Midwest DOTs receive awards for transportation projects.
Press Release Summary:
Jointly sponsored by AASHTO, AAA, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, competition honors America's best in transportation. Michigan DOT won On Time category for I-94 Kalamazoo County Reconstruction Project, while Minnesota DOT won On Time category for I-35W Minneapolis Bridge Replacement Project. Missouri DOT received award in On Budget category for I-44 Conway Welcome Center Project, and Wisconsin DOT's Lake Delton Highway Repair Project was winner in On Time category.
Original Press Release:
Transportation Projects Improving America Honored by AASHTO, AAA, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
(Grand Rapids, MI) - The I-35W Minneapolis Bridge Replacement Project, completed three months ahead of schedule, speedily restored traffic flow in the wake of the tragic bridge collapse in 2007.
In Michigan, the I-94 Kalamazoo County Reconstruction Project - which involved rebuilding and widening a heavily traveled segment of the Interstate Highway System - was done on time and made travel along that corridor considerably smoother and safer than before.
Elsewhere in Michigan, the M-115 Clare County Improvement Project drew on innovative contracting and building techniques to reduce construction time, minimize traffic delays, and significantly improve safety and pavement conditions along a rural road.
Wisconsin's Lake Delton Highway Repair Project, seeking to remedy the damage caused by the most costly natural disaster in state history, reestablished in record time easy traffic movement to and through that economically vital area.
In Michigan, the I-44 Conway Welcome Center Project combined modern amenities with environmentally friendly technology to create state-of-the-art rest area facilities both ahead of schedule and under budget.
These are the projects selected from the Midwest to receive regional awards at the Annual Mississippi Valley Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Wednesday.
This competition - jointly sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - is designed to honor America's very best in transportation. The projects were judged in three categories: On Time, On Budget, and Innovative Management.
The Michigan Department of Transportation took home an award in the On Time, Medium Project category for its I-94 Kalamazoo County Reconstruction Project, while that state's M-115 Clare County Improvement Project won in the Innovative Management, Small Project category.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's I-35W Minneapolis Bridge Replacement Project won in the On Time, Large Project category.
The Missouri Department of Transportation received an award in the On Budget, Small Project category for the I-44 Conway Welcome Center Project.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Lake Delton Highway Repair Project, was the winner in the On Time, Small Project category.
The winning projects from this regional competition will contend for the America's Transportation Awards Grand Prize, to be presented at the AASHTO Annual Meeting in Palm Desert, California, in October 2009. A separate People's Choice Award will also be presented to the project receiving the highest amount of votes from the general public. To learn more about the projects and the competition, please visit www.americastransportationaward.org.
