CT Insider - Wed June 05, 2024
Down One Lane Already, Fairfield, Conn., Road Could Lose Two More in New Project
As Fairfield, Conn., prepares to lose a traffic lane from the western side of Post Road, an engineering consultant will soon determine whether the town will lose two more on its eastern edge. Tighe & Bond, a regional firm headquartered in Westfield, Mass., is set to start designing a pair of state roadway projects on Post and Stratfield roads in Fairfield with the aim of slowing motor vehicles and adding sidewalks, bike lanes, crosswalks and traffic signals to protect pedestrians and cyclists....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 05, 2024
Highway Crews in Minnesota See End in Sight
After working through a brutal summer of four months of sweltering heat and humidity last year, road crews are ready to face whatever the weather brings them this year to complete the third and final construction phase on a much needed rebuild of TH 169 running through the city of Elk River, Minn....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 28, 2024
Lone Star Constructors Progressing On I-35E in Texas
The multi-billion-dollar plan to upgrade the entire 28-mi. I-35E corridor in Dallas and Denton counties is progressing with Phase 2 (valued at $709 million), which began in spring 2022, expected to be delivered in late 2025....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu May 16, 2024
Buckley, PennDOT Restore I-95 to Usefulness in Philly
When disaster strikes, some walk away. Others step forward. The Pennsylvania construction industry stepped forward when disaster struck on June 11 last year. A tanker truck overturned on I-95 just north of downtown Philadelphia....
UDOT - Wed May 15, 2024
Utah Reveals Its Most Impactful Projects for 2024
Construction on Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) projects are starting to ramp up as the weather turns warmer and summer approaches. Local general contractors working for UDOT will be working on 209 projects this year, with a value of $2.74 billion over the life of the projects....
Virginia Department of Transportation - Tue May 14, 2024
Virginia DOT Finally Finishes U.S. 58 Widening in SW County
When the work zone barrels were removed May 8 along U.S. Highway 58 in Washington County, Va., a major milestone in the effort to widen the route between the towns of Abingdon and Damascus was finally achieved....
StreetsblogMASS - Mon May 13, 2024
Boston's Transit, Bicycle Riders Likely to Get More Space On Back Bay Streets in 2024
Boston transportation planners hosted a meeting May 2 to discuss their plans to add more bike lanes and bus lanes to various streets in the city's Back Bay neighborhood, which is currently a significant bottleneck for frequent-service bus routes and a major gap in the Massachusetts capital's growing network of protected bike lanes....
West Virginia Division of Highways - Thu May 09, 2024
Several Major Road, Bridge Projects in W. Va. to Be Finished by Spring of 2025
Three major long-term highway projects undertaken by the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) are nearing completion later this year or in early 2025 with the promise to improve safety and driving conditions for decades to come, the agency announced May 7....
Seattle DOT - Wed May 01, 2024
Construction Progresses On Reversible Ramp in Seattle
The Walsh Group is making steady progress on the Washington Department of Transportation's SR 520 I-5 Express Lanes Connection Project. Currently, construction crews are rebuilding and realigning the ramps to southbound I-5, northbound I-5 and Roanoke Street to make room for a reversible ramp connecting SR 520 to the I-5 express lanes....
Ruksana Hussain - CEG Correspondent - Tue April 23, 2024
Minnesota's I-94 Oakdale to St. Croix Due for Fall Completion
Construction crews are hard at work on the $120 million pavement project along I-94 to improve traffic congestion and road user safety in Minnesota. This is a primary interstate connection and heavy freight corridor entering the Twin Cities Metro Area from the east and a busy route for Wisconsin residents commuting into the Twin Cities....
