Governor Pete Rickett (R) and the Nebraska Department of Transportation held a press event on October 17 to mark the completion of a new 14-mile section of the Heartland Expressway. [Left to right in above photo: Mayor Mike Dafney; Gov. Ricketts; Nebraska DOT Director John Selmer. Photo by Nebraska DOT.] With support from local advocates, […]

The Kansas Department of Transportation recently unveiled an online interactive tool to help municipalities analyze county-owned roads and bridges as well as determine priorities to meet future local road system needs. [Above photo by the Kansas DOT] Referred to as “KLIP,” the Kansas Local Infrastructure Planning Tool taps into existing county-level road and bridge data […]

The sixth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will encourage participating high school students to use their creative problem-solving abilities to help address the shortage of commercial truck parking along major interstate corridors statewide. The entry deadline for this contest is January 27, 2023. [Above photo by PennDOT] “Pennsylvania is […]

Several state departments of transportation across the country recently began issuing funds to support a variety of local projects. [Above photo by the Illinois DOT] Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) and the Illinois Department of Transportation recently disbursed the sixth and final $250 million installment as part of the state’s Rebuild Illinois capital program to counties, […]