The Associated Press - Fri January 26, 2018
Arkansas Delays 12 Road Projects Due to Funding Uncertainty
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Citing uncertainty in federal funding, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has pulled a dozen road construction projects from the bidding process for next month. The department made the recommendation to withdraw the 12 projects before the recent government shutdown occurred....
DAN JOLING - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue January 23, 2018
U.S. Approves Land Exchange for Road Through Alaska Refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed a land trade agreement Jan. 22, that could lead to construction of a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska, portraying the exchange as a people-versus-wildlife issue....
DAN JOLING - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue January 09, 2018
Land Swap Eyed for Road in Alaska Wildlife Refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Interior Department will explore a land exchange that could lead to construction of a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. An agreement expected to be signed this month calls for the King Cove Corp., an Alaska Native village corporation, to identify up to 0.8 square miles of its land that could be swapped for equal-value land within Izembek National Wildlife Refuge....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 12, 2017
SDDOT's Mount Rushmore Road Project to Wrap Up This Spring
Phase 3 — the final phase — of the South Dakota Department of Transportation's (SDDOT) $24 million Mount Rushmore Road reconstruction project in Rapid City, which is being performed by Complete Concrete Inc., is well under way....
Thu December 07, 2017
MaineDOT: First Phase of Bar Harbor Route 3 Reconstruction Nearly Complete
MaineDOT announces that its contractors wrapped up Phase One of the reconstruction of Route 3 in Bar Harbor by Thanksgiving Day. The project kicked off in early spring and continued throughout the busy summer season....
The Associated Press - Tue November 28, 2017
Southern Indiana Interstate Widening Project Comes to a Close
SELLERSBURG, Ind. (AP) A two-year interstate highway widening project in southern Indiana is coming to a close. The News and Tribune reported lanes would start to reopen on a roughly 3-mi. stretch of I-65 north of Jeffersonville that includes Sellersburg....
Emily Buenzle - Fri November 10, 2017
Voters Approve Millions in Spending for City's Transportation Infrastructure
Denver voters have approved $431 million to fund transportation and infrastructure improvements, with $101 million slated for repaving the city's roads, replacing sidewalks and fixing gutters, ABC 7 reported....
Wed October 25, 2017
OTC: I-40 Project Moves Forward, New 8-Year Plan, Awards $118M in Contracts
Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission's Oct. 2 meeting include approval of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's rebalanced Eight-year Construction Work Plan, a report on the impacts of state funding cuts on planned projects, award of a major project on I-40 at Choctaw Rd....
Wed October 25, 2017
N.M. Plans Nearly $27M of WIPP Route Road Improvements
Gov. Susana Martinez announced nearly $27 million of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) route road improvements between Carlsbad and Vaughn, as part of the state's 2014 settlement with the U.S. Department of Energy....
Haleigh Pike - Tue October 24, 2017
Caltrans: Nearly $3.4B in Transportation Projects to Be Accelerated
Caltrans added nearly 1,200 lane miles of pavement repair and 66 bridges to its growing list of projects to be delivered sooner-than-planned thanks to the imminent influx of revenue from the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017....
