U.S. Department of Transportation - Thu November 29, 2018
DOT Announces $281M Funding Allocation for Transit Projects in Multiple States
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced a total of $281 million in additional Fiscal Year 2018 federal funding allocations to five transit projects in Arizona, California, Minnesota and Texas....
Associated Press - Tue November 20, 2018
Arizona Officials Weigh Incentives for Car Maker
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) Local governments are discussing proposals to provide incentives to a Saudi-backed California startup electric car maker that plans to build a plant in south-central Arizona. The Casa Grande Dispatch reports that the city of Casa Grande and Pinal County officials discussed proposals to offer $8.2 million in incentives to Newark, Calif.-based Lucid Motors....
Associated Press - Tue November 20, 2018
Officials Award $324M Contract to Replace Border Fencing
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Officials have awarded a contract to replace 14 mi. of pedestrian fencing along the border near Yuma. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Nov. 15, that the agency, along with the U.S....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
ADOT Sets Final Girders on South Mountain Freeway's Salt River Bridges
Two hundred and ninety-two. That's the number of concrete girders installed on two Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway bridges spanning the Salt River between Broadway Road and Southern Avenue in the southwest Valley....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 06, 2018
Brewers Hit Home Run With $60M Spring Training Facility
Spring training facilities for the Milwaukee Brewers have been a hit with players and fans, but in 2019 they look to be a home run. Construction is moving ahead on a $60 million renovation and expansion of Milwaukee Brewers' spring training home in the western Phoenix community of Maryvale, Ariz....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
ADOT Program Helping Women Enter Construction Trades
Iris Bost, an unemployed single mom of three, hoped to break into the male-dominated construction industry that would provide better pay than working retail. Through a social media post, the Globe resident was excited to learn about an Arizona Department of Transportation-sponsored Construction Academy at Gila Community College....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
Value Engineering Increases Value, Reduces Delivery Time
The Arizona Department of Transportation's original plan for improving the Interstate 17 bridges at Willard Springs Road south of Flagstaff called for replacing the decks in both directions over two summers, ending well into 2019....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
ADOT Busy With Projects Leading Up to Holiday Season
Phoenix-area freeway drivers may have noticed more construction and maintenance closures along interstates 10 and 17. There's some good news behind those restrictions. A scheduled increase in freeway work and closures in October and November allows the Arizona Department of Transportation to make progress on important improvements before a decrease in restrictions sets in during the holiday travel season....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
Organizations Protect Native Cactus Before U.S. 60 Project
To prepare for a project replacing the Pinto Creek Bridge on U.S. 60 east of the Valley, biologists from the Arizona Department of Transportation and partner organizations spent several days working to protect a native cactus, in some cases rappelling down the canyon walls to do so....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 09, 2018
Crews Rebuild Bridges in Historic Route 66 Community
A historic community along old Route 66 will be open for visitors as crews repair three area bridges over Interstate 40 in the Phoenix area. The project is scheduled to last 10 months. Construction began on June 11 and is scheduled to be completed next spring....
