Georgia Bonds Provide Boost to Transportation Investments
Georgia recently sold $1.133 billion in two different series of general obligation bonds that will in part fund new transportation projects as a way to help bolster economic growth for the state. [Above photo by the Georgia DOT.] The largest amount of funding from those bond sales provides more than $378 million for local and state K-12 school projects, with the second biggest tranche of funds – more than $302 million – supporting Board of Regents projects for the University System of Geor...
Bentley Institute Press Announces Availability of Infrastructure Digital Twins: A Leadership Short Course – Volume 1: Getting to Know iTwins
EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Institute Press, publisher of cutting-edge textbooks and professional reference works for the advancement of the engineering, architectural, construction, operations, geospatial, and educational communities, has announced the availability of a new publication titled Infrastructure Digital Twins: A Leadership Short Course – Volume 1: Getting to Know iTwins, now available in print at www.bentley.com/Books, and as an e-book at www.bentley.com/Books, Amazon Kindle, and Apple Boo...
TransComm Skills Award Winners Announced at Virtual Meeting
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Committee on Communications – known as TransComm – announced the winners of its yearly skills awards competition during its virtual annual meeting on August 25. TransComm’s skills award competition – which for more than 35 years has recognized the best communications and marketing work by state departments of transportation – hosted 132 entries submitted by 27 state DOTs in 30 categories that reflect the “broad range” of e...
State DOTs on the Front Lines of Storm Preparations
State department of transportation crews along the Gulf Coast undertook a variety of storm preparation activity ahead of the arrival of two major hurricanes this week – highlighting the key ways state DOTs protect critical infrastructure and the residents it serves during severe weather events. [Above photo by the Louisiana DOTD.] Crews in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi cleared storm drains and ditches, lowered light masts, paused highway construction projects, while pre-positioning bar...
FTA Announces Nearly $100 Million to Improve Transit in South Florida
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced a $99.9 million grant to the Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) for the South Corridor Rapid Transit Project in Miami-Dade County, Florida. The project will provide faster, more reliable transit service from Florida City and other South Dade communities to Dadeland and connections to the Miami Central Business District. "This nearly $100 million federal...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $14 Million in Grant Awards to 25 Projects to Advance Transit Innovation Nationwide
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced 25 projects in 24 states and one territory will receive a share of approximately $14 million in funding through the Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) initiative to support mobility and innovation in the transit industry. "As we face this public health emergency, investments in innovation are critical for transit agencies to better meet rider expectations and adapt to changes in our t...
PE Bridge Improvements Grant Recipients Announced
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Transportation Commission awarded 40 Preliminary Engineering Bridge Improvement Grants (BIG) totaling $1.47 million at its meeting today in Pierre. The remaining $13.53 million in 2021 BIG funds will be used for Preservation, Rehabilitation and Replacement grants to be approved by next April. Grant recipients are: Aurora County, Brookings County...
Mid-America transportation agencies share diversity strategies
The member agencies of the Mid-America Association of State Transportation Agencies have voted to establish a standing Diversity and Inclusion Committee. The committee, which will be chaired by Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Margaret Anderson Kelliher, will facilitate information and strategy sharing among member states on issues of diversity and inclusion. Transportation agencies can have a positive impact on building a more diverse and inclusive society in a number of w...
Metsä Wood: Fast Construction of Wooden Residential Buildings In Linnanfältti
Wooden multi-storey apartment buildings in Linnanfältti, close to the centre of Turku, Finland are being built with Kerto® LVL-based elements. A residential building constructed from wooden elements can rise in less than half the time compared to a similar kind of concrete building. With Metsä Wood’s Kerto LVL-based elements (laminated veneer lumber) buildings are fast, light and green to construct. Four multi-storey wooden residential buildings in Linnanfältti are made of Kerto LVL-based woo...
USDOT Announces $400 Million in Federal Funding Allocations for Four Transit Infrastructure Projects
Arizona, Indiana, Missouri and New Jersey Projects Receive Funding, including $248 million for Portal North Bridge Project in New Jersey WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration today announced a total of $400 million in federal funding will be allocated by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to four transit infrastructure projects in Arizona, Indiana, Missouri and New Jersey. The projects are advancing towards readiness to receive a Full Funding Grant Agr...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Barnstable Superior Courthouse
June Issue 2026
.jpg?width=225)