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Louisiana DOTD Wins Award for Brine Management

By May 19, 2022

Scott Boyle (seen above), assistant administrator of operations for District 2 of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, recently received an award on behalf of his district’s handling of…

Tennessee DOT Helping Deploy ‘Seabins’ for River Cleanup

By March 31, 2022

The Tennessee Department of Transportation has teamed up with Keep the Tennessee River Beautiful (KTRB) and other partners to establish a network of 17 “Seabin” automated litter and debris removal…

NCDOT Providing Material for Artificial Reefs

By Holly HawkinsFebruary 24, 2022

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is providing more than 1,000 tons of damaged concrete pipe to help the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries shore up two artificial reefs.…

PennDOT Turning Plastic Waste into Roadway Surface Material

By November 18, 2021

For several weeks now, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has been dumping plastic waste onto the roadway near a state park – and that is actually a good thing. [Above…

Maryland Approves Effort to Turn Port Dredging Material into Concrete Barriers

By ahardingFebruary 3, 2021

Governor Larry Hogan (R) and the Maryland Board of Public Works recently approved contracts with two Maryland companies to make bricks, pavers, concrete highway barriers, and shoreline supports – among…

Virginia DOT Launches Second Major Anti-Litter Initiative

By ahardingDecember 16, 2020

The Virginia Department of Transportation recently began its second major anti-littering effort on December 7 – the Beautify Virginia program – that is part of its support for keeping Virginia’s roadways litter-free. [Photo…

Georgia DOT Launches New Anti-Litter Campaign

By ahardingOctober 28, 2020

The Georgia Department of Transportation is launching a new anti-litter campaign – called “Keep It Clean Georgia” – focused on preventing and eliminating litter along 50,000 miles of interstates and…

Country road with double yellow line.

Missouri DOT Pioneers Roofs to Roads Efforts, Inspires other DOTs to Follow Suit

By ahardingMarch 9, 2015

The Missouri Department of Transportation has been a pioneer in the use of recycled asphalt pavement in its asphalt mixes, allowing the agency to save money and protect the environment.…

view of rural road at sunset

VDOT Demonstrates Benefits of Recycled Asphalt in I-81 Rehab Project

By ahardingApril 7, 2013

The Virginia Department of Transportation has realized cost and energy savings using recycled asphalt paving processes for a repaving project along a portion of Interstate 81, prompting the agency to…

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