TxDOT - Mon December 28, 2020
Construction On Quinlan Bypass Will Begin in 2021
TxDOT officials announced that construction on the Quinlan Bypass in Hunt County is slated to begin in early January 2021. The contractor, RPM Construction, was granted 384 working days, weather permitting, to complete this project valued at more than $14 million....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Mon December 28, 2020
ETB Crews on Pace to Complete FM 2206 Project
East Texas Bridge Inc. (ETB) started operations last July to widen a portion of FM 2206/Harrison Road from Loop 281 to Fisher Road in the city of Longview (Gregg County), a $15.16 million Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) project that is taking the road from one lane in each direction to two, with a center turn lane....
Tribune-Review - Mon December 28, 2020
Army Corps' $2.6B Ohio River Project Might Get Funded Faster
Two key pieces of federal legislation recently could shave off years waiting to start construction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' $2.6 billion upper Ohio River project. The project, still in the design phase, replaces a lock each at the Emsworth, Dashields and Montgomery locks and dams in southwestern Pennsylvania....
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Wed December 23, 2020
Financially Stressed PennDOT Should Get $410M from New Bill
Pennsylvania will benefit from a new target of funding in the federal stimulus package approved Dec. 21: state departments of transportation, where financially beleaguered PennDOT is expected to receive $410.1 million....
SussexCountian.com - Wed December 23, 2020
Delaware Approves FAST Track Funding for Road Improvements
Some long-planned road improvements in Sussex County, Delaware, could be headed for the express lane through a new funding initiative that aims to speed up construction of critically needed transportation projects in southern Delaware....
Cape Cod Times - Wed December 23, 2020
Stimulus Bill Includes Funds to Replace Massachusett's Cape Cod Bridges
A commitment to the replacement of Massachusetts' aging Cape Cod Canal bridges, along with federal transportation dollars, were tucked into the massive package of emergency relief, government funding and tax cuts approved by Congress on Dec....
CEG - Wed December 23, 2020
Unilateral Slide Building Method to Be Used on Portland, Maine, Bridge
A century-old bridge in Gardiner, Maine, recently was replaced using 21st-century technology that accelerates the construction process. The town's Bridge Street Bridge, which carries U.S. Highway 201 over Cobbosseecontee Stream, became the second bridge in Maine to utilize the unilateral slide method....
WOAY-TV - Tue December 22, 2020
West Virginia Governor Approves Funds for Two New Road Projects
Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia announced Dec. 21 that he has approved the bid award for two new Roads to Prosperity projects: the West Virginia Route 2 Proctor to Kent Project in the Northern Panhandle, and the Sanderson Bridge Project in Kanawha County....
Federal Transit Administration - Tue December 22, 2020
FTA Allocates $544M for Seven Transit Infrastructure Projects
The Trump Administration announced Dec. 17 a total of $544.3 million in federal funding will be allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to seven transit infrastructure projects in Arizona, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina and Utah....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 22, 2020
Nebraska Launches $352M Lincoln South Beltway
Most large cities have a loop around the city center to divert traffic from the downtown area and to enhance traffic flow. Lincoln, Neb., has been dreaming of a beltway since the 1960s, but until the Build Nebraska Act was passed in 2011, designating one-quarter of 1 percent of sales tax for expansion of the expressway system, federal high priority corridors and preservation of the existing transportation system, the Nebraska Department of Transportation wasn't able to commit the resources necessary....
