Peer Review of Portland Congestion Relief Project’s Environmental Study Yields Mixed Results

Project is lauded for technical rigor, but review says ODOT still needs to work on community trust

June 5, 2020

A 31 peer review of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s environmental assessment for the proposed expansion of Interstate 5 found the document to be technically sound, but lacking in public communication quality.

Orange County, Calif., Eyes Expanded Express Lanes

December 18, 2019

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Orange County, Calif., is studying the feasibility of converting several existing freeway carpool lanes into tolled express lanes to help alleviate increasing congestion.

Wekiva Parkway’s interchange at Kelly Road

Builders Sweat Details of Creating a Parkway

Transportation builders are striving to create a true parkway in Central Florida

Scott Judy

September 12, 2016

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The $1.6-billion Wekiva Parkway project, a joint effort of the Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX) and the Florida Dept. of Transportation (FDOT), has been lauded nationally and locally as a standout example of collaborative planning between infrastructure builders and environmental interest groups.

Road Design

How Florida Infrastructure Investment Is Forging a Fruitful Future

Planning process for Florida's $1.6 billion Wekiva Parkway may guide future visions

Scott Judy

August 11, 2016

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When Mark Callahan looks back on the arduous but successful seven-year effort of managing the project development and environment study for the $1.6-billion Wekiva Parkway, he gives credit to an unlikely group—environmentalists who once opposed it.

ENR

Sept 28, 2020

Florida Dept. of Transportation investigators are assessing damage to the Pensacola Bay Bridge, which sustained multiple impacts from two construction barges unmoored by Hurricane Sally’s storm-driven waves on Sept. 15.

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