Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 10, 2021
NCDOT Widens Strategic Highway
In an effort to improve traffic, construction crews in North Carolina are working on a stretch of I-40 from Raleigh to the I-40/NC 42 interchange in Clayton. The $360 million project was designed to help ease congestion and delays, make travel safer throughout the area and better accommodate motorists due to future growth....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 09, 2021
Reconstructing Indy's North Split
In Indiana's capitol, May usually signifies fast cars at the Indianapolis 500, but this year, the month also focused on other kinds of traffic. The North Split in downtown Indy closed on May 15 to allow crews to continue work on the $329 million project to rebuild bridges and roadways that are part of the state's second-busiest interchange....
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Tue June 08, 2021
Mountain Parkway Progress Continues
Progress continues on the Mountain Parkway Expansion this spring, with completion of the 8.2-mi. Morgan County segment in sight. Asphalt plants have reopened for the year and paving is under way on the new westbound lanes of the Mountain Parkway in Morgan County....
Michigan Department of Transportation - Tue June 08, 2021
MDOT's Mackinac Island Repair Project Under Way
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing approximately $6 million to rebuild M-185 on Mackinac Island, addressing high-water and wave erosion damage on the shoreline. Roughly 4 mi....
FDOT - Thu June 03, 2021
Florida's Transportation Funding Provides Safe, Reliable Infrastructure
Following Gov. Ron DeSantis' signing of the state's budget, and through support from the Legislature, Florida is continuing to fund key transportation initiatives that enhance safety across the transportation system and embrace innovative solutions to increase mobility as Florida continues to grow....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 02, 2021
Lane Construction Kicks Off $175.7M 183A Project
In April, the Lane Construction Corporation began efforts to reconstruct the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority's (Mobility Authority) 183A Phase III Project, a $277.3 million initiative that is extending the 183A Toll Road 6.6-mi....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 01, 2021
Connecting Washington — KLB Construction, WSDOT Enter Third Phase of Project
A nearly $1 billion job to make a major artery connecting population centers from eastern to western Washington is about to enter the third of four phases, but early on the planned project encountered a glitch that could have brought it to a halt....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 27, 2021
Gateway Expressway: Tampa's Biggest Project
The Florida Department of Transportation is working on one of the biggest construction projects in Tampa Bay history: The Gateway Expressway. The two-part project consists of constructing two new two-lane elevated tolled roadways that will provide direct connections between U.S....
Illinois Tollway - Tue May 25, 2021
Illinois Tollway Awards $64.5M for Nine Construction Contracts Last Month
At its April board meeting, the Illinois Tollway board of directors approved nine construction contracts totaling nearly $64.5 million, including contracts that will deliver the Tri-State Tollway (I-294)/I-57 Interchange Project and complete the Tollway's goal to plant 58,000 trees as part of the Move Illinois Program....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed May 19, 2021
Maine Begins Work On Interchange
The reconstruction of the Exit 45 Interchange on the Maine Turnpike I-95 in South Portland began on March 19 after the initial pre-load of the site was completed at the end of December 2020. CPM Contractors, Freeport, Maine, is the lead contractor on the $28 million reconstruction and Sargent Corporation, Old Town, Maine, was the contractor on the pre-load project, which had a budget of $14,792,753....
