AASHTO Journal - Tue June 05, 2018
Tariffs Threaten to Push Highway Project Costs Higher
The Trump administration's long-threatened imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, Mexico and the European Union went into effect at midnight on May 31 – a move that is hiking construction costs for state departments of transportation across the country, especially for steel-intensive bridge projects, while also potentially forcing a redirection of funds away from future endeavors....
AASHTO Journal - Tue May 29, 2018
AASHTO's Executive Director Announces Retirement
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials announced that Executive Director Frederick G. “Bud” Wright has notified the AASHTO board of directors that he intends to retire at the end of 2018....
Thu May 17, 2018
AASHTO Mourns Loss of Former Colleague Dr. Anthony R. (Tony) Kane
Staff and members of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials this week mourned the passing of their former colleague, Director of Engineering and Technical Services Dr. Anthony R....
AASHTO Journal - Wed April 04, 2018
ARTBA Foundation Taking Final Applications for 2018 Highway Worker Memorial Scholarships
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association's Transportation Development Foundation issued a "last call" for applications through April 6 for the 2018 round of its "Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program."Since 1999, that program has provided up to $5,000 in individual college scholarships to children of highway workers who have been killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty....
AASHTO Journal - Mon April 02, 2018
Deadline Looms for Truckers to Use Electronic Logging Devices or Face Penalties
Commercial vehicle drivers that are not using electronic logging devices as of April 1 face the prospect of authorities penalizing them by immediately placing them out of service for 10 hours, assessing points against their driver records and perhaps levying civil fines....
AASHTO Journal - Mon March 26, 2018
State DOT: Board Advances $177M Bridge Replacement Project
The board of directors for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation approved a contract for about $177 million to replace Boston's North Washington Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Boston Inner Harbor between the North End and Charlestown....
Mon March 12, 2018
MDOT Chief Engineer Receives Honor for 25 Years of Service
Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Deputy Executive Director and Chief Engineer James Williams of Brandon was recently honored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) at its annual meeting in Phoenix, Ariz....
AASHTO Journal - Tue February 27, 2018
State DOTs Urge Congress to Move Project Funding Via Highway, Transit Formulas
The organization representing all state departments of transportation has called on Congress to route new infrastructure appropriations through existing formula-based federal highway and transit programs, and warned against allocating it through discretionary grants....
Mon February 12, 2018
AASHTO Releases Statement Following Trump's Infrastructure Proposal
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) issued the following statement Feb. 12, in response to the public release of the long-anticipated White House infrastructure proposal....
AASHTO Journal - Mon February 12, 2018
Pennsylvania Turnpike to Widen, Rebuild a Section of I-476
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said it will begin a major project to completely rebuild and widen a heavily traveled seven-mile section of its Northeastern Extension (Interstate 476) in Montgomery County, which is located northwest of Philadelphia....
