Twelve projects from 10 state departments of transportation have been named finalists in the 2016 America’s Transportation Awards competition. The projects will be considered for the Grand Prize and People’s Choice Award to be presented at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) annual meeting November 14 in Boston.
“From a record 84 nominated projects last spring, we’re down to 12 finalists competing to be called the very best transportation project in America,” says AASHTO Executive Director Bud Wright. “This competition shows the excellence in project delivery we see, year after year across the country and it demonstrates why the real winners are the American people. These multimodal projects are reducing congestion, improving safety and stimulating economic growth.”
AASHTO, the AAA motor club and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sponsor the program, which honors the best transportation projects in the categories of Quality of Life/Community Development, Best Use of Innovation and Under Budget. Projects are grouped by small (costing less than $25 million), medium (between $26 million and $199 million) and large (more than $200 million. The program is in its ninth year.
The finalists were selected from regional winners selected by the Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Mid America Association of Transportation Officials, Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials.
The 12 finalist projects include:
Colorado Department of Transportation
Connecticut Department of Transportation
