Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue June 19, 2018
State Board Approves Five-Year Construction Program
A major freight corridor in southern Arizona that moves trucks to and from Mexico for produce and other goods will undergo a full build-out of improvements over the next few years now that the State Transportation Board formally approved the funding for the project....
Nj Transit - Fri June 15, 2018
NJ Transit Approves Financing Agreement for New Portal Bridge
The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors approved a financing agreement with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) which provides up to $600 million toward the construction of a new Portal Bridge....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 13, 2018
Shafer Contracting Continues I-35 Resurfacing
Started in October 2017, crews from Shafer Contracting Co. have completed 15 percent of the work for the two-year Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) $60 million resurfacing of the I-35 North Metro Split (I-35E/I-35W and I-35)....
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Wed June 13, 2018
Kentucky Highway Plan Aims to Fix 1,000 Bridges, 5,000 Miles of Pavement
Kentucky's recently-passed $8.5 billion 2018 highway plan aims to “prioritize spending” on 1,400 projects including work on 1,000 bridges, improvements to 5,000 mi. of pavement, road widening, reconstruction of existing roads and construction of new routes and interchanges....
Associated Press - Mon June 11, 2018
Gov. Cuomo Calls for Another $125B in Infrastructure Projects for Next Five Years
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York state to spend another $125 billion on infrastructure improvement projects over the next five years. The Democrat announced May 8 that his proposal would be the next phase in his program to rebuild New York and create thousands of middle-class jobs....
AASHTO Journal - Mon June 11, 2018
USDOT Preps $1.5B in INFRA Grants for 26 Projects
On June 8, the U.S. Department of Transportation released more than $1.5 billion in grants to fund what it calls "critical freight, highway, and bridge improvements" via the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America or "INFRA" program created by the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act of 2015....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Mon June 11, 2018
State Reconstructs Badly Deteriorated Bridge
In Trenton, N.J., crews are performing a major rehabilitation of the Route 495 Bridge over Route 1/9 and Paterson Plank Road in North Bergen. The $90.3 million state-funded project to overhaul the nine-span viaduct includes repairs and reconstruction of the bridge deck, replacement and strengthening of deteriorated structural steel and the repair and painting of the substructure....
Virginia Department of Transportation - Mon June 11, 2018
Virginia Transportation Board Makes Major Announcements
At the monthly meeting of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), Secretary of Transportation Shannon Valentine announced the director of a newly created Office of Transportation Innovation and the launch of the Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Plan....
NJDOT - Mon June 11, 2018
New Jersey Transportation Infrastructure Bank Open for Business
The Murphy Administration recently announced that the New Jersey Transportation Infrastructure Bank is now offering low interest loans to municipalities and counties to reduce the overall cost of local transportation projects....
National Park Service - Mon June 11, 2018
Work Starts on GW Memorial Parkway Span
The National Park Service is about to begin repairs to the road deck and support structure of the bridge over Windy Run on the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The work is scheduled to take place between June and September to reduce the number of people it will inconvenience, but drivers should prepare for delays and changes to the normal traffic pattern....
