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Michael Baker International Completes Seagrass Restoration Project in Indian River Lagoon Surrounding the Merritt Island Airport

October 23, 2017 - in News, Projects, Transportation

Tampa, Fla. (October 23, 2017) - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced the completion of a seagrass restoration demonstration project as part of a larger safety improvement program at Merritt…

GeoDecisions Recognized for Pennsylvania Project

October 23, 2017 - in Awards, Technology, Transportation

(Harrisburg, Pa.): The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) recently recognized the GeoDecisions-designed Maintenance-IQ application…

​Governor Wolf Announces New Winter Travel Tool for Public, Administration Outlines Winter Preparations

October 23, 2017 - in Technology, Transportation

Norristown, PA – With the winter season approaching, Governor Tom Wolf today announced that a new online tool is available to inform the public of Pennsylvania…

New Lift Span of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge to be Floated

October 20, 2017 - in Bridges, Transportation

The float-in of the lift span for the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge, which connects Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire across the Piscataqua River, will take place the morning of Wednesday, October 18th. Beginning on Tuesday morning the navigational…

TxDOT Removes More Than 10 Million Cubic Feet of Debris

October 18, 2017 - in Transportation

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation has collected more than 10 million cubic feet of debris – or the equivalent of about 186 football fields – in the four districts most impacted by Hurricane Harvey since landfall Aug. 25. From Corpus Christi…

New Road-SIT Survey Vertical Application for the Maintenance of the Utility Tetworks with Mobile Mapping Technology

October 18, 2017 - in Technology, Transportation

18 October, 2017, Bologna, Italy – Siteco announces the implementation of the Road-SIT Survey Software application, for the management of the maintenance and rehabilitation interventions of the utilities networks.   The most immediate and frequent need…

Minnesota Second to Complete FTA State Safety Oversight Certification

October 17, 2017 - in Transit, Transportation

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Oct. 11 that Minnesota has become the second of 30 states to receive Federal Transit Administration certification as required by law for its program to provide state safety oversight of rail transit operations.…

Governors of Seven Western States Sign Pact to Plan Electric Vehicle Corridor

October 17, 2017 - in Transportation

The governors of seven states in the West – Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – announced they had signed an agreement to create a regional electric vehicle corridor for travel on their interstate highways. The officials said…

Strong September Numbers Boost Seaway Shipping Iron Ore Shipments Continue to Lead the Way

October 17, 2017 - in Transportation

October 17, 2017 – More than 1.2 million metric tons of iron ore passed through the St. Lawrence Seaway in September, providing a boost to overall shipping tonnage for the Seaway system. The St. Lawrence Seaway reports that overall cargo shipments from the…

Port of Savannah Moves 1M TEUs in First Quarter

October 17, 2017 - in Transportation

The Port of Savannah moved more than 1 million twenty-foot equivalent container units across Garden City Terminal in the first quarter of FY2018 (July 1-Sept. 30), growing by 5.8 percent or 55,629 TEUs over the same period in FY17. In September alone, the…