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Wyoming DOT Director Says Gas Tax Supports Pavement Preservation Program

The first increase in Wyoming's fuel taxes in 15 years will take effect this year, allowing the Wyoming State Department of Transportation to fully adopt the pavement preservation philosophy it began in 2011. In a new Two-Minute State DOT Update video, WYDOT Director John Cox tells Transportation TV the 10-cents-per-gallon increase is expected to raise an additional $47.5 million a year to improve and preserve the state's highways. WYDOT manages 6,859 miles of roadway throughout the state...
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Wyoming DOT Director Says Gas Tax Supports Pavement Preservation Program

The 10-cents-per-gallon increase is expected to raise an additional $47.5 million a year to improve and preserve the state's highways

Press Release • June 17th, 2013
Bomag Signs R.B. Everett as Full Line Distributor for Eastern Texas

R.B. Everett & co. will offer the full line of Bomag soil and asphalt compaction and road building equipment for eastern Texas

Press Release • June 14th, 2013
Colorado DOT Updates Concrete Texture Specification to Improve Driver Experience

State has decided to discontinue use of tining on all Portland cement concrete pavement projects this year

Press Release • June 14th, 2013
NAPA Endorses GAO Call For Support for LCCA Cost-Estimating Practices

Association says Congress must devote funds to ensure better, more reliable data for states to conduct and verify life-cycle cost analysis models for road construction

Press Release • June 13th, 2013
Skelly and Loy Provides Environmental Services to PennDOT After I-81 Truck Fire

When a tanker truck carrying diesel fuel overturned and burst into flames on I-81 early one morning, it was clear that there were would be bigger concerns beyond the resulting traffic congestion that day.

Press Release • June 13th, 2013
CT Lawmakers Shield Transport Fund from General-Fund Raids

Bipartisan support wins dedication of Special Transportation Fund to fund only roads and transit beginning July 2015 in the state with the fourth-highest fuel taxes

News • June 12th, 2013
LaHood Announces 568 Applications for Latest TIGER Grants

Continuing demand for TIGER grants highlights need for transportation investment

Press Release • June 12th, 2013
South Carolina Bans Project Labor Agreements on Taxpayer-Funded Projects

Law will prohibit state government entities from requiring contractors to sign a PLA or other agreements with labor unions as a condition of performing work on public construction projects

Press Release • June 11th, 2013
LaHood Announces $11.5 Million in Emergency Relief Funds for Six States

Funds will help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by a variety of natural disasters in the last year

Press Release • June 11th, 2013
ARTBA Honors Contractors for Highway-Project Environmental Excellence

Reeves Construction's West Division, collaborating with GDOT, set the green standard for asphalt paving during the milling and repaving of five miles of Highway 247

Press Release • June 10th, 2013
Hamilton Tanks Awarded Top Industry Honor for Portable Asphalt Storage Tank

The Steel Tank Institute named the customized asphalt storage tank the “Shop Fabricated Tank of the Year” in its annual distribution of awards for quality steel construction products

Press Release • June 10th, 2013
ibuildroads.Com Marks First Anniversary Online

ibuildroads.com provides a gathering place where the accumulated experience of road builders and managers benefits others who need advice

Press Release • June 10th, 2013
Webinar Shares Contractors' Nighttime Work Zone Safety Tips

NAPA program presents Oldcastle and Barriere Construction's insights into how to set up and maintain a site to protect workers and the traveling public during night work

Press Release • June 10th, 2013
Get Web Training on Stringless Paving, Work Zone Safety

Free online training courses from ACPA sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration offer 90 minutes of professional development for concrete paving professionals

Press Release • June 10th, 2013
ARTBA Names Astec's Brock to Transport Development Hall of Fame

Astec’s Brock, Parsons Brinckerhoff’s McCormick, Ammann & Whitney Founder and New Jersey Construction Association Executive Briant, inducted

Press Release • June 5th, 2013