The Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) joined with a broad coalition of allies in beginning “Build Maryland 2010,” a comprehensive effort to bring at least 60,000 jobs to Maryland in the next five years by strengthening support in the U.S. Senate for legislation that will put people back to work building the critical infrastructure of the state and the nation.

The U.S. Department of Transportation signed an agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation for $10 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to extend HOV and bus lanes on U.S. 36 between Denver and Boulder, Colo.

California, Missouri, New Hampshire, and Vermont received a total of $2.36 million in grants from the Federal Highway Administration based on their innovative proposals to complete highway projects using technologies that will improve safety and decrease construction-related congestion.

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.