A House committee passed a measure Thursday maintaining current tractor-trailer truck sizes and weights for three years until a study can be completed on the potential costs incurred by allowing longer and heavier trucks on U.S. roads.

Warmer weather could cause trouble for North Dakota roads. Moisture beneath the state highways is beginning to thaw. This will make road pavements unable to handle legal weight loads.

DENVER -Traveling to, from or across Colorado on Saturday may be easier as roads open and flights resume.

Kolkata, Feb 3 (IANS) In a bid to attract private sector investment in improvement and maintenance of state highways and major roads, the West Bengal cabinet Friday decided to implement a "golden highway project" by setting up an agency in public-private partnership model with an initial paid-up capital of Rs.50 crore.

To align the annuity outgo by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) with inflation, the government is likely to link the payments to the wholesale price index (WPI). Currently, the payments are fixed and made every six months.

THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in support to President Benigno Aquino III's economic development program for the region, has recorded a 72.43 percent accomplishment in project implementation last year.

I chose a route that would take me along small two-lane county roads with only a few quick jaunts onto major highways. I wanted my drive from Tuscaloosa to Cullman to be purposeful, a meditative journey in itself. The weather was cool and rainy, but my spirits were anything but damp. There was a feeling of warmth within me as I ventured north.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican-sponsored transportation legislation that would radically change funding for public transit advanced in the House of Representatives on Friday, leaving Democrats, city leaders and transit groups concerned that commuter systems could be imperiled. The plan, approved by the House Ways and Means Committee, would make a one-time $40 billion deposit into the trust ...

Mud has replaced snow as the obstacle to driving on Lenawee County’s gravel roads. This week’s warm temperatures have turned the surfaces of many gravel roads into slippery mud. Two one-mile sections of gravel road are closed to traffic because of the conditions.

Heavy snow and ice raise fears of transport chaos, with hundreds of flights cancelled and disruption expected on the roads.

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