{"id":30121,"date":"2025-04-24T03:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ohio-dot-touts-record-breaking-3-2b-construction-season\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T03:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:58:06","slug":"ohio-dot-touts-record-breaking-3-2b-construction-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ohio-dot-touts-record-breaking-3-2b-construction-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio DOT touts record-breaking $3.2B construction season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1745416880\/news\/text_to_speech\/ohio-dot-touts-record-breaking-32b-construction-season_esbq4j.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Brief:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The Ohio DOT is underway with what it calls a record construction season that includes 955 projects \u2014 38 of them considered \u201cmajor\u201d with a value above $10 million \u2014 across the state, according to an <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.ohio.gov\/about-us\/news\/district-6\/odot-kicks-off-2025-construction-season-in-central-ohio\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>April 3 news release<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The projects broadly fall into one of two camps \u2014 infrastructure and safety. The agency will improve 5,538 miles of pavement and 844 bridges, according to the release, with 171 projects focused on improving safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>&#8220;This year we will see a very significant investment in our transportation infrastructure \u2014 one that will improve safety, reduce traffic fatalities and keep people and goods moving efficiently,\u201d said Pamela Boratyn, Ohio DOT director, in the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Insight:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Zooming in, the central Ohio region will see 94 new projects for an investment of $446 million, with eight of those projects over $10 million, according to the release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>It also called out the dangers of road work zones, as <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/work-zone-safety-awareness-construction\/745857\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week takes place.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Notable new projects include:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>I-70\/I-270\/Brice Road Westbound Interchange Improvements as part of the next phase of the Far East Freeway project in Columbus.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Pavement reconstruction on I-70 in Franklin County between the Madison County line and Hilliard Rome Road.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Resurfacing of U.S. 42 in Union County between U.S. 33 and SR 745.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>U.S. 33 and Pickerington Road Interchange in Fairfield County.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>SR 208 Reconstruction in Muskingum County.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The agency will also continue to work on the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/infrastructure-megaprojects-2024\/704469\/#:~:text=time%20of%20publication.-,Brent%20Spence%20Bridge,-%243.6%20billion%0AKentucky\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$3.6 billion Brent Spence Bridge<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> overhaul on the border of Ohio and Kentucky.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>While the Ohio DOT is focused on infrastructure, the Buckeye State is a hot spot in other areas of the building industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Columbus, the state\u2019s capital, has embraced its role as a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/columbus-construction-tech-capital-market\/694627\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>linchpin in tech construction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Other large projects include Intel\u2019s delayed <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/intel-delays-new-albany-ohio-chip-manufacturing-project-again-2030-2031\/741384\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$28 billion Ohio One project<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, which will see two chip factories in the Columbus suburb of New Albany, Ohio, and a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/turner-wins-ohio-data-center-vantage\/732190\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$2 billion Vantage data center<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in the same area.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/ohio-record-breaking-construction-roads-bridges\/746109\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. 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