Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Wed August 07, 2019
Liberty, Missouri Interchange Targets Labor Day Opening
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....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 07, 2019
Paving Crew Smooths Over Traffic Challenges Along Kentucky's I-275
Construction crews in Kentucky have something of a challenge on their hands, managing high volumes of traffic while rebuilding 3.5 miles of mainline Interstate 275 and a mile of two-lane ramps to Interstate 75....
Associated Press - Thu August 01, 2019
Massachusetts Authorizes $200M for City, Town Infrastructure
BOSTON (AP) Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a bill providing $200 million to cities and towns for local infrastructure projects. The so-called Chapter 90 funds were given final approval by the Democratic-controlled Legislature in early June....
HAWAII Department of Transportation - Thu August 01, 2019
Following Record June Rain, HDOT Adds Additional Slope Protection Measures
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announced that beginning Aug. 1, 2019, the Pali Highway access hours will be extended. The new schedule will be:Sunday to Friday (closed on Saturday and State holidays):Honolulu bound a.m....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 31, 2019
U.S. 36 Sinkhole No Match for CDOT
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) wasted no time getting to work repairing a sinkhole on a heavily trafficked highway connecting Boulder to Denver, hiring a contractor only days after the damage was revealed....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 31, 2019
State Sees 'Roads to Prosperity' Fire Up Coalfields Expressway Project
A paving project on the Coalfields Expressway in West Virginia began at the end of February. It involves a nearly 9-mi. stretch of road between Mullens, which is in Wyoming County, and Slab Fork, which is in Raleigh County....
Oklahoma Department of Transportation - Wed July 31, 2019
OTC Awards $96M in Contracts; Bridge Ranking Improves
Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission's July 1 meeting include announcement of the creation of a new transit office at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation; an update on the state's improving bridge conditions; details of emergency repair plans for highways in Canadian and Sequoyah counties damaged by spring flooding; removal of a section of SH-3 in Oklahoma County from the highway system; and approval of funding for upcoming centerline rumble strip installation....
CEG - Tue July 30, 2019
Industry Leaders Weigh In On Highway Reauthorization Bill
The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee unveiled the America's Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA), which authorizes $287 billion in funding from the Highway Trust Fund for the nation's surface transportation programs over the next five years....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 30, 2019
ODOT Works to Improve I-84, Fish Passage in Ladd Canyon
Crews have begun work on a $29.3 million project in Eastern Oregon that is expected to improve safety on a highway on which 50 percent of the traffic is trucks and one that is notorious for perilous conditions....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue July 30, 2019
$163M I-15 Layton to Riverdale Express Lane Project Begins
Work on the largest design-bid-build project ever let by the state of Utah has begun. When complete, the $163 million project will add 10 mi. of express lanes between the Layton Parkway interchange in Layton and the I-84 interchange in Riverdale, just outside of Ogden....
