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Issy les Moulineaux, France, July 28, 2017 — The Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) has selected emovis to provide services in the state Road Usage Charge (RUC) Pilot Project. emovis will implement a cloud hosted back office and provide On-Board Diagnostic System Unit (OBD-II) and App technology to record road users’ mileage and collect their […]

Proposals requested for Program Management Office and Construction Corridor Management/Owner’s (Tollway) Representative services DOWNERS GROVE, IL, July 28, 2017 — The Illinois Tollway today announced that it is seeking firms to provide a program management office to assist the Tollway with overall program management, technical and administrative services for the Tollway’s 15-year, $14 billion capital […]

NASHVILLE, TN, July 27, 2017 — The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) has selected TransCore to design, deploy, and maintain its cashless tolling system on the Findlay Connector, a six-mile section of the Southern Beltway (Turnpike 576) near Pittsburgh International Airport. The project is part of the PTC’s continuing initiative to implement cashless, nonstop tolling in […]

Fee viewed as an impediment to new construction and economic growth July 27, 2017 — The E-470 Public Highway Authority’s board of directors voted during its meeting Thursday (July 27) to terminate a fee imposed on new-construction building permits issued along the E-470 corridor. The measure becomes effective immediately. E-470’s Highway Expansion Fee (HEF), which […]

DOWNERS GROVE, IL, July 27, 2017 — The Illinois Tollway, in partnership with the Construction Business Development Center (CBDC), is hosting an opening event for its first Technical Assistance Program location in the Rockford area at Rock Valley College. “For the first time, construction firms in Rockford and Boone County will have this valuable program […]