Construction spending increased to a record six-year high of $982 billion in December, rising for the first time since 2009, the Associated General Contractors of America said on Monday. Read More »

Following the introduction of the Infrastructure 2.0 Act in Congress, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) said last week that it's time for lawmakers to find the $170 billion needed to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure. Read More »

Alaska Governor Bill Walker named Marc Luiken as commissioner for the Department of Transportation (DOT) on Jan. 23. Read More »

Indiana Governor Mike Pence said on Jan. 6 that he will ask the State Budget Committee to review his plan to release the remaining $200 million funded for the “Major Moves 2020” program. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) filed a joint statement Wednesday criticizing the Obama administration’s proposed expansion of the Clean Water Act, boosting federal authority over lakes, rivers and other bodies of water, warning that the changes could negatively affect local communities nationwide. Read More »

The Kansas Department of Transportation said Monday that it has approved several bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects throughout the state. Read More »

Manufacturing companies in three Michigan counties recently were awarded grants from the Michigan Department of Transportation’s Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) to improve access and build new facilities. Read More »

Over the next four years, travel on Chicago's Blue Line will become faster and more reliable as part of the first renovations to the line since 1984. Read More »

Former Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) director Jennifer Cohan has been sworn in by Delaware Gov. Jack Markell as the state's 10th secretary of transportation. Read More »

In an effort to increase the cargo activity out of the Port of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has created a new five-year program called the Intermodal Cargo Growth Incentive Program. Read More »

The Plymouth School District of Terryville, Connecticut, won a 2015 mini-grant from the National Center for Safe Routes to School and Schwinn’s Helmets on Heads Program Read More »

FAs part of ongoing efforts to improve transit across the country, the U.S. Federal Transit Administration announced $55 million in grants for new buses as part of its Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (LoNo) on Thursday. Read More »

After three years of work, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has launched its Electronic Permit and Routing Online (ePRO) system for commercial drivers to obtain permits for carrying cargo, ADOT said last week. Read More »

The West Virginia Division of Highways will begin advertising for request for qualifications (RFQ) proposals from contractors to complete the final 14.6 miles of U.S. 35 in Putnam and Mason counties. Read More »

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities has two new deputy commissioners, the department said last week, when Commissioner Marc Luiken appointed Steven Hatter and Mike Neussl. Read More »

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) hired two new district managers for Bristol and Salem on Feb. 3. Read More »

With a reduced $325 million budget coming in 2017, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved a plan last week that focuses the state’s resources on a fraction of its 34,000 miles of highways. Read More »

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is about to remove several billboards, a handful of pole barns and other structures as part of the Interstate 25/Cimarron Street (U.S. 24) Interchange project, the CDOT said last week. Read More »

From December 2013 to December 2014, the construction field expanded in more than 250 metropolitan areas, according to a report released by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) on Wednesday. Read More »

Rep. Jeff Denham last week said that the U.S. infrastructure needs to keep pace with the "unprecedent energy renaissance" in the country Read More »