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® April 25 2018 Vol. XXXI • No. 9
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N.C. Releases Initial Data of 10-Year Plan By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Co. Brings Youth, Expertise to Stream Restoration…8
Quarry Offers ‘Office With the Best View’…12
Observation Tower Rises Above Sassafras…26
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Planning, scheduling and funding its transportation infrastructure is an intricate process for any state, but the North Carolina DOT seems to have initiated a prioritization program to do so that is both efficient and transparent. The state’s Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) law, passed by the legislature in 2013 and spearheaded by former Gov. Pat McCrory, was designed to improve the state’s transportation system, while also kickstarting the economy and creating jobs. The law spurred the creation of a program that encourages input from DOT engineers, regional planners, civic leaders and the general public. In it, a data-driven scoring system is applied to come up with a 10-year plan that strategically prioritizes the state’s transportation projects based on Statewide needs, Regional needs and Divisional (or local) needs. It also activated the Strategic Mobility Formula, which allocates monies for the large number of DOT projects identified using the data scoring. STIP Identifies Projects for Funding Those funds are then passed through the 10year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Currently, the 2018-2027 STIP
By Emily Wagster Pettus and Jeff Amy
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on April 10 ordered the Mississippi Department of Transportation to immediately close 83 locally maintained bridges that the federal government said are in bad shape. “These bridges have been deemed unsafe for the traveling public,” Bryant said in a
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has an impressive list of about 1,300 projects funded across every one of the state’s 100 counties. All types of transportation needs are included: roads, highways, bridges, railroad lines, aviation, ferries, public transit and bicycle/pedestrian. NCDOT operates with 14 divisions across see PLAN page 46
Border Wall Reinforcement Under Way
Mississippi Governor Orders Closure of 83 Deficient Bridges
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statement. “Keeping them open constitutes an unnecessary risk to public safety, violates the corrective action plan agreed upon by the state and federal government and jeopardizes federal infrastructure funds Mississippi receives.” Bryant issued the order five days after the U.S. Department of Transportation sent him a letter saying Mississippi’s bridge-inspection program was not meeting federal standards. see CLOSURES page 74
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The new wall rises in the background. The “X” shaped vehicular barrier was all that existed in this stretch of the border in New Mexico. see WALL page 92