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Tue September 12, 2017

ADOT Waives Fees to Help Texas After Hurricane Harvey

The Arizona Department of Transportation is helping urgently needed equipment reach Texas as quickly as possible by waiving fees and expediting permits so commercial vehicles hauling oversize loads can get there faster....

Tue September 12, 2017

ADOT Places Largest Girders in State on Salt River Bridges

The Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, already the largest single highway project in Arizona history, now has the longest bridge girders of their type in the state. As long as a 17-story building and each weighing as much as 14 elephants, 94 extra-long single span girders have already been placed on two bridge structures (northbound and southbound) that will carry traffic over the Salt River when the South Mountain Freeway opens by late 2019....

Tue September 12, 2017

National Guard Responds to Floods

PHOENIX (AP) Gov. Doug Ducey has activated the Arizona National Guard to assist in response efforts following heavy monsoon flooding in Santa Cruz County that damaged a sewage conveyance pipeline near Nogales....

Tue September 12, 2017

$128M Ina Road Project Marks Milestone

Six months in, signs of progress abound at an Arizona Department of Transportation project creating a modern traffic interchange at Ina Road and Interstate 10 and more efficient traffic flow through a growing area....

Chuck Harvey - Tue September 12, 2017

$32.8M Project Nears Completion on Route 60 in Superior

Crews in Arizona are rebuilding a 6-mi. stretch of U.S. Route 60 from Queen Creek east through the town of Superior to the junction with state Route 177. It is part of Arizona's $32.8 million Route 60: Silver King Road Project....

Andrea Rumbaugh - Houston Chronicle - Tue September 12, 2017

Pilots Use High-Tech Simulators to Guide Big Vessels

HOUSTON (AP) Capt. Tom Goodwin stood on the bridge of an oil tanker and looked upon the familiar Bayport Container Terminal. But instead of peering out a vessel's front windows, he was in a high-tech simulator gazing intently at 13 monitors....

Tue September 12, 2017

Texas Central, Fluor, Lane Move Forward With Bullet Train

Texas Central, developer of the investor-owned high-speed train project, announced an agreement with Irving, Texas-based Fluor Enterprises Inc., the primary operating subsidiary of Fluor Corporation and The Lane Construction Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Salini Impregilo, as the project moves into its next phase....

Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue September 12, 2017

Don't Mess With Texas — Clean Up in The Lone Star State

Twenty-seven trillion gallons of water fell on Texas and Louisiana. Twenty-seven trillion. Over six days. Even before Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, preparations were made by transportation authorities to deal with the aftermath of the storm....

Wed August 30, 2017

CDOT Selects KMP for Denver's I-70

CDOT announced on Aug. 24 that it has selected Kiewit Meridiam Partners (KMP) as the preferred proposer to design, build and finance the reconstruction of I-70 in Denver, as well as operate and maintain Central 70 for 30 years....

Wed August 30, 2017

Reno VA Hospital Prepares for 'Project Nevada's Heroes'

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) toured the Reno Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center on Aug. 14 and met with hospital staff to discuss the unique needs of Nevada's veterans and the facility's highly-anticipated construction project....