October 2014 Volume 84, Number 10
Contents
Better Roads April 2013 3
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
28 Advertiser Index 29 New Road Products 31 Marketplace
5 Transportation Talk 26 In Court 32 Kirk Landers
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS
Contribute:
If your agency or crew has
worked on an exceptional project,
or if you want to share your
thoughts on current transporta-
tion issues, email your ideas for
a blog or contributed story to
Editor-at-Large Tina Grady Bar-
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com
or Online Managing Editor
Brian Ethridge at
brianetheridge@
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Explosive growth around Harris County, Texas, has
caused major traffic delays on State Highway 259. The
state DOT couldn't help fund a roadway expansion, so
the county's toll road authority took control.
Contractors should always have the best interests of their crews
in mind when making their purchasing decisions to combat
common safety pitfalls on any jobsite.
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6. ROAD SCIENCE: ADA Angst 16. HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR:
Taking Control of Congestion
on Tomball Parkway
21. APPLICATIONS & INNOVATIONS:
Building a Better Jobsite
A new interpretation of the Americans with Disabilities Act
requirements gives agencies the opportunity to reassess the
Compliance to Accessibility Law. However, pavement preservation
stakeholders in the United States are concerned that a reinter-
pretation of the Act last year will lead to disruption of low-cost
pavement preservation programs.
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