The Nebraska Safety Operations Summit is a one-day program that will be repeated October 4, 5 and 6. Each day will be centered around safety, heavy equipment education, & some hands-on practice. The event will be held at the Lancaster Event Center in Lincoln. Continue reading…
Reducing rural roadway departures saves lives. Nebraska is hosting a FORRRwD FHWA peer review September 13 and 14. Read Mitch's Memo to learn more and consider participating. Continue reading…
UNL Associate Professor of Practice George Hunt is seeking local agency leaders to work with his senior civil engineering students. Students will work on a pre- and early-phase project in exchange for up to four hours of contact time over the semester. Continue reading…
NDOT has identified federal HSIP safety funding for adding 2’ surface shoulders to rural two-lane roads with no existing surface shoulders. Local federal aid eligible roads are eligible for this safety funding. Click through to see program requirements. Continue reading…
Join us at MINK for timely topics in rural transportation.
MINK is a regional local roads conference hosted annually in St. Joseph, Missouri. Network with local transportation agency personnel from Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas September 28-29. Continue reading…
The Nebraska Concrete Paving Association is hosting the FHWA Mobile Concrete Technology Center to provide hands-on concrete seminars in Lincoln, Norfolk, and North Platte on September 6, 7, & 8, respectively. Continue reading…
Anthony Stampe is back for welding workshops in Platte Center (Oct. 26) and Grand Island (Oct. 27). This training will brush up on skills for a variety of welding types including stick, TIG, MIG, and Flux Core. See a full list of topics and register at https://go.unl.edu/weldingwebinars.
As the new Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) emphasizes competitive grant programs to fund local projects, the National League of Cities is hosting grant writing bootcamps to support municipalities with <150,000 people. Continue reading…
The Local Roads Regional Conference will return to Rapid City for one last hurrah October 18-20. Make plans to attend today, and watch this newsletter for registration information.
