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Icy Canadian Road Nears Completion

June 14, 2017

After nearly three years of work in conditions that included stretches of frigid, sunless days, Canada’s first all-weather highway to its Arctic Coast is on track for completion later this year.

Louisiana Begins Planning on Impacts of Connected, Autonomous Vehicles

Louise Poirier

May 23, 2017

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Efforts are underway in Louisiana to determine the possible impacts and new requirements for highway infrastructure that may result should the use of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) grow.

Tax Increase Pumps $52 Billion Into California Construction

JT Long

April 18, 2017

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Repairs to 17,000 lane-miles could start in 2018

A multi-day biking adventure in Death Valley

Death Valley or Bust

Brian Brenner

March 9, 2017

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As part of a charity ride, the author explores one of the most beautiful National Parks on bike, and returns alive to describe the trip.

Atlas Copco Sells Off Roadbuilding Unit, Plans Spinoff

Michael Dumiak

February 7, 2017

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Swedish-based construction and mining toolmaker Atlas Copco is selling its roadbuilding equipment division to Fayat Group and will purchase a German manufacturer of drum-cutter attachments for excavators.

Kansas Road Funds Face Cuts Due to State Budget Shortfalls

February 1, 2017

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Kansas’ already financially strained highway funding could be cut further, as the state’s budget woes worsen.

States Test Alternative Road Funding

Highway funding is stuck in low gear, but DOTs are exploring alternatives based on vehicle miles driven

Pam Radtke Russell

November 23, 2016

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As the incoming Trump administration looks for ways to fund its massive $1-trillion infrastructure plan, it could find answers by looking toward the states—in particular, Colorado, California and Oregon.

State DOTs Have More Certainty With FAST Act

But the transportation funding landscape has changed

Jim Parsons

November 2, 2016

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Last year’s passage of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act may have provided the nation’s transportation agencies with more funding certainty, but the project planning and implementation landscape is substantially different than the one covered by the previous, multiyear bill.

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Infusion of Funds Brings Some Stability to Sector

Passage of $305-billion transportation bill kick-starts projects

Jim Parsons

September 29, 2016

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Though it may be another year before the full effects of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act are felt nationwide, the $305-billion funding measure enacted in December 2015 already has provided many of the sector’s contractors with something they have not experienced in quite a while: a sense of stability.

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Short-Term Fixes Eyed for NJ As Idled Work Impacts Mount

Debra K. Rubin

September 28, 2016

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Four months into the state-ordered shutdown of hundreds of millions of dollars of road and rail projects in New Jersey amid political bickering over funding, owners, contractors and workers scramble for solutions to salvage a fast-disappearing construction season.

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Articles Tagged with ''road construction''

Icy Canadian Road Nears Completion

Louisiana Begins Planning on Impacts of Connected, Autonomous Vehicles

Tax Increase Pumps $52 Billion Into California Construction

Death Valley or Bust

Atlas Copco Sells Off Roadbuilding Unit, Plans Spinoff

Kansas Road Funds Face Cuts Due to State Budget Shortfalls

States Test Alternative Road Funding

State DOTs Have More Certainty With FAST Act

Infusion of Funds Brings Some Stability to Sector

Short-Term Fixes Eyed for NJ As Idled Work Impacts Mount

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