- New Hampshire Turnpike Will Start Hooksett Toll System Replacement April 1
- State Transit Funding Crises Build Openness To Road Use Charging
- New York Thruway Opens 26th Revamped Service Area
- TRB Schedules Webinar On Concrete Bridge Deck Design And Construction Innovations
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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New Hampshire Turnpike Will Start Hooksett Toll System Replacement April 1
The open-road toll (ORT) lanes at the Hooksett interchange of the F.E. Everett Turnpike (I-93) will be closed from April 1 until late May, New Hampshire DOT announced yesterday. Over the two-month period, NHDOT will entirely replace the electronic toll system serving the lanes — sensors, cameras, servers, and software included. The existing system, installed in 2013, has reached the limit of its life expectancy, according to the department. While work takes place, all traffic will be routed through the plaza’s cash and E-ZPass lanes.
AET (All-Electronic Tolling) ETC Systems New Hampshire New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) Open-Road TollingState Transit Funding Crises Build Openness To Road Use Charging
States continue to struggle against political resistance to replacing gas taxes with some form of road use charging (RUC). However, as “Governing” reports, in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Washington State, public transit funding needs may catalyze more openness to re-imagining transportation funding as a whole. “’An idea like [RUC] has to travel on the back of a crisis that demands action,’ says Mike Barrett, a Massachusetts state senator who is sponsoring a bill that would establish a mileage-based fee for electric vehicles.”
The article looks at legislative activity in the three states. Despite little optimism that RUC measures will pass this year, officials, business leaders, and labor groups are starting to come to grips with the realization that fuel taxation isn’t a sustainable funding mechanism. “Governing” recaps the past decade of state research and experimentation with RUC, and notes uncertainty at the federal level regarding support for related state and national pilots.
Company and Agency Financial Issues And Reports Illinois Massachusetts Road Use Charging (RUC-MBUF-VMT) Washington StateNew York Thruway Opens 26th Revamped Service Area
“The New York State Thruway Authority [announced yesterday] the remodeled Angola Service Area located on I-90 in Erie County is reopening,” WGRZ reports. With just one service area remaining to be reopened, the privately funded, $450 million initiative to upgrade all 27 authority facilities is nearing completion.
According to the Thruway, the Angola facility, which is located between the Pennsylvania border and Buffalo, is one of its busiest service areas.
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Iris Buyer LLC and Applegreen PLC New York New York State Thruway Authority P3 & Privatization Service PlazasTRB Schedules Webinar On Concrete Bridge Deck Design And Construction Innovations
The Transportation Research Board will host a 90-minute webinar on Friday, March 28, to explore innovative practices being implemented in the US to enhance bridge deck durability and serviceability. Presenters will discuss strategies to mitigate concrete deck deterioration caused by steel reinforcement corrosion, and share insights on materials, design techniques, and construction methods that improve longevity. The webinar will feature research from NCHRP Domestic Scan 22-01: Recent Leading Innovations in the Design, Construction, and Materials Used for Concrete Bridge Decks.
Registration is conducted online.
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) Transportation and Infrastructure Research & Development Transportation Research BoardThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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