Six state departments of transportation projects have garnered regional America’s Transportation Awards accolades for stellar industry work.
The 11th annual competition, which is sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Socrata, AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, recognized transportation projects in three categories: Quality of Life/Community Development, Best Use of Technology and Innovation, and Operations Excellence.
The Northeast region winners are the New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s NH Route 125 Reconstruction; Maryland Department of Transportation’s Upgrade of MD 404; Delaware Department of Transportation’s SR 1/SR 72 Diverging Diamond Interchange; Maryland Department of Transportation’s BaltimoreLink; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Statewide Demand-Response Transit Scheduling Software Implementation; and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Hunter Station Bridge.
“State DOTs are committed to making America safer, better and stronger by improving connections between communities both large and small, urban and rural,” said John Schroer, Tennessee Department of Transportation commissioner and AASHTO president. “The transportation projects in this competition are part of a national multimodal network that is moving millions of people and tons of goods where they need to go every day.”
The three highest-scoring projects from each region will be included in the Top 12, officials said, noting winners of the top two awards will be announced Sept. 23, at the AASHTO Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.