By Doug Pacey / ADOT Communications ADOT’s social media accounts engage with the public hundreds of times every day. Much of it comes via our Twitter account @Arizona DOT, which has nearly a quarter-million followers. From questions and comments about upcoming projects, current road restrictions, Travel ID and more, we respond to all of it. … Read more
AMES, Iowa – June 6, 2019 – The Iowa Department of Transportation has awarded $4,628,072 in funding for 54 Volkswagen Settlement Environmental Mitigation Trust program projects. In 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a complaint alleging Volkswagen violated the Clean Air Act with the sale of motor vehicles between 2009 and 2016 equipped with … Read more
AMES, Iowa – June 6, 2019 – The Iowa Transportation Commission will hold its next business meeting Tuesday, June 11, 2019, in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Business meeting agenda Tuesday, June 11 Time Title … Read more
Starting next week, contractors will begin constructing temporary lanes for a project to replace a bridge and realign two miles of curves east of Potlatch on Idaho Highway 6. Work will start near Gold Creek as crews build temporary lanes around the existing structure to be used during its replacement. These temporary … Read more
By Laurie Merrill /ADOT Communications Let’s face it, not everyone jumps out of bed most mornings and says, “I’m going to clean a highway today!” But keeping highways litter-free again motivates Mary Currie, program manager in charge of ADOT’s Adopt a Highway program. She’s at right in the photos immediately above and below and solo in the … Read more
As part of ongoing construction to repair bridges on Interstate 90 and overpasses in Post Falls, crews will close two ramps at Spokane Street this weekend and next week to apply a sealing treatment to protect the driving surface. The westbound on-ramp will be closed the weekend of Friday, June 7 but … Read more
The public is invited to an open house on Tuesday, June 11 to learn about plans to widen and repair the Clearwater Memorial Bridge. The open house will be at the Red Lion Hotel (621 21st Street) from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Community members will have an opportunity to learn about the … Read more
ITD will require overnight closures on Interstate 84 in Nampa next Tuesday and Wednesday nights (June 10 and 11) to place girders on the new Karcher Road Overpass. Eastbound I-84 will be closed overnight Monday, June 10. A detour will begin at 10 p.m. Monday and end at 5 a.m. Tuesday, June … Read more
By Laurie Merrill / ADOT Communications This is a good old-fashioned whodunit, Arizona Department of Transportation-style. It’s the mystery of the missing plaque that was soldered and hammered onto a boulder to commemorate the opening of the Miami-Superior Highway. On April 29, 1922, the Arizona State Highway Department celebrated its most ambitious projects of the time: 21 … Read more
The Idaho Transportation Department invites the public to an open house event on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, to review and comment on the proposed final design for the new Declo Port of Entry project. The open house will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the city council chambers at Burley City Hall, … Read more