ...

Court Upholds Ruling on Lawrence Trafficway Plans

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John Milburn - ASSOCIATED PRESS - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A three-judge federal appeals court upheld a ruling July 10 that removes a legal hurdle for the Kansas Department of Transportation to finish building a disputed trafficway in Lawrence. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver issued its ruling affirming the process us...

Construction Employment Declined in 30 States Between May 2011, 2012

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CEG - More states lost construction jobs in May than at any point since June 2011 as 30 states experienced annual job losses and 27 states and D.C. lost jobs during the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. The weak state constru...

$100M Station Project Under Way in Oklahoma

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Sean Murphy - ASSOCIATED PRESS - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The first of nine new weigh and inspection stations for heavy trucks entering Oklahoma has opened for business, and state officials are pushing ahead with a nearly $100 million project to build the rest, the head of Oklahoma’s Department of Transportation said May 7. ...

Construction Firm Owner Is New KDOT Secretary

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John Hanna - ASSOCIATED PRESS - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback appointed a construction company owner March 23 to lead the Kansas Department of Transportation, describing the new Cabinet secretary as someone who loves the road-building industry, works hard and “has the blisters to prove it.” Mike King, ...

U.S. 50 Project in Hutchinson, Kan., to Provide $132M Economic Impact

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Jennifer Rupp - Every state in the United States has the goal to make the most of its transportation dollar. Many states develop special programs designed to maximize their funding and provide economic stimulation, while improving their roadways. In Kansas, the program is called T-WORKS (Transportation Works for...

New Compact Bridge Set for Clay County, Kansas

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Jennifer Rupp - U.S. 24 runs the entire width of Kansas, extending into Colorado to the west and Missouri to the east. Major repairs to this route have been incorporated into the Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KSDOT) highway projects over the next couple of years. For the 2012-2013 fiscal period, K...

Kansas to Start Buying Land for Lawrence Roadway Project

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CEG - LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) Kansas transportation officials say they will begin contacting dozens of Lawrence property owners about buying land needed to complete a new roadway, despite a pending appeal in a lawsuit filed because the planned route would affect a wetlands area. “We’re t...

Two ’Fly Over’ Interchanges Readied for Use in Springfield

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Jennifer Rupp - Two-directional “flyover” ramps and new bridges over the railroad tracks are the main features of a project that is easing congestion and improving safety at the busiest freeway-to-freeway interchange in Missouri outside of the St. Louis and Kansas City metro areas.The 60/65 In...

Ark. Road Projects Tally 30 Percent Below Cost Estimate

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CEG - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) The bids on Arkansas highway projects in 2010 came in 30 percent lower than estimated, leaving the state with about $70 million to use on speeding up other projects. “Our engineers base their estimates on historical data,” said Randy Ort, a spokesman of t...

MODOT Works Night, Day to Repair I-470 Pavement Collapse in southeast KC

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Richard Miller - In early July 2010 during a routine inspection Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) engineers discovered the ground had settled causing pavement settlement on a highly travelled section of I-470 in southeast Kansas City.On July 8, MODOT closed the westbound lane because of minor s...

Kansas Experiences Major Growth in Construction Work

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CEG - HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) A national association said Kansas led the nation in the percentage growth of construction employment when compared with last October. The Associated General Contractors of America said 61,700 people were working in construction in Kansas in October. That’s a 9 ...

Work Advances on Southwest Trail’s Successor

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Zoie Clift - Work continues on the Arkansas-based portion of Highway 67, a north-south route that travels through a big chunk of mid-America, from the U.S.-Mexico border to Sabula, Iowa.The project, which is slated to cost $24,816,799, includes constructing the embankment and bridges for 9.89 mi. (15.9...

Two Taxes Floated to Pay for Road Repairs in Ark.

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CEG - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) Two taxes are emerging as a way to raise money to pay for road repairs in Arkansas. But a spokesman for the governor said any tax increase will be a tough sell in the Legislature during a recession. A subcommittee of the Arkansas Blue Ribbon Committee on Highw...

Connecting Arkansas to Future Highway I-69

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Zoie Clift - A large-scale project with a long-range scope is in the works in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) is in the midst of constructing a 38.5-mi. (61.9 km) road designed to connect Interstate 530 in Pine Bluff to U.S. 278 in Wilmar. The connector is bein...

AHTD Identifies Alternative for Highway 13 Extension

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CEG - The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration, has completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the extension of Highway 13 between Highway 267 and Highway 36 in White County.The EA evaluated three alternatives, al...

Construction Proceeds on Dramatic Kansas City Bridge

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Richard Miller - One of the prominent geographic features of Kansas City, Mo., is the Missouri River which dissects the city in two, requiring multiple bridge crossings. In Kansas City alone, there are three railroad bridges and six highway bridges crossing the river at various points. One of these highw...

MDOT Solicits Proposals for Greenville Bridge Relocation

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CEG - GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) Mississippi officials are soliciting proposals to remove and preserve the old U.S. Highway 82 bridge over the Mississippi River at Greenville.The Continuous Steel Through Truss Bridge was opened in 1940 and has been determined eligible for the National Register of Hi...