WSDOT Coordinates with City to Improve Green Space
The Washington State Department of Transportation, in coordination with the city of Des Moines, will provide a “much-needed makeover” to a popular 14-acre green space along Barnes Creek – an…
ETAP Podcast: Preserving Post-WW2 Historical Homes
This episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast discusses ways state DOT cultural resources programs within state departments of transportation are exploring to identify and preserve homes…
Pennsylvania DOT Uses ‘Story Map’ to Document History, Mitigate Impacts
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is using an innovative “Story Map” to share important historical information about an area impacted by a road improvement project on Route 322 in Centre…
Georgia DOT Mitigates Impacts to Historic Neighborhood as Part of I-75 Improvements
When rock-and-roll legend Little Richard was growing up in Macon, Georgia, his Pleasant Hill neighborhood was an African-American community of modest houses and vibrant local life. But the construction of…
Ohio DOT Programmatic Agreement Streamlines LWCF Section 6(f) Requirements
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is cutting down its paperwork and ramping up its collaboration thanks to a unique Programmatic Agreement (PA) signed last year for compliance with Section 6(f) of…
Archeology Program for US 301 Project Uncovers History
Archeologists are piecing together a new understanding of residents and merchants who traveled through Delaware as far back as the late 1600s as part of the Delaware Department of Transportation’s…
Historic Bridge of Lions Rehabilitation
The Florida Department of Transportation was able to preserve the historically significant architectural features of the Bridge of Lions, the gateway to historic St. Augustine. Accomplished by constructing a “bridge…
Arizona DOT Uses Adobe Bricks to Help Restore Historic Building in Tombstone
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has made what it calls an “architecturally challenging” decision to carry out both historic preservation work and transportation safety work in one of the…