New transportation technology program funding available
Projects that promote safety, improve access or mobility and update transportation technology can receive financial assistance in a new Innovative Technology Program created by the Kansas Department of Transportation. All transportation modes and technologies are eligible, including roadway (on and off the state highway system), rail, aviation, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV), alternative fuels, public safety data, bicycle/pedestrian and public transit....
PennDOT Earns Regional America's Transportation Awards for Operations Excellence and Best Use of Technology
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently received regional America's Transportation Awards for operational excellence and best use of technology. The department's operational excellence award was for the Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement ProgramOpens In A New Window and the best use of technology award was for the Shaler Street Bridge ReplacementOpens In A New Window. "Innovation is at the heart of PennDOT initiatives across the state," said Pen...
New I-85/I-385 “Gateway” Interchange Receives Transportation Award
Gateway Recognized as #1 in “Operations Excellence” in Southeast The value Greenville area residents and businesses have gained from the new I-85/I-385 Interchange since it opened to traffic has just been affirmed with an award of excellence the project received from the Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO). The new interchange, known as the “Gateway” project, has received SASHTO’s top award for “Operations Excellence” among large road a...
DelDOT Earns Award for US 301 Mainline Project
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) earned regional recognition in the America's Transportation Awards for the US 301 Mainline Project which opened to traffic in January 2019. In the America's Transportation Awards competition sponsored by the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, state DOTs compete in three categories: Quality of Life/Community Development; Best Use of Technology and Innovation; and Oper...
Western State DOTs Win Awards for Transportation Projects
A batch of transportation projects across Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington State earned regional recognition in the 2020 America’s Transportation Awards competition for providing solutions that increase safety and save lives, make infrastructure more resilient, while improving the quality of life for their communities. [Above photo by the Hawaii DOT.] Patrick McKenna. Photo by the Missouri DOT. “The people who planned, engineered and built...
Nestlé Waters Becomes First Food and Beverage Company in the World to Earn Platinum Rating under the Alliance for Water Stewardship Standard
The Ontario, California Factory received AWS’ highest attainable certification, recognition of the site’s elite performance in water stewardship and community engagement All five California Nestlé Waters factories and all seven Arrowhead® Brand 100% Natural Mountain Spring Water factories are certified under the rigorous water standard ONTARIO, Calif. – Nestlé Waters North America today announced that its Ontario, California water bottling site is the first food and beverage factory in...
Great Outdoors Colorado and Gates Family Foundation Grant $205,000 to Help Land Trusts Remotely Monitor Conservation Properties in Time of COVID
DENVER – Keep It Colorado, a nonprofit coalition of conservation partners including land trusts, public agencies and conservation professionals, has received $205,000 in grants from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and the Gates Family Foundation. The grant allows Keep It Colorado to launch a program that will help 12 land trusts use remote technologies – such as satellite and aerial imagery – to monitor conservation properties across the state. Remote monitoring is being used as an alternative to...
Xylem’s revolutionary Leopold Type 360 underdrain features innovative backwashing capability
New bolt down model increases efficiency RYE BROOK, N.Y., – Xylem now offers the Leopold Type 360 underdrain, a bolt down underdrain system for greenfield projects and water treatment filtration rehabilitation projects. The underdrain system has an innovative design concept where backwash water flows in a 360-degree pattern, increasing efficiency by up to 20%. “The industry challenged us to create an underdrain that combines efficiency, straightforward installation and individually se...
RIDOT and Congressional Delegation Break Ground for Providence Viaduct Northbound Project
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr., U.S. Senator Jack Reed, U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressman Jim Langevin, Congressman David Cicilline, and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza today broke ground to mark the start of construction on the $265 million Providence Viaduct Northbound Project. This project will replace the 1,295-foot long northbound section of the Providence Viaduct Bridge which carries I-95 over numerous local roads and highway ramps,...
Ferguson Waterworks named Advance Valve Technologies®’ trusted distributor and installer in Arizona and New Mexico
(Houston ) – Advanced Valve Technologies (AVTTM) has strengthened its established relationship with Ferguson Waterworks, the nation’s largest waterworks company. The company has entered into a distributor and installer agreement covering the Arizona and New Mexico regions of the United States. Ferguson Waterworks has been working with AVT, a manufacturer of insertion valves, for eight years. The company has successfully installed more than 200 4 to 12” AVT EZ Valves® across a range of materia...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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June Issue 2026
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