Kansas Department of Transportation - Wed September 05, 2018
Cities Receive $13.7M for Road Projects
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 cities....
Office of Gov. Scott Walker - Wed September 05, 2018
Gov. Announces Completion of $300M Zoo Interchange
Gov. Scott Walker announced Aug. 27 the Zoo Interchange Core is completed on time and on budget. The Core project is designed to last for 75 years and represents a more than $300 million investment to complete the reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange between 70th Street and 124th Street on I-94; along with the work on I-41 between Lincoln Avenue and Watertown Plank Road....
AASHTO Journal - Wed September 05, 2018
Iowa Commission OKs Five-Year Plan
On June 12, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved a five-year, $3.4 billion transportation improvement plan that includes $1.8 billion for “modernizing” the Hawkeye state's existing highway system as well as adding “enhanced highway safety features,” according to the Iowa DOT....
Mary S. Yamin-Garone - Tue September 04, 2018
Work Addresses Notorious 'Kamikaze Curve'
The construction season is in full swing as crews continue working on the city's Prospect Mountain Project. Named after the adjacent Mt. Prospect, this long-term project, currently under way in Binghamton, N.Y., addresses the notorious “Kamikaze Curve” section of New York 17 (Southern Tier Expressway) and replaces the structurally deficient bridges over the Chenango River and at the directional T interchange joining the future I-86 with Interstate 81....
NY Thruway Press Release - Tue September 04, 2018
Work Begins on I-95 'Last Mile' in Westchester County, N.Y.
The New York State Thruway Authority announced on Aug. 20 that construction began on a $135 million infrastructure improvement project on a section of the New England Thruway (I-95) in Westchester County known as the “Last Mile.”During the past several decades, 14 mi....
Office of the Governor of Connecticut - Thu August 30, 2018
Malloy Announces Imminent Completion of I-84 Widening Project in Waterbury
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the imminent completion of the I-84 widening project in Waterbury, with three eastbound lanes opening and the three westbound lanes opening by mid-September — one year early....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 29, 2018
TRIP Report: Condition of Calif. Roads Costs Drivers Billions
A recent report from Washington, D.C.-based national transportation research organization, TRIP, has found that deteriorated, congested, or unsafe roads and bridges in California cost state motorists $61 billion a year, nearly $3,000 per driver in some urban areas....
Emily Buenzle - Thu August 30, 2018
Navajo Nation Seeks Federal Funds for Road Projects
The Navajo Nation held a public hearing on Aug. 27 centered on proposals for road work that seek federal funding via the Tribal Transportation Improvement Program (TTIP). The program is designed to aid tribes in planning, design construction and maintenance of roads and bridges on their land....
Wyoming Department of Transportation - Wed August 29, 2018
WYDOT Receives $14M Federal Grant for New Rock Springs I-80 Interchange Project
A $14 million federal grant for a new interchange project on Interstate 80 near Rock Springs, Wyo., will improve traffic mobility and safety, and help entice business development in the area. The Wyoming Department of Transportation will receive a $14 million federal Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant that will be used to construct a new interchange and reconstruct Industrial Road from Foothill Boulevard south to Blairtown Road....
Business Wire - Wed August 29, 2018
Granite Awarded $29M Expressway Construction Job
Granite announced June 26 it has been awarded a $29 million contract by the Merced County Department of Public Works for an expressway construction project in Merced, Calif. The contract will be included in Granite's second quarter 2018 backlog....
