FHWA 2007 Press Releases

• December 2007

  • Highway Signs to Get Brighter, Safer Under New Federal Requirements; New Rules on Highway Sign Retroreflectivity Issued This Week, 12/27/07

  (FHWA 22-07)

  • U.S. Department of Transportation Approves Nearly $1.2 Billion in Credit Assistance to Relieve Congestion on I-495 Capital Beltway, 12/20/07

  (FHWA 21-07)

• November 2007

  • Federal Highway Administration Announces $1.59 Million in Grants for Innovative Highway Technologies, 11/23/07

  (DOT 121-07)

  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Releases $123.5 Million in Funding for I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis, 11/1/07 (FHWA 20-07)

• October 2007

  • U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announces $1 Million Quick Release to California for Urgent Repair of Wildfire Damage to Roads and Bridges, 10/29/07 (FHWA 19-07)

  • Statement of Federal Highway Administrator J. Richard Capka on the National Traffic Signal Report Card 2007, 10/9/07 (FHWA 18-07)

  • Five States May Receive More Than $4 Million in Federal Funds To Speed Highway Construction, Reduce Gridlock, 10/5/07 (FHWA 17-07)

• September 2007

  • U.S. Department of Transportation Names Six Interstate Routes as "Corridors of the Future" to Help Fight Traffic Congestion, 9/10/07 (DOT 95-07)

  • U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Releases Additional $20 Million to Mississippi to Repair Hurricane Katrina-Damaged Highways, 9/5/07 (FHWA 16-07)

  • U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Announced Today More Than $128 Million In Emergency Funds To Repair Damaged Roads in Seven States and Various Federal Facilities, 9/5/07 (FHWA 15-07)

• August 2007

  • New U.S. DOT Rule Allows States Flexibility to Build Roads and Bridges Faster, 8/16/07 (FHWA 14-07)

  • South Carolina to Begin Plans to Build I-73 Under A New Pilot Program for Tolling Interstates, 8/16/07 (FHWA 13-07)

  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Announces $50 Million in Immediate Emergency Relief for Minneapolis; $5 million for Transit, 8/10/07 (DOT 81-07)

  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Cautions States to Carefully Consider Extra Weight Caused by Construction Projects on Bridges, 8/08/07 (DOT 79-07)

  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Deploys Team of Experts to Assist with Minneapolis Bridge Collapse, 8/06/07 (DOT 78-07)

  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Calls on States to Immediately Inspect All Steel Arch Truss Bridges, 8/2/07 (FHWA 12-07)

  • Secretary Peters Asks Inspector General to Review the National Bridge Inspection Program, 8/02/07 (DOT 75-07)

  • U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters Announces $5 Million in Immediate Funding During Visit To Downed I-35 Bridge in Minneapolis, 8/02/07 (DOT 74-07)

• July 2007

  • Nation's Top Highway Official Awards $5.3 Million to Encourage Bridge Innovations, 7/27/07 (FHWA 11-07)

  • U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters Releases More Than $871 Million In Emergency Funds To Repair Damaged Roads, 7/23/07 (FHWA 10-07)

  • U.S. Department of Transportation Provides Virginia's Pocahontas Parkway $150 Million Loan, 7/23/07 (FHWA 09-07)

  • Statement from Administrator Capka on the Death of Lady Bird Johnson, 7/12/07 (FHWA 08-07)

• June 2007

  • New Federal Grant for Arizona, Georgia, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, and Virginia will Help Cut Construction Times, Reduce Gridlock for Projects, 6/6/07 (FHWA 07-07)

  • Nation's Top Highway Official Tours Bennington Bypass, Previews Planned Northern Leg That Will Relieve Congestion and Boost Region's Economy, 6/4/07 (FHWA 06-07)

• April 2007

  • Federal Loan Jump Starts Louisiana's Highway 1 in Port Fourchon, 4/4/07 (FHWA 05-07)

  • Return of Road Work Across America Calls for Careful Drivers - FHWA Administrator Capka Kicks Off 'National Work Zone Awareness Week 2007', 4/3/07 (FHWA 04-07)

• March 2007

  • FHWA Grants Help States Tackle Congestion in Innovative Ways, 3/26/07 (FHWA 03-07)

  • FHWA Invites States to Seek Grants for Projects that Improve Safety, Relieve Congestion, 3/23/07 (DOT 32-07)

  • News Digest: Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges and Transit Conditions and Performance Available in Mid-March, 3/3/07 (DOT 26-07)

• February 2007

  • Secretary Peters Announces Nearly $113 Million in Emergency Relief To Repair Storm-Damaged Highways in 10 States, 2/23/06 (FHWA 02-07)

  • New Report Calls for Review of Nation's Outdoor Advertising Policies, 2/7/07 (FHWA 01-07)

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