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September 12, 2015 • Vol. IXX • No. 19 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Concrete is placed on a ramp bridge connecting westbound Illinois Route 390 to Rohlwing Road (Illinois Route 53).
By David A. Lieb
AGC Hosts Golf, Sporting Clays Events…12
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The interchange will relieve congestion along Illinois Route 390, while reducing travel times by up to 35 percent, said Paul Kovacs, Illinois Tollway chief engineer. “The new interchange will accommodate an anticipated increase in traffic through the area,” Kovacs said. “Up to 240,000 vehicles currently travel through the Illinois Route 390/I-290 area — a number expected to increase to 340,000 vehicles daily by 2030. When completed, up to 127,000 vehicles per day are expected to use the interchange ramps, an increase of more than 53 percent from 83,000 vehicles that currently use the ramps daily.” The new interchange ramps opened last
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) While Congress remains stalled on a long-term plan for funding highways, state lawmakers and governors aren’t waiting around. Nearly one-third of the states have approved measures this year that could collectively raise billions of dollars through higher fuel taxes, vehicle fees and bonds to repair old bridges and roads and relieve traffic congestion, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. The surge of activity means at least half of the states — from coast to coast, in both Republican and Democratic areas — now have passed transportation funding measures since 2013. And the movement may not be done yet. Tennessee’s governor made a 15-city tour highlighting the state’s transportation needs. North Carolina lawmakers are debating a road-bonding proposal. And legislators are returning to work in California and Michigan with transportation funding on the agenda. “I don’t know of a state that’s not having the conversation’’ about raising revenue for transportation, said Iowa Transportation Director Paul Trombino III, who is vice president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and whose home state recently raised fuel taxes by 10 cents a gallon. The widespread focus on transportation funding comes as state officials are becoming frustrated by federal inaction in
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see REPAIRS page 40
Work Ramps Up on I-290 Ronson Equipment Celebrates 15 Years…20
By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
RDO Showcases Technology at Roadshow…28
Table of Contents ................4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................41-45 Snow & Ice Section ......47-53
States Raise Taxes, Fees to Pay for Road Repairs
Three new interchange ramps on the $440 million I-290 interchange project on Illinois Route 390 opened recently, moving the massive undertaking one step closer to the finish. Work on the highway, formerly known as the Elgin O’Hare Expressway, has been ongoing since 2013 and expected to be completed in 2017. It is a key segment of the $3.4 billion Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project, and will include 17 ramps and 15 new bridges, as well as 17 mi. (27.3 km) of new road and 15 new or improved interchanges as part of an allelectronic toll road.
Campaign Aims to Interest Families in Industry
Recycling Section ........61-77 By Irwin Rapoport
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ....................................93-101 Auction Section ......106-115 Business Calendar ..........108 Advertisers Index ............114
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Launched last spring in Chicago, the “Born to Build” campaign initiated by Chicago’s Ozinga Bros. Inc., plans are already in the works to initiate a second phase of the advertising
campaign. Partnered with creative agency Cultivate Studios, the goal of the campaign is to “honor and celebrate” the American construction worker and those in construction-related trades. Ozinga Bros., a fourth-generation family-owned business founded in 1928 on the south side of
Chicago, a ready mix concrete producer and supplier, is currently run by five brothers and a cousin. The family is covering the cost of the campaign and is pleased with the results. “It’s a significant investment and the message has been received well and is spreading,”
said Tim Ozinga, co-owner and the firm’s marketing communications director, “and we have a lot of people that we are talking to that are interested in participating with us in the next campaign. I was most surprised by the reaction on Facebook. We posted the see CAMPAIGN page 92