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New York DOT Releases New Draft Study on I-81 Replacement

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Comments are due Sept. 14 on estimated $2B project to replace the Syracuse viaduct, which aims to resolve dislocation impacts to the city's Black community when the highway was built in 1968.

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U.S. DOT Releases 30-Year Transportation Outlook

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Department of Transportation (DOT) outlining the trends that are likely to shape the needs of the nation''s transportation system over the next three decades. Beyond Traffic is offered to the public as a draft to ignite a national conversation about the future of the U.S.

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Activists Hope I-81 Upgrade Will Fix Community Along With Roadway

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With a new draft design and environmental assessment for the Syracuse, N.Y., viaduct replacement expected in coming weeks, members of a Black neighborhood destroyed by the original 1950s highway want DOT officials to finally hear their concerns.

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Activists Hope I-81 Upgrade Will Fix Syracuse Community as Well as Roadways

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As the next draft design and EIS reports for the replacement project are expected in the coming weeks, members of the Black community destroyed by the upstate N.Y. highway say they want state and national DOT officials to finally listen to their concerns.

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No Free Warranty: Connecticut Court Adopts Correction or Repair Test

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ALS began performing invasive species removal and control work for a Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT) intersection improvement project in February 2018. Drafting subcontracts appropriately can give both developers and subcontractors greater security and reliability of outcome. Click here to view full opinion as PDF.

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Severin Doctrine: It's Another Name for "Pass-Through-Plus" Claims

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Rhode Island DOT , the contractor on a bridge project had failed to include a material supplier in its list of vendors to the DOT. The claim was presented by the contractor to the DOT. A well drafted liquidation agreement will generally accomplish this purpose. For example, in Aetna Bridge v. Image: Sangudo.

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Demystifying fire-retardant treated wood specifications

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ft) flame under controlled conditions of draft and temperature onto the surface of a 7.4-m Specifiers are the final arbiters of “or equal” products, so if the specifier is not dotting the “i’s” and crossing the “t’s,” then who is? The test consists of a 7.6-m m (24-ft) long by 508-mm (20-in.) wide specimen. FRTW Application.