Idaho Transportation Department - Tue August 28, 2018
Innovation Improves Safety, Reduces Congestion on I-84
The challenge facing the Idaho Transportation Department was a familiar one — how to make improvements to a highway route fast enough to keep up with growth and demand. Staff came up with a new solution: Identify and combine funding sources to generate enough money to make needed improvements, and make them as fast as possible....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue August 28, 2018
ITD Begins Improvements on Highway 69 in Meridian
The Idaho Transportation Department has begun a series of safety improvements on Idaho Highway 69 (Meridian Road) in Meridian and Kuna. Motorists are advised to expect nighttime lane restrictions on the highway until early October....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 28, 2018
UDOT Narrows Bridges Along Wasatch Front to Widen Road
A burgeoning population along Utah's Wasatch Front means traffic in the Salt Lake Valley on I-15 South can get pretty crowded, especially during rush hour. Engineers at the Utah Department of Transportation have been studying the issue for several years, aware that expansion of the Interstate was crucial....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Fri August 24, 2018
Hurricanes Can't Thwart Carolina Bays Parkway Ext.
Tropical Storm Joaquin (2015) and Hurricanes Matthew (2016) and Irene (2017) delayed the completion date of the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) and Horry County's $99 million S.C....
AASHTO - Thu August 23, 2018
USDOT Aims $184M Grant at Georgia Express Lanes Project
The USDOT proposed to issue a more than $184 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America or “INFRA” grant on June 29 to build additional dedicated express lanes on state Route 400 in Georgia, which is a major commuter route for Atlanta residents....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 22, 2018
Minneapolis Aims for Congestion-Free Travel
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) $239 million, multi-year 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project reached its first year of construction in July as crews from a joint-venture, consisting of Ames Construction, Lunda Contracting Co....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 21, 2018
Kokosing Construction Crew Reaches Midway Point on $120M I-271 Project
Started on Aug. 1, 2016, the Kokosing Construction Company Inc. is more than half-way through the $119,988,186 Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) I-271 pavement replacement and widening between the Cuyahoga/Summit County line and Miles Road....
Associated Press - Fri August 17, 2018
New Jersey Road Closures Begin for Long Lincoln Tunnel Approach Project
NORTH BERGEN, N.J. (AP) Motorists will get their first taste of traffic congestion caused by a long-term project to rebuild and rehabilitate the viaduct and roadway approaching the Lincoln Tunnel in northern New Jersey....
New Jersey Department of Transportation - Fri August 17, 2018
NJ DOT: Route 495 Lane Closures to Begin Aug. 17 as Bridge Rehab Begins
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti has strongly urged motorists who take Route 495 to the Lincoln Tunnel to adjust their travel plans to avoid severe traffic congestion expected for the next two-and-a-half years, as necessary lane closures begin to rehabilitate the Route 495 Bridge over Route 1&9 and Paterson Plank Road in North Bergen....
Nevada Department of Transportation - Wed August 15, 2018
NDOT Nears Completion on $9M U.S. Highway 93 Upgrade in Clark County
The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) is nearing completion on an $8.9 million, 11-mi.-long widening and upgrade of U.S. Highway 93, from north of Interstate 15 to just south of Glendale–Moapa Road in Clark County....
