New Lift Span of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge to be Floated
The float-in of the lift span for the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, which connects Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire across the Piscataqua River, will take place the morning of Wednesday, October 18th. Beginning on Tuesday morning the navigational channel will be closed to all vessels - from kayaks to tankers - within a 300-yard radius of the bridge. The nearly 3 million pound center lift span will be floated in on barges across the Piscataqua River between 10:00 a.m. and noon and...
TxDOT Removes More Than 10 Million Cubic Feet of Debris
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation has collected more than 10 million cubic feet of debris – or the equivalent of about 186 football fields – in the four districts most impacted by Hurricane Harvey since landfall Aug. 25. From Corpus Christi to Houston and numerous towns in between, TxDOT crews have worked tirelessly to help clear roadways and help citizens in their ongoing recovery efforts. “We continue to deliver much needed service to those communities seeking our assistance,”...
New Road-SIT Survey Vertical Application for the Maintenance of the Utility Tetworks with Mobile Mapping Technology
18 October, 2017, Bologna, Italy – Siteco announces the implementation of the Road-SIT Survey Software application, for the management of the maintenance and rehabilitation interventions of the utilities networks. The most immediate and frequent need for (public) utilities, is being able to quickly assess the cost of maintenance and rehabilitation interventions, in order to plan the required investments. Underground facility plans are usually available and rich of information such...
Minnesota Second to Complete FTA State Safety Oversight Certification
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Oct. 11 that Minnesota has become the second of 30 states to receive Federal Transit Administration certification as required by law for its program to provide state safety oversight of rail transit operations. Chao made the announcement during the annual meeting in Atlanta of the American Public Transportation Association. The FTA had said in August that Ohio became the first state to achieve certification of its rail safety oversight program....
Governors of Seven Western States Sign Pact to Plan Electric Vehicle Corridor
The governors of seven states in the West – Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – announced they had signed an agreement to create a regional electric vehicle corridor for travel on their interstate highways. The officials said their "REV West Plan" covers more than 5,000 miles of highway across east-west Interstates 10, 40, 70, 76, 80, 84, 86, 90 and 94, and north-south Interstates 15 and 25. In this latest multistate accord, the governors agreed to coordinate...
Strong September Numbers Boost Seaway Shipping Iron Ore Shipments Continue to Lead the Way
October 17, 2017 – More than 1.2 million metric tons of iron ore passed through the St. Lawrence Seaway in September, providing a boost to overall shipping tonnage for the Seaway system. The St. Lawrence Seaway reports that overall cargo shipments from the start of the shipping season on March 20 through September 30 totaled 24.3 million metric tons – up nearly 3 million metric tons over the same period last year. “The resurgence of iron ore shipments from late last shipping season through t...
Port of Savannah Moves 1M TEUs in First Quarter
The Port of Savannah moved more than 1 million twenty-foot equivalent container units across Garden City Terminal in the first quarter of FY2018 (July 1-Sept. 30), growing by 5.8 percent or 55,629 TEUs over the same period in FY17. In September alone, the GPA moved 325,141 TEUs, an increase of 5.4 percent or 16,792 TEUs compared to the same month last year. "Sustained organic growth coupled with increased market share are driving these volume increases," said GPA Executive Director Griff...
New Report States that Proposed Amtrak Cuts Would Cost the US Economy Billions
A new report from the National Association of Railroad Passengers has revealed that cutting train services across the US would affect low income households in rural communities. The report, titled ‘Dismantling a National Transportation Network’, is a sharp rebuke to recent budget proposals from the White House and members of Congress that would have negatively affected the local economies for 45 per cent of American taxpayers. As well as showing that these cuts would dispro...
Caltrans Releases Vision for California’s Rail Plan
SACRAMENTO — Caltrans today released the public draft of the California State Rail Plan, which outlines a new framework for California’s rail network. The Rail Plan sets the stage for new and better rail, and multimodal and community connections in the state for the next 20 years and beyond. "The plan will guide the state's priorities for rail investments that support California's economy for future generations. Public feedback is critical to ensure that the strategies developed reflect the div...
Seven Students Take Top Honors in Annual Video Contest on America’s Transportation Infrastructure
WASHINGTON - High school students from Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and undergraduates at the University of Washington, Old Dominion University and the University of North Carolina are winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 7th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” They will each receive a $500 cash prize. The association received 40 entries this year in three categories: general transportation, safety, and a new Women Leaders catego...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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