$1 million in quick-release emergency relief funds available for flood damage from spring snowmelt in Minnesota

Tina Grady Barbaccia - May 24, 2011

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has made $1 million in quick-release emergency funds immediately available to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to continue repairing roads and bridges damaged by floods as a result of this spring’s snowmelt. "Minnesota is still ...

U.S. DOT approves $418 million loan for SH 161 construction

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 18, 2011

The U.S. Department of Transportation will provide an estimated $418.4 million loan that will bring congestion relief to drivers in Dallas County by helping pay for the construction of the final phase of State Highway 161, U.S. Transportation ...

Highway traffic highest level since 2007

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 03, 2011

Americans drove 3 trillion miles in 2010, the most vehicle miles traveled since 2007 and the third-highest ever recorded, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on March 2. The increase in traffic volume comes as the U.S. in 2009 posted its ...

Work starts on 2 intermodal freight facilities in Memphis, Birmingham

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 10, 2011

Work can begin on construction of two intermodal freight facilities in Memphis and Birmingham thanks to a signed grant agreement with the Alabama and Tennessee Departments of Transportation for $105 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment ...

Construction begins on Black River Bridge

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 14, 2010

Construction on a new Black River Bridge in Port Huron, Mich., can now begin thanks to a signed agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Michigan Department of Transportation for a $30 million American Recovery ...

LaHood helps break ground on Milton-Madison bridge replacement project

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 09, 2010

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood joined Congressman Baron Hill, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, Kentucky Governor Steven Beshear and other state and local officials in breaking ground late last month on the Milton-Madison bridge replacement project, which received ...

Minnesota gets $1.5 million in emergency funds

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 22, 2010

U.S. Department of Transportation has made $1.5 million in quick-release emergency funds immediately available to the Minnesota Department of Transportation to begin repairs to roads and bridges damaged by floods, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood publicly announced on Oct. ...

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