The “help wanted” sign is officially up for phase two of the I-85 Corridor Improvement Project near the Yadkin River in Davidson County, N.C. The N.C. Department of Transportation began advertising the contract for the job on Monday, Aug. 2, which includes widening nearly four miles of I-85 and improving an interchange.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, released the 2010 edition of the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD).

From clarionledger.com: Officials hopeful Miss. bridge will open before August
From virginiabusiness.com: Virginia plans private highway projects for 2013

PORTLAND, MAINE AND NORWOOD, MASS. — GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc., an environmental and geotechnical consulting firm, has been named as the geotechnical subconsultant of the Reed & Reed – T.Y. Lin International Design-Build team for the Maine Department of Transportation Veteran’s Memorial Bridge project in South Portland and Portland, Maine.

Despite a growing awareness that America’s aging network of highways, bridges, and tunnels is in failing health, huge roadblocks are preventing congressional action on a new national transportation bill: the lack of adequate funding sources and consensus on a vision that helps plan, prioritize, and pay for U.S. infrastructure.