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Register now for EDC-7 Virtual Summit
January 13th, 2023
The EDC-7 Virtual Summit registration link is now live! The summit, taking place from February 14-16, 2023, brings together transportation leaders and frontline professionals responsible for developing and delivering highway projects. We welcome participation from all of our partners—state transportation departments, local agencies, federal land management agencies, tribes, and industry. In this cycle of EDC, […]
Kansas providing nearly $41 million for local bridge projects
January 12th, 2023
Governor Laura Kelly, and Julie Lorenz, outgoing Kansas Department of Transportation secretary, recently announced the disbursement of $40.5 million through two different state programs to fund 33 local and off-system bridge projects statewide. “My administration is committed to improving Kansas’ transportation system, including city- and county-owned bridges in need of overdue repairs,” Kelly said. "These […]
FHWA issues grants to four major bridge projects
January 11th, 2023
The Federal Highway Administration has issued the first round of large bridge project grants from the Bridge Investment Program established by the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA enacted in November 2021. FHWA noted that its Bridge Investment Program will provide nearly $40 billion over five years to help repair or rebuild bridges […]
EPA issues next test order under national testing strategy for PFAS used in plastics, chemical manufacturing
January 10th, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the next Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) test order requiring testing on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under EPA’s the National PFAS Testing Strategy. This action orders companies to conduct and submit testing on trifluoro (trifluoromethyl) oxirane (HFPO), a perfluoroalkyl substance used in making plastics. This is […]
Watershed Geo to support TVA with decarbonization goals through unique solar solution
January 9th, 2023
Watershed Geo, a global technology provider for environmental and civil infrastructures, will partner with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to accelerate decarbonization innovation and bring new life to retired coal plants. In TVA’s pursuit of a 100 MW solar generation project on their closed coal ash site at Plant Shawnee in Kentucky, they have selected […]
Oerlikon investing in surface solutions business with new assembly and production site
January 6th, 2023
Oerlikon, a global leader in surface technology, polymer processing and additive manufacturing, is planning a new state-of-the-art assembly and production site for its surface solutions and equipment businesses. The group’s current locations in Wohlen, Dottikon and Winterthur will be merged at the Reichhold Campus in the canton of Aargau. With this investment, Oerlikon is affirming […]
Understanding plastics: Single-use vs. engineering plastics
January 5th, 2023
For decades, the global production of plastics has grown yearly by an average of 9% (1). Plastic production was reported as 1.7 million metric tons in 1950 (2), and this value reached 360 million metric tons worldwide in 2018 (3). The MacArthur Foundation estimated plastic production to double again over the upcoming two decades (4). […]
Transportation groups reaffirm backing for V2X
January 4th, 2023
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently joined nine other transportation organizations in support of a joint statement issued December 14 “reaffirming” their belief that deployment of vehicle-to-everything or V2X technologies will save lives and that removing “regulatory uncertainty” will help achieve that goal. The statement’s signatories all believe that 2023 will be […]
Rail infrastructure resilience starts with a geogrid-stabilized track
January 3rd, 2023
Imagine hauling the Great Pyramid of Giza once a month across the same track over 32 years. That is how much weight has crossed a Tensar geogrid-stabilized segment of railbed in Mobile Bay, Ala., during that time. To translate into today's terms, that's 40-foot intermodal containers packed to capacity, stacked four-high, lined up end-to-end and […]
GAI Consultants names director of transportation
January 2nd, 2023
GAI Consultants, Inc. (GAI) has announced that Steven Walls has joined the firm’s Midwest transportation division as Indiana Director of Transportation. Bringing over 30 years of industry experience to GAI, Walls previously held various roles for both the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). He serves GAI’s clients from the […]