Construction Planning
State officials recently announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is aiming to increase opportunities for Small Business Enterprises (SBE) through a new pilot program where SBEs can compete to work as prime consultants on federally assisted engineering and design...
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is hoping to close on a contract by the end of the year that will allow it to rebuild 18 miles of I-75 in Oakland County 10 years early.
MDOT said in a news release Friday that it has identified a team of contractors and designers called the...
Most owners in the surface transportation industry have mastered design-build delivery. The concept of P3s becomes much less intimidating when an agency is experienced in design-build.
Ask someone about the industry’s adoption of public-private partnerships (P3s), and they may describe it as slow.
But is it really? Or is it a normal progression of a new delivery method? Design-build delivery took 30 years to go mainstream, and yet some states still have not embraced it.
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A plan on how to spend $4 billion on highway and transit projects over the next six years was adopted Thursday by the Wasatch Front Regional Council in Utah.
Projects newly added to the council's list, which is updated annually, range from the new West Davis Corridor freeway in Davis and Weber...
Southern California’s San Ysidro Land Port of Entry (LPOE)—the busiest international border crossing in the western hemisphere, with 70,000 northbound vehicle passengers and 20,000 northbound pedestrians crossing daily—officially opened on August 15, marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by...
With continued partisan gridlock in the U.S. Congress, it has been difficult for meaningful federal transportation initiatives to roll forward–and progress is likely to remain stalled until 2019 or later. President Trump admitted as much in a late-March speech when he predicted, “You’ll probably...
The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) announced a new five-year plan Wednesday for highway construction projects that will come with a $3.4 billion price tag.
More than $1 billion will be invested in repairing state-owned bridges that are structurally deficient, many of which will...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is calling for New York state to spend another $125 billion on infrastructure improvement projects over the next five years.
The Democratic governor announced Tuesday the proposal would be the next phase in his agenda to rebuild the state of New York and create thousands of...
Kentucky's recently passed $8.5 billion 2018 highway plan aims to prioritize spending on 1,400 projects, including work on 1,000 bridges and improvements to 5,000 miles of pavement, plus road widening and the reconstruction of existing roads, along with construction of new routes and interchanges...
The first steps in major construction work on the I-66 toll lanes between the Capital Beltway and Gainesville, Va., is set to begin as soon as this weekend.
The Virginia Department of Transportation and the private companies set to build and operate the lanes under a decades-long deal expect to...
According to a statement released by the office of Senator Jack Reed (D.), the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) will receive a $20 million grant to help pay for the repair and replacement of bridges along Rte. 37.
The total cost of the repair and replacement project to improve...
The Fast Lane Grant provided $60 million for a $183 million road project on I-10. Image: LADOTD
LOUISIANA:
Protection keeps system exposed
by Bill Wilson, Editorial Director
Nobody wants to put someone to work lining up hospital beds beside a dumpster.
Taking care of the health of any community should always be put in the forefront, even if roads and bridges are left wrapped in bandages....
Officials anticipate the connection between I-95 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, a project 50 years in the making, will be open by late summer/early fall 2018.
Since I-95′s completion in 1969, plans called for creating a seamless link between the interstate and the turnpike. In 2018, project...
Image: ILEPI
An Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) study released last week emphasizes the growing safety and congestion problems on a 16-mile stretch of I-80 in the northeastern part of the state that connects six of Will County’s municipalities and traverses four waterways.
For the study, ILEPI...
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a deal Wednesday that will add 10 more miles of express lanes to the I-95 corridor, expanding the system of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes to Fredericksburg by 2022.
As part of the agreement, the private company building the lanes will give the state $277...
Most department of transportation buildings do not have a door marked PRIVATE.
Since one figuratively does not exist, either because there is no interest in working with the private sector or it is simply not feasible, it is hard to see how President Trump’s proposed $1 trillion infrastructure...
In an effort to deliver on his commitment to provide innovative transportation solutions for the state of Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan announced $461 million in new traffic relief initiatives for the Baltimore region, including adding lanes to 27 miles of highway to alleviate congestion on the...
Work on abutments for the Laurel Street Overcrossing Replacement Project in Vallejo, Calif. Image: Caltrans
CALIFORNIA:
At the forefront
by Brian W. Budzynski, Managing Editor
There’s progress and then there’s progress, and those who know the difference can only be encouraged by some of the developments taking place in California.
As a result of the recent 12-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase passed...
Virtual reality (VR) has been a staple of mass media for decades, but only in the abstract.
Popularized in television shows and in the movies, largely science fiction-related, VR has now moved past static media to the realm of interactive video games, and, to some degree, infrastructure project...
Iowa drivers are presently paying 10 cents more per gallon than they did just a few years ago, and while tax increases are no friend to most political leaderships, in Iowa benefits are already being realized.
The state’s gas tax hike has produced an extra $515 million for state and local...
