/PRNewswire/ Twelve departments of transportation (DOTs) were named winners of the 2020 Perpetual Pavement Award (PPA) by the Asphalt Pavement Alliance.
Good to Go system to shut down for two weeks, tolls still collected May 27, 2021 at 8:17 am
The Good To Go! Sticker Pass adheres to the windshield near the rearview mirror. (Photo courtesy of WSDOT/Flickr)
Good to Go toll users will soon need to get their accounts in order, with the system set to shut down for two weeks as the state installs a new website and updates the customer service center.
The Good to Go tolling system goes dark June 18. After 10 years of service, the website just doesn’t do what customers need it to, and the call center needed an upgrade.
Top California rail official out in another project shakeup
KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California s high-speed rail project lost a top leader this week without a replacement on tap, injecting fresh uncertainty into a project constantly in flux.
Joe Hedges, the project s chief operating officer, left his job Monday, said rail spokesman Melissa Figueroa. She gave no details on his departure, saying the agency doesn t discuss personnel matters. Hedges couldn t be reached for comment.
His departure came the same day that rail board Chairman Tom Richards announced the conclusion of an investigation into personnel matters and allegations of fraud, though he said no fraud was found. The board formed a special committee in response to anonymous complaints about business practices and personnel, he said in brief remarks after the committee s closed meeting ended. The committee began meeting in February, according to meeting notices.
Updated: 5:29 PM PDT May 25, 2021
Right now, you can finally see physical construction of what the Washington State Department of Transportation has dubbed the North Spokane Corridor project throughout Northeast Spokane. To some drivers, of course, the closed roads and detours are an annoyance. But to many others, it’s a sign of long-awaited progress. I’m just glad that they’re trying, that they’re going in that direction. And I don’t want to see anything stop or delay it, funding or anything else, Sherri Davey, owner of Heavenly Special Teas in Hillyard said. We’re growing so fast. We’re going to have commuters. And we don’t need the congestion in downtown, we don’t need the congestion going through Spokane. We need a freeway. So it’s about time is all I can say, and I wish they would hurry!”
The Toutle River rest areas on Interstate 5 near Castle Rock in Cowlitz County will be closed for maintenance this week, according to a press release from the Washington State Department of Transportation.