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Will EPA give operations a two-year reprieve with air-quality standards?
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may give operations a reprieve with its proposed amendments to air quality rules that the agency set in 2010 to regulate cement manufacturing.
In late June, the EPA proposed delaying implementation of the rules of ... Read More...
Mike Rowe: Skilled tradesman, TV star and pizza deliveryman
How cool would it be to have someone famous deliver your pizza?
Mike Rowe of "Dirty Jobs" fame delivered pizza to and ate lunch with with the employees of Dudley Construction Inc. of Florence, Ky., on Aug. 2 as part of Caterpillar's "Say ... Read More...
Is highway infrastructure better than we think?
Is highway infrastructure in better shape than we think?
According to a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA), America’s highways are getting safer and smoother. However, despite heavy subsidies, public transportation infrastructures are falling apart.
The report found that only 11 percent ... Read More...
Nebraska releases 2013 Surface Transportation Program
Nebraska Department of Roads’ Director Monty Fredrickson, on July 9 released the state's fiscal year 2013 Surface Transportation Program.
The 2013 State Highway System program is published at $372 million and is funded from state and federal highway user taxes and ... Read More...
Obama signs $105 billion highway bill
President Obama on July 6 signed into law a combined transportation, student loan and flood insurance bill at a White House event.
The House and Senate on June 29 passed a new two-year $105 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill, Moving Ahead for ... Read More...
The Hill: Obama to sign highway bill Friday
President Obama on Friday will sign the combined transportation, student loan and flood insurance bill at a White House event, according to a July 3 report by Keith Laing in The Hill.
The House and Senate on June 29 passed a new ... Read More...
The new surface transportation bill gives us a cast instead of a Band-Aid for funding
A two-year bill isn't the answer to the need for a long-term transportation bill, but it's better than short-term extension after short-term extension. Now we have a cast instead of just a Band-Aid to fix the lack of funding.
We were ... Read More...
House passes transportation bill to extend highway program through 2014
The House on June 29 approved legislation that will extend federal highway programs through 2014, a low interest rate on student loans for one year, and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for five years, according to a report from The ... Read More...
‘Stay Alert, Slow Down’ in roadway construction zones, urges ARTBA
With AAA predicting that more than 42 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the upcoming July 4 holiday and the construction season already in high gear, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is ... Read More...
On the way to a bicameral, bipartisan agreement on transportation bill
Two days ago marked the 1,000th day without a transportation bill, but now it looks like we may be getting somewhere – just days before the latest extension expires at the end of June. Nothing like a deadline to get ... Read More...
Ray O’Connor promoted to Topcon managing executive officer
Ray O’Connor has been promoted to managing executive officer of Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS), has been promoted to company senior managing executive officer. He has also been named president of the newly formed Positioning Company division of Topcon Corporation.
In 2010 ... Read More...
Kenworth Helps Students at Seattle University with Real-World Engineering Projects and Mentoring
Shown in front of the new Kenworth T680 are, from left, Reid Nabarrete, Kenworth assistant general manager for operations, and Jean Jacoby, associate dean of the College of Science and Engineering at Seattle University. Nabarrete recently accepted a special ... Read More...
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