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State DOTs win National Roadway Safety Awards

January 15, 2024

…11 percent and 31 percent. Minnesota Department of Transportation for installing more than 80 “J-turn” intersections since 2010, mostly on divided rural highways. A 2021 evaluation found a 69 percent…

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USDOT announces $88.3 million loan for Louisiana connector project

January 4, 2024

…“This is the state’s seventh loan closed since 2021 for a total of $289 million, accelerating delivery of critical transportation solutions including five rural projects.” “If all projects funded by…

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FHWA issues final GHG measurement rule

December 19, 2023

…to the reference year of 2022 instead of 2021 – one of many recommendations the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) submitted to FHWA in its commentary on the…

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MassDOT appoints secretary

November 27, 2023

…Management and Control Board, which oversaw the T from 2015 until 2021. She also earlier served on the MassDOT board of directors. Information courtesy of AASHTO. Learn more here….

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TRB announces Roy W. Crum Award recipient

November 16, 2023

Named for Roy W. Crum, who served as the board’s director from 1928 until his death in 1951, the Crum Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field…

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How geomembranes help to improve water quality, lower costs and increase efficiencies in wastewater treatment

November 8, 2023

…to the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency had been created in 1970 and has been instrumental in administering it. According to the 2021 ASCE Infrastructure Report Card, there are…

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Han becomes 2023-24 G-I president

October 30, 2023

Dr. Jie Han, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, is the new president of the Geo-Institute (G-I) Board of Governors for 2023-24. He took office at the October 2023 board…

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EPA finalizes rule to require enhanced PFAS reporting to Toxics Release Inventory

October 25, 2023

…the 2021 reporting year and provided a framework to automatically add other PFAS in future years. The NDAA also required facilities to report on those chemicals if they manufacture, process…

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EPA finalizes rule to require reporting of PFAS data to better protect communities from forever chemicals

October 3, 2023

…protect people from dangerous “forever chemicals.”  Since EPA proposed this rule in June 2021, the agency has provided multiple opportunities for public comment and stakeholder input, including a Small Business…

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Airports zone in on geosynthetics

October 1, 2023

…drain. The resilience of the MSE structure and other elements have been proven multiple times, especially in April 2021 when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck northeast India; the wall stayed…

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