Highways, Streets & Bridges
2012 Keating Report on government budgets and spending
The 2012 Keating Report covers federal and state budgets, public private partnerships, local government budget trends, government construction and government spending....
Government construction slowing
In its "2012 Dodge Construction Outlook," McGraw-Hill Construction estimates that the value of public works construction projects under way will drop 5 percent from 2011 levels, settling at $94.8 billion....
ARRA-funded construction and public private partnerships
Public-private partnerships are being used as a tool to help governments balance their budgets, and ARRA funding is helping pay for a road and bridge project in Marion, Ohio — all in the the second-half 2011 Keating report....
Transportation spending: Is highway reauthorization legislation in the cards?
Transportation budgets are top of mind for Michael Balsam, founder of Bear Pond Research. "I think the big story for the second half of 2011 is how the federal transportation reauthorization bill shakes out....
Keating Report on government budgets and spending, 2nd half 2011
The 2011 Mid-Year Keating Report covers federal budgets, transportation projects, state tax revenue, local government budget trends, ARRA-funded construction and government spending....
Ohio construction supplier boosts prices
Contech Construction Products has announced a price increase for all of its metal products, effective Feb. 1, 2011. The price increase will be 10 percent across the firm's line of products made of metal....
2011 Keating Report on government budgets and spending
A gradually strengthening economy in 2011 signals improved government budgets. The 2011 Keating Report includes analysis of federal, state, and local government spending, as well as an in-depth look at public works and government construction spending....
Avery Dennison can keep selling retroreflective sheeting
Chief Judge Michael Davis of the U.S. District Court in Minnesota has denied 3M's request for a preliminary injunction to block sales of Avery Dennison's OmniCube retroreflective sheeting which is used for highway and road signage....
Michigan city slashes energy costs by 50 percent with LED streetlights
Corunna, Mich., has retrofitted a number of its downtown streetlights, and in the process, chopped electricity bills in half. Crews replaced 175-watt metal halide streetlights with 48-watt LEDs from Sarasota, Fla.-based EvoLucia, Inc....
Portable lighting
Airstar worksite lighting employs lights covered by balloons that concentrate the light downward and reduce eyestrain. The company's new four-page brochure...
Changes in road sign reflectivity will affect highway departments
The Federal Highway Administration has raised the minimum reflectivity of road signs to increase sign visibility, a mandate that will take effect in January 2012. FHWA standards require state and local agencies to assess their road signs and develop a replacement plan...
Stimulus-funded transportation projects are leading to new hires
Funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 are helping improve the infrastructure and create new jobs, says a new report from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials....
Increased investment needed in America's rural transportation system
Increasing congestion in popular tourist destinations, inadequate roads to serve growing agricultural and energy output, and emerging cities that are not connected to the Interstate system all require immediate attention and investment to ensure that America's rural areas stay connected...
'Best Show in Public Works' Goes to Beantown
Public works professionals from around the world will gather in Boston later this month for the American Public Works Association's International Public Works Congress and Exposition (co-located with the Solid Waste Association of North America's WASTECON 2010 Conference and Exhibition)....
D.C. gets bike lane channelizer
The Washington, D.C., city government has purchased bike lane channelizer posts from Pexco to line a stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue with dedicated lanes for cycling commuters....
Movers and shakers
Executive changes, promotions and appointments at Parsons-Brinckerhoff, PBSJ Corp., HNTB, and Howard R. Green Co....
Arkansas dealership adds new Volvo equipment
Hugg and Hall Equipment Co., an authorized Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) dealer in Little Rock, Ark., has assumed the sales and marketing of Volvo road machinery products at its branches in Little Rock, Camden, Fort Smith and Springdale, Ark....
Snow and ice storms have huge economic impact, so plowing is crucial
Every winter in communities across the country, snow and ice derail local economies for hours, days or sometimes longer....
Dwindling supplies of traffic striping paint impact road maintenance and construction
A shortage of a key raw material used in traffic paint, methyl methacrylate, is forcing some highway departments and road crews to curtail their striping operations....
Arizona to do away with speed cameras on state freeways
Arizona is canceling a pioneering yet contentious program that positioned speed enforcement cameras along Phoenix-area highways and in vans placed across the state....
Nevada releases citizen-centric report on stimulus funds
Nevada is the first state to issue the stimulus citizen-centric report under a pilot program created by the Association of Government Accountants....
State DOTs begin campaign to halt work zone deaths
Twenty-five state transportation departments, along with dozens of local agencies and the Federal Highway Administration, held events across the country to mark the beginning of National Work Zone Awareness Week....
Tennessee technology company will raise prices for its products
Because of what it calls a "widespread shortage of propylene," Propex Operating Company, LLC will be raising prices across all four of its global business units — Flooring Solutions, Geosynthetics, Concrete Solutions and Performance Technologies....
2010 Keating Report on government budgets and spending
Government spending continues to shore up the economy, with $38 billion potentially on tap through jobs bill. The 2010 Keating Report includes analysis of federal, state, and local government spending, as well as an in-depth look at construction and security spending by governments....
AP report: Stimulus for transportation has not changed unemployment rates
An Associated Press analysis found that the $20 billion spent in ARRA funds for transportation projects has had no effect on local unemployment rates....
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