DDOT Now Accepting Applications for TAP funding
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSRoughly $1.2 million in grants are being made available by the District Department of Transportation through the federal Transportation Alternatives Program or TAP, which provides funding to projects considered to be “alternatives” to traditional highway construction. Applications will be accepted through August 15, DDOT said in a statement, and eligible project sponsors include local governments, […]
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Mississippi DOT Workers Honored for Saving Injured Motorcyclist
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe tasks Keith Herrington and Marvin Lindsey usually perform as maintenance workers with the Mississippi Department of Transportation tend towards the mundane, involving everything from patching roadway potholes to picking up litter strewn along the sides of the state’s many highways. But MDOT recently honored the two men for a deed far outside their normal […]
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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao joined K. Jane Williams – acting administrator for the Federal Transit Administration – Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plus other state local officials at a June 25 ceremony to officially release $225 million in federal grant money for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line Extension or “GLX” light rail project. The […]
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ITD Seeks Public Comment on Investment Program Draft
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Idaho Transportation Department is soliciting public comment on the draft of its fiscal year 2019-25 Idaho Transportation Investment Program or “ITIP,” which is a seven-year “roadmap” for planning and developing transportation projects such as: highways and bridges; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; airports; plus public and freight transportation needs, among others. However, Adam Rush, the ITD’s […]
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Iowa DOT Lays Out Five Year, $3.4B Highway Funding Plan
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production May 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Iowa Department of Transportation officially presented a “first draft” of a proposed five-year funding plan back on May 8 that aims for “multimodal transportation system” investments including aviation, public transit, railroads, trails, and highways. Some $3.4 billion of that plan is earmarked just for highway needs, the agency said. The Fiscal Year 2019-2023 Iowa […]
READ MOREA Host of States Face Project Funding Challenges
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production January 2, 2015 0 COMMENTSAcross the nation, a number of states are suddenly grappling with a tougher funding outlook for transportation infrastructure. In Alaska, newly installed Gov. Bill Walker ordered state agencies to halt all discretionary spending on some big-ticket transportation and other infrastructure projects, as he tries to close a yawning budget gap amid a collapse in oil prices that provide […]
READ MOREArkansas Trims 2015 Bids Over Federal Delays
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production December 29, 2014 0 COMMENTS“Same song, second verse,” said Scott Bennett, director of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, as he announced cuts in the agency’s 2015 list of infrastructure project bids due to another round of uncertainty about federal funding. Bennett said Arkansas had to delay 15 highway projects in 2014 that were worth $70 million, because the state could not count […]
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