April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Highways News, Main, News HONOLULU – In an effort to save lives, the Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), four county police departments, and our private partners Toyota Hawaii and DTRIC Insurance are working together to educate Hawaii’s roadway users about the dangers … Read more
By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications As we’ve noted in two previous blog posts, this is National Work Zone Awareness Week. We promote it in various ways every year, but this display at our training center in Phoenix demonstrates how serious work zone awareness is for those of us at ADOT. The more than 50 … Read more
Pali Highway to open while Likelike Highway is closed for Hawaiian Electric repair work Posted on Apr 10, 2019 in Highways News, Main, News Likelike Highway scheduled closure Sunday, April 14, 2019 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and Hawaiian Electric alerts the public of emergency repair … Read more
Atlanta – The Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) and Security Summit Partners announce new results from 2018 that show significant progress in the fight against tax-related identity theft and a reduction in overall attempted tax fraud. DOR has worked diligently to fight tax-related identity theft and tax fraud in all forms, and since joining the … Read more
The Snake River Bridge will be reduced to one lane beginning Tuesday, April 9 in preparation for rebuilding the bridge. What to expect at the Snake River Bridge: Temporary traffic signals will be placed on both sides of the bridge to direct traffic. Motorists should expect delays of up to 15 minutes. … Read more
By John Halikowski / ADOT Director One-thousand crashes. Seventeen people killed. That’s how many collisions and fatalities occurred in work zones in 2017 in Arizona. How is that possible? Work zones have signs, barricades, cones and more orange than Sunkist. It’s impossible for a driver not to know when they’re approaching a work zone. Unless … Read more
AMES, Iowa – April 9, 2019 – The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the following items during its meeting today in the Materials Conference Room at the Iowa Department of Transportation’s headquarters at 800 Lincoln Way in Ames. Business meeting actions taken Tuesday, April 9 Order Number Title … Read more
Flooding from spring runoff is causing water to run or pool on top of U.S Highway 95 and Idaho Highway 55 throughout the Central Mountains. The Idaho Transportation Department is urging motorists approaching these hazards to use caution. Flooding on ID-55 south of Cascade Heavy rain and melting snow is causing isolated … Read more
In this line of work, there will be more times than you can count when it is virtually impossible to find an easily accessible restroom for the crew. Whether or not the client has a restroom on site, it isn’t always available to the crew. Have you considered a restroom truck along with a porta-potty … Read more
By Garin Groff / ADOT Communications With this being National Volunteer Week, we’ve been figuring out the best way to show you the impact made by more than 900 volunteer groups who have adopted an Arizona highway. And then we heard from volunteer Gene Van Dyken, who reports to us that his group’s weekly cleanups … Read more