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Last second Christmas gift ideas for highway and bridge construction workers

Hopefully you're not one of those people who wait until the last second to do all of your ...

With no plans to raise gas tax, Alabama will rely on 2015 bond issue for road projects

Gov. Robert Bentley says he has no plans to ask the Alabama legislature to raise the state’s 16-cent-per-gallon ...

Construction worker stops wrong way driver, avoids potential disaster

A construction worker recently put his life on the line in an attempt to save the lives of ...

Alerting Congress: Most jobs created by transportation investment occur in non-construction sectors

If Congress somehow lacks the motivation needed to agree on a long-term Highway Trust Fund, a new report ...

$163 billion needed annually to fix aging surface transportation system

It's being estimated that an investment of $163 billion per year is needed in order to fix the ...

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Interchange projects become Oklahoma DOT’s largest awarded contract of all time

Wayne Grayson - Dec 18, 2014

The reconstruction of two interchanges on Interstate 35 in Norman has generated the single largest construction contract ever awarded by ...

Ohio's 'Jobs and Transportation Plan' continues to fuel infrastructure investment

Brian Ethridge - Dec 18, 2014

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich’s “Jobs and Transportation Plan” is entering its second year with a projected $2 billion investment in the ...

Last second Christmas gift ideas for highway and bridge construction workers

Brian Ethridge - Dec 17, 2014

Hopefully you're not one of those people who wait until the last second to do all of your Christmas shopping. ...

Tennessee eyes weight-distance tax to boost road funding

Todd Dills - Dec 17, 2014

The Chattanooga Time Free Press has reported on a panel session in the Tennessee state legislature that showed lawmakers considering a weight-distance tax ...

Illinois Tollway helping veterans with free training Dec. 18, Jan. 8

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 17, 2014

The Illinois Tollway has an ambitious 15-year, $12 billion capital program, Move Illinois: The Illinois Tollway Driving the Future, and ...

'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' holiday crackdown begins

Brian Ethridge - Dec 16, 2014

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Deputy Administrator David Friedman have kicked ...

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