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Mon April 17, 2017

New Law Lets State Commission Issue $1B More in Bonds

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed into law a measure to let the state issue up to $1 billion in highway general obligation bonds to accelerate funding for a number of projects that the Utah Transportation Commission has already approved....

Chuck Harvey - Mon April 17, 2017

Interchange Job to Free Up Traffic South of Salt Lake City

A new grade-separated interchange on Bangerter Highway in Utah's south Salt Lake Valley will tie into local roads on the north and south sides of the highway while improving traffic flow. The $48 million Bangerter, 600 West Interchange Project kicked off last May and will continue through summer of 2017....

Mon April 17, 2017

Nation's Third-Largest Cereal Company Expands Operations in Salt Lake City

POST Consumer Brands, the nation's third-largest cereal company, is expanding its distribution operations to Salt Lake City. POST currently has a facility in Box Elder County, Utah, and has begun construction on a 901,000 sq....

Mon April 17, 2017

Reports: Oregon's Roads, Bridges Key to Economy

Oregon's transportation system is critical to the economy: one in five jobs in the state is transportation and trade-related, and as a trade-dependent state it relies heavily on exports from farms, forests and factories to support jobs....

Lori Tobias - Mon April 17, 2017

Bertha Breaks Through: Iconic TBM Emerges Into Daylight in Seattle

Sixty-four years to the day the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle opened to traffic, the tunneling machine dubbed "Bertha" emerged into daylight from a 1.7 mi. (2.7 km) drive beneath the city. The crew broke into the 90-ft....

Mon April 17, 2017

3 Bids Received to Fix Oroville Dam's Damaged Spillways

Three construction contractors have submitted bids to fix Oroville Dam's two damaged spillways, California water officials said Saturday. The Department of Water Resources said in a statement that the bids are higher than its estimate of $220 million....

Mon April 17, 2017

Nevada's Transportation Department Celebrates 100 Years

The Nevada Department of Transportation is celebrating 100 years with historical photos and timeline posted on the Department's website, as well as an invitation for Nevadans to share their state transportation memories....

Mon April 17, 2017

Demoing Helps Prevent Future Forest Fires in California

In 2015, more than 6,000 fires occurred in California, which saw just over 300,000 acres burned, according to the California government. Between that same time period the previous year, there were 2,000 fewer wildfires and over 100,000 fewer acres burned....

Fri April 14, 2017

Texas Senate Considers Mandatory Rest Breaks for Construction Workers

A Texas Senate panel considered legislation Tuesday that would require construction companies to give workers mandatory rest breaks — an effort to prevent illnesses and deaths from the sweltering Texas heat....

Mon April 17, 2017

Hundreds of New Jobs Coming to Port of Oakland

Industrial development will soon create hundreds of new jobs at the Port of Oakland. The challenge: finding enough skilled workers to fill them. That was the message Port officials delivered to a visiting delegation from the philanthropic Kellogg Foundation....