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Webinar – Advancing Sustainable Design in Recreational Trails and Embankments – April 9

March 18, 2024

…with single-layer protection or near-vertical, tiered retaining walls with a vegetated fascia. GEOWEB green slopes and living walls protect against erosion, reduce stormwater runoff, and create a natural environment for…

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Innovations in aquaculture with engineering plastics

March 11, 2024

…used unconventionally to develop innovative, sustainable aquaculture systems. The Marine Donut and AGRU engineering plastics The Marine Donut, an avant-garde closed-cage fish farming system, showcases the transformative potential of engineering…

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FHWA announces NPRM to discontinue its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured products used in federal-aid highway projects

March 8, 2024

…The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to discontinue its general waiver of Buy America requirements for manufactured…

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AGRU launches new outreach campaign to support local communities

February 14, 2024

…AGRU America, Inc. has officially launched its latest outreach campaign, “Global Company, Local Impact.” AGRU exhibited at the 2024 Pathways 2 Possibilities South Carolina (P2PSC) event in Myrtle…

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Backfilling geomembranes

February 7, 2024

By Rohit Sati | Layfield Geosynthetics Backfilling geomembranes helps protect your liners from environmental and mechanical damage. It can also improve the impermeability of the liner system….

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Gatz to chair AASHTO funding and finance committee

February 6, 2024

…Oklahoma’s Advanced Mobility Advisory Council, Oklahoma’s Fair Miles Road User Charge or RUC pilot project, and chair of the RUC America’s board of directors. “This investment will make it possible…

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FHWA seeks bridge project and planning grant applications

January 17, 2024

…chains. “With [this] funding … communities can plan and implement bridge projects that will improve safety and mobility for people in rural regions, urban areas, and places in between,” noted…

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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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AASHTO discusses proposed trichloroethylene rule

January 10, 2024

…the product. The organization is also “highly concerned” that laboratory testing of asphalt is specifically excluded from any phase-outs or time-limited exemptions in the EPA’s proposed rule regarding TCE usage….

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USDOT issues $645 million in rural transportation grants

December 29, 2023

…The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $645.3 million from the Rural Surface Transportation Grant or RSTG program to help communities complete transportation projects that will increase…

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