NCDOT Distributes $147.4M in Municipal Road Funding, Continues Hurricane Recovery Efforts
editor@aashto.org October 5, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe North Carolina Department of Transportation began distributing more than $147.4 million in “state street aid” to 508 municipalities across the Tar Heel state on Sept. 26 – monies generated from North Carolina’s gas tax and other highway user fees via the Powell Bill fund – with another multi-million dollar allocation set to be sent […]
READ MOREVideo Report: Utah DOT Deploys Concrete Barriers for Flood Protection
editor@aashto.org October 5, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Utah Department of Transportation recently engaged in a 17-hour effort to create 1,600-feet worth of floodwater barriers from re-purposed concrete highway dividers near the towns of Elk Ridge and Woodland Hills. Wildfires in those two areas this summer made the topography more susceptible to flooding, which is why the municipalities called on the Utah […]
READ MOREPennsylvania Provides $49M to Fund 42 Transportation Projects
editor@aashto.org October 5, 2018 0 COMMENTSOn Oct. 2, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said in a statement that 42 highway, bridge, transit, ports and waterways, plus bike and pedestrian projects across the Keystone state are in line for $49 million in funding through the state’s Multimodal Transportation Fund. “With these resources, we can improve transportation connections down to the local level […]
READ MOREVideo Report: Tennessee DOT Highlights Work of Emergency Response Team, Equipment Operators
editor@aashto.org October 5, 2018 0 COMMENTSA monthly video news wrap up issued by the Tennessee Department of Transportation Oct. 1 highlighted the hurricane response preparation efforts of TDOT’s “Strike Force” team, a group of employees trained to handle “emergency conditions” in Tennessee and surrounding states. The agency also saluted its third place finish in the 16th annual Southeast Regional Equipment […]
READ MOREJob Opening: AASHTO Seeks Program Director for Transportation Finance
editor@aashto.org October 5, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials currently seeks to hire a program director for transportation finance at its Washington, D.C., headquarters Under the leadership of AASHTO’s policy director, the program director for transportation finance leads the management and operation of the organization’s BATIC Institute, which promotes effective financing and implementation of surface […]
READ MOREBATIC Institute to Hold Webinar on State DOT, Tribal Government Collaboration
editor@aashto.org October 5, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe BATIC Institute: An AASHTO Center for Excellence will host an hour-long webinar on Oct. 17 from 3 pm to 4 pm that will explore ways that state departments of transportation and tribal governments can collaborate together better on a range of transportation projects. The webinar will highlight successful examples of collaboration and leadership from […]
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