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Business

Rhode Island trucking group counters trucks-only toll plan

RITA’s plan excludes tolling, but does increase costs for truckers. It would create more than $220 million over four years. Island lawmakers ended session June 25 without approving Gov. Gina Raimondo’s plan to repair infrastructure with truck-only tolls on about two dozen bridges.

November 5, 2015

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: Will Congress pass CSA-crippling highway bill?

Greg Cohen, president of the Highway Users Alliance, talks with Overdrive about the chances of Congress passing a bill to hide CSA scores and force FMCSA to fix the program. Cohen also talks tolling provisions, size and weight reform and whether highway monies will go to rail projects.

October 30, 2015

Business

UPDATE: U.S. 95 reopens in Nevada northwest of Las Vegas after flood, fire

After a rough couple days of flood, fire and closures for U.S. 95 in Nevada between state road 60 and Tonopah, 95 reopened Monday evening.

October 20, 2015

Business

House highway bill preferable to Senate version on tolling existing interstates, says anti-toll group

While the House bill preserves the tolling pilot program for existing interstates, it wouldn't allow funds collected to be diverted to other purposes.

October 19, 2015

Business

I-10 closures beginning tonight in Phoenix

Closures this weekend and next near the I-10/I-17 interchange are to accommodate crews working on the Deck Park Tunnel in Phoenix.

October 16, 2015

Business

Of Popes and Presidents: Reports from a season in highway construction, closures

Season in dignitary visits, too, to which the I-5 gridlock in Seattle earlier this morning served as testament. Info on upcoming short-term closures on U.S. 95 in Nev., I-75 in Cincinnati and more.

September 24, 2015

Business

Overnight lane closures: Upcoming in Michigan and Virginia; Nashville I-40 shutdown repeat

I-64 affected in Virginia through next week in both directions (MM 250-255) overnight, likewise Monday in Michigan I-94 in Washtenaw County. Nashville downtown — I-40 closing again over the weekend.

September 18, 2015

Business

Dear cities and states, ‘Finish the mess you’ve made’ already!

Navigating high construction season on the road: “After sustaining what I’m certain is irreversible kidney damage, a deviated septum, and three chipped teeth, I finally gave up on making across alive…”

September 18, 2015

Business

I-40 shutting down again in downtown Nashville this weekend

The closure with be in place today, Friday, at 8 p.m. through 6 a.m. Monday morning, Tennessee Department of Transportation officials say.

September 11, 2015

Business

After a month of closure, InDOT reopens I-65 NB at Wildcat Creek bridge

The Indiana Department of Transportation notified truckers and motorists that it had begun reopening the northbound lanes of I-65 between Lebanon and Lafayette. Construction continues on the route as part of a widening project

September 9, 2015

Channel 19

Quick work made of I-93 sinkhole; More alt. routes for I-65 NB in Indiana

Highway haps: While InDOT continues to divert NB I-65 traffic along the official detour, local media have specified a variety of potential alternates for points north of Lafayette.

August 20, 2015

Business

InDOT: I-65 NB Wildcat Creek bridge projected to remain closed through much of September

Or later, depending on construction progress. Traffic diversion in place utilizes four-lane roads and adds 9 miles, and 25 minutes at present, InDOT says, to through trip up I-65 toward Chicago.

August 17, 2015