Southwest Illinois Connector Highway - Tue August 03, 2021
Samron Midwest Lands Contract for Southwest Illinois Connector Highway
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has awarded a $5.73 million contract to Samron Midwest Contracting Inc. of Murphysboro, Ill., to extend the four-lane section of IL 13/127 north of Murphysboro....
Kirby Smith Machinery - Wed July 28, 2021
In-House Projects Give Constituents Best Bang for Buck
Tarrant County, the third largest county in Texas and the 15th biggest in the country, has a population of more than 2 million and is split into four precincts. Considered one of the most urbanized regions in the state of Texas, Precinct 3 is the fastest growing precinct in the county and has a population of more than 500,000....
CEG - Wed July 28, 2021
Fluor Corporation, Balfour Beatty Break Ground On $674M Project Near Austin
With the turn of shovels, crews from Fluor Corporation, Balfour Beatty and officials from the Texas Department of Transportation recently held a ground breaking ceremony to commence construction on the $674 million Oak Hill Parkway project, located in Travis County, Texas, in the area of south Austin....
CEG - Tue July 27, 2021
NC I-26 Interchange for Pratt & Whitney Site Could Cost Up to $35M
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is fast-tracking a new interchange on Interstate 26 south of Asheville as part of the economic development package surrounding the new $650 million Pratt & Whitney aircraft engine parts plant currently under construction....
Business Wire - Tue July 27, 2021
Granite Will Upgrade SR 46
Granite Construction recently announced that it has been awarded a $20 million contract by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the State Route 46 4-Lane Widening Project in Lost Hills, Calif....
StreetsBlog Mass - Mon July 26, 2021
MassDOT Presents $12.5M in Shared Streets, Complete Streets Grants
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) delivered welcome news to 96 projects across the Commonwealth on July 21 as it released $6 million in grants to 18 communities through its 2022 Complete Streets Funding Program....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu July 22, 2021
Lane Leads $135M Suncoast Parkway Extension
Despite encountering two sinkholes and relocating close to 600 gopher tortoises, crews in Florida remain on schedule as they work on a $135 million undertaking known as the Suncoast Parkway 2 (Phase One) project....
CEG - Wed July 21, 2021
Rhode Island Begins Work on Phase Two of Newport Pell Bridge Approaches
Federal, state and local officials gathered July 16 on the long Claiborne Pell Bridge off-ramp in Newport, R.I., for the groundbreaking of work to reconfigure the structure's approaches, the second phase of a total $84.9 million project that began in 2020....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 21, 2021
MDOT Rebuilds Section of I-75 Following Tanker Fire
Only days after a tanker truck crashed on Michigan's northbound I-75 destroying hundreds of feet of newer pavement and barrier wall, crews were on the job ready to rebuild. It's the bright note in a frightening accident that closed the north and south bound lanes at Big Beaver Road in Troy for days....
CEG - Wed July 21, 2021
VIDEO: Bauer Built, Fendt Keep Valley Corp. Running Smoothly
Valley Corp., a third-generation general contracting company in Valley, Neb., was awarded the contract to build a new 8-mi. U.S. 30 from Rogers to Fremont, Neb. The Nebraska Department of Transportation project aims to move the existing highway — which currently runs through the south part of North Bend, Neb....
