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Reconstruction Accommodates Increased Traffic
by Ivy Chang, Photos by South Dakota DOT, 6/1/2009
A rally is coming to South Dakota, and road work must be completed by August 1. The reconstruction on 2.5 miles of Interstate 90 near Rapid City, S.D., is providing safer roads for the community when the project is completed by August, 2009. That's the time the town of Sturgis holds its annual motorcycle rally when hundreds of thousands of cyclists from across the country gather to compare the... More

South Dakota lists ARRA projects
Staff - 05/25/2009
South Dakota's Department of Transportation received $189 million in federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and has identified 45 state highway improvement projects for the first phase of allocating funds. Because ARRA is a one-time stimulus and does not cover long-term highway funding shortfall, projects selected do not include construction of new highways. More
An Alternative to Precast Highway Sound Barriers
05/20/2009
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission recently completed a sound barrier project... More
South Dakota Roads: 'You get what you pay for,’ by Dennis Slater, president and secretary, Association of Equipment Manufacturers
by Ivy Chang - 05/18/2009
The following article on the condition of South Dakota roads and investment in roads and bridges appeared in the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. For the economic health and quality of life of the state, South Dakotans should heed the recent report on ground transportation offered by The Road Information Program. More
Kentucky Company Wins Alabama Stimulus Road Project
05/13/2009
The state announced that some of Alabama's federal stimulus money would be used to re-pave Interstate 59... More
New Jersey Starts First Stimulus Project
05/08/2009
Vice President Joe Biden visits Lodi today for a ceremonial groundbreaking on New Jersey's first... More
Latest Weapon Against Sinkholes: Super Foam
05/06/2009
Workers resorted to an unusual brew of concrete and expandable foam when plugging sinkholes in Plant City and North Tampa ... More
South Dakota lists ARRA projects
05/04/2009
South Dakota’s Department of Transportation received $189 million in federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ... More
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