Tag: Dot
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DOT agrees to remove race, gender-based criteria from DBE program
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The DOT has agreed to settle a case challenging the constitutionality of its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program, effectively barring women- and minority-owned companies from automatic inclusion in the initiative. In a joint motion filed May…
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US DOT opens $1.5B funding round for transit buses and bus facilities
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Transportation announced yesterday that $1.5 billion in grants will be available through the Federal Transit Administration’s Buses and Bus Facilities and Low or No Emission bus competitive grant programs. The fiscal…
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DOT awards $3.2B to 180 projects
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $3.2 billion in grants to fund 180 projects last week. Grants went to programs administered directly by the DOT as well as several operating administrations, with the Federal Highway…
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DOT will cut funds to transportation projects with DEI: Duffy
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: In an April 24 letter, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned DOT funding recipients against engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion practices, which he said violate federal law. Duffy also told grantees that they must cooperate…
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We Found A Way To Save On Everything From Blu Dot To Kohler – Here’s The Secret
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Ohio DOT touts record-breaking $3.2B construction season
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Ohio DOT is underway with what it calls a record construction season that includes 955 projects — 38 of them considered “major” with a value above $10 million — across the state, according to…
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Georgia DOT joins 11 states requiring e-Ticketing in 2026
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has launched a statewide e-Ticketing initiative—starting in 2026, all contractors will be required to use e-Ticketing under Section 110 of GDOT specifications. As a first step, GDOT has implemented a dual-ticketing pilot—TruckIT, which requires both paper and electronic tickets. It will be used for aggregate and concrete deliveries during…
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Trend or Timeless? This Classic Pattern Is Everywhere Right Now (Dot, Dot, Dot)
There I was innocently shopping with one of my best friends and I spotted a polka dot mini skirt that my heart was telling me to try on. But “heart,” my brain said, “We don’t really wear polka dots. It’s not our style.” To that, my heart said, “Hush, let me try something new!” And…
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Duffy defends DOT grants pause, pledges not to hold up projects
Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Lawmakers pushed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to speed up federally funded infrastructure projects in a recent Senate Environment and Public Works Committee meeting, as they begin developing the next multiyear Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill. The 2021 Infrastructure…
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Texas DOT taps Fluor to build $671M highway project
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Highway reconstructionValue: $671 millionLocation: College Station, TexasClient: Texas DOT Fluor is laying fresh groundwork in Texas with a major highway construction deal that expands its presence in the state’s infrastructure market. The Irving, Texas-based construction company…