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May 1, 2013 • Vol. XXV • No. 9 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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AED Rallies Support for Keystone XL
Florida State Road 9 was especially in great need of widening on a fairly extensive stretch from the Saint Lucie – Indian River County Line all the way to State Road 60. Data and studies done by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) show that this road needed widening and
Seventeen national construction associations joined Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) in comments supporting the U.S. State Department’s Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Keystone XL pipeline permit application and urging swift approval of the project. The State Department issued the EIS in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application to complete the proposed pipeline segment from Canada to Nebraska. In addition to the environmental findings, the report concludes the project would support more than 42,000 jobs, translating to $2 billion in earnings for workers. Direct expenditures associated with building the pipeline, such as construction and material costs, would total approximately $3.3 billion. “From equipment and material suppliers to contractors and manufacturers, the construction industry agrees: the Keystone XL
see I-95 page 64
see KEYSTONE page 64
Benc hmark Too l & Supp ly Hos ts Demo Day…8
With three bridges being demolished and reconstructed there are a number of cranes on site. Leware Construction is FDOT’s bridge subcontractor and they exclusively utilize American crawler cranes maintained by its in-house staff.
JC B of Ar kansas Marks Little Rock Opening…12
Well-Traveled Portion of I-95 Undergoes Critical Widening By Peter Hildebrandt CEG CORRESPONDENT
Florida’s critical eastern highway artery Interstate 95 depends on easy access and flow at all interchanges to ensure compression-wave traffic jams are kept to a minimum. I-95 at Batt le Lumbe r Tradi ti on Endu res…18
Table of Contents ..................4 Truck & Trailer Section ..34-37 Recycling Section ..........39-50 Attachment Section ......51-55 Auction Section ..............69-79 Business Calendar................74 Advertisers Index ................78
FY 2014 Transportation Budget Lacks Funding For months, President Obama has been talking about the importance of increased transportation investment, both to support the economic recovery and to strengthen the longterm outlook for the US. economy. The FY 2014 budget proposal for the federal government — submitted by the administration to Congress April 10 — puts flesh to the rhetoric by proposing substantial funding increases for federal transportation investment in FY 2014 and beyond. However, the failure of the administration to recommend a realistic source of funds to support its investment proposals suggests that, beyond funding for the core transportation investment programs, the
President’s transportation budget requests will run into resistance in Congress. The main proposals include: • Immediate Transportation Investments. The budget proposes a one-time $50 billion appropriation for immediate transportation improvements in FY 2014, including $40 billion for “Fix-it-First” investments to improve existing infrastructure assets most in need of repair and $10 billion to help spur states and local innovation in infrastructure improvements. Similar proposals in the past have not been acted on by Congress. • Federal Highway Program. In the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act
(MAP-2l), Congress enacted an obligation ceiling of $40.256 billion for the federal highway program for FY 2014 plus $739 billion of contract authority and emergency relief funding that is not subject to the limitation, for a total of $40.995 billion. The President’s budget request is identical to MAP-2l. • Public Transportation. MAP-2l authorized a total of $10,695 billion for the public transportation program for FY 2014, including $1.907 billion for capital investment grants, also known as the New Starts Program. The budget requests $10.91 billion for the public transportation program, including $1.98 bilsee BUDGET page 60