CEG - Tue April 02, 2019
Legislators Fail to Agree on DeWine's Gas Tax Proposal
A Sunday deadline passed with the Ohio Legislature and Senate failing to reach a deal on Gov. Mike DeWine's proposal for a gasoline tax increase. Negotiations between the state House and Senate broke down March 29 and were adjourned until April 1, ensuring that the deadline of March 29 would not be met and the proposed tax increase would not take effect by July 1, as the governor wanted....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue March 05, 2019
ODOT Director Warns of Coming Financial Crisis
Unless serious measures are taken soon to bolster funding for the Ohio Department of Transportation, its ability to properly maintain, rebuild, and expand the state's road and bridge network will be compromised, ODOT Director Jack Marchbanks told the Governor's Advisory Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Feb....
AASHTO Journal - Tue February 05, 2019
Group Pushes for Higher Fuel Tax, More Road Funding
Local government officials, local chambers of commerce, and local transportation groups are working together as part of a new advocacy organization to increase Ohio's state fuel tax and impose a fee on alternative-fueled vehicles to help generate more transportation funding....
AASHTO Journal - Wed January 23, 2019
Incoming Ohio, Kansas Governors Fill DOT Directorships
Incoming Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly named Julie Lorenz to serve as interim secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation on Jan. 10, according to news reports, while Jack Marchbanks is being tapped by Ohio Gov.-elect Mike DeWine as the Ohio Department of Transportation's new director....
Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP - Tue January 08, 2019
Revised ODOT Training Rules Take Effect in New Year
The Ohio Department of Transportation recently announced significant changes to the On-The-Job Training Program that took effect on Jan. 1, 2019. Because these changes will impact ongoing, multiyear projects as well as new ODOT projects that will begin construction in 2019, all Ohio contractors are advised to review and familiarize themselves with the new changes....
ODOT - Tue December 11, 2018
Officials Open Cleveland Opportunity Corridor Section 2
The second phase of a project bringing job opportunities to a portion of Cleveland referred to as the "Forgotten Triangle" has opened. Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), city of Cleveland, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA), The Great Lakes Construction Company, stakeholders and community members gathered Nov....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 13, 2018
ODOT's First SmartLane Aims at Quickening Commutes
Crews from Complete General Construction (CGC) have been working since June on the Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) $61 million Interstate 670 SmartLane and resurfacing project in Columbus....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 18, 2018
ODOT Makes Progress on Its $28.9M Broadway Bridge Project in Cleveland
As part of its multi-phase Cleveland Innerbelt Modernization Plan, the Ohio Department of Transportation is spending $28.9 million on the construction of a new frontage, which connects Broadway Avenue (SR 14) with Pershing Avenue on the west side of I-77 and moves the Broadway Avenue entrance ramp (to I-77 south) to Pershing Avenue via a new Frontage Road on the west side of I-77 in the city of Cleveland....
AASHTO Journal - Thu August 30, 2018
Mid-America Transportation Projects Win Big in National Competition
Eight outstanding transportation projects from five mid-America states were honored Aug. 29 in the fourth and final regional America's Transportation Awards competition. The projects were recognized for major achievements, including: engaging small businesses through a “first of its kind” training program; replacing bridges to reconnect communities after major flooding; increasing mobility through a $2 billion overhaul of the most popular Amtrak route in the Midwest; and modernizing an aging freeway to improve safety and economic development....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 21, 2018
Kokosing Construction Crew Reaches Midway Point on $120M I-271 Project
Started on Aug. 1, 2016, the Kokosing Construction Company Inc. is more than half-way through the $119,988,186 Ohio Department of Transportation's (ODOT) I-271 pavement replacement and widening between the Cuyahoga/Summit County line and Miles Road....
