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September 26, 2015 • Vol. IXX • No. 20 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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Rieth-Riley Wraps Up $92M South Bend Work By Irwin Rapoport
Matt Deitchley, communications director, INDOT photo
CEG CORRESPONDENT
Roland Machinery Holds Appreciation Dinner…12
Great Lakes Timber Professionals Hosts Event…18
State Fair Showcases Latest Equipment…22
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The Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. (RR) was awarded the first contract (2010) of the multiyear project to upgrade the northern corridor of U.S. 31in South Bend Indiana (U.S. 31 Major Moves) and it is finishing the last contract to complete the job. The contractor has secured five of the eight contracts awarded for the project, all worth a total of $92 million. RR’s work consists of earthmoving, underground, sub-grade treatment, aggregate, concrete paving and asphalt paving. The final contract will be completed in the fall. The project, initiated by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), is to build a new section (alignment) of the highway — 22 mi. (35.4 km) — in St. Joseph and Marshall counties. The new alignment starts in Marshall County, just south of U.S. 6 and goes into St. Joseph County, where it ties into the U.S. 20 bypass. The old U.S. 31 ran through a few smaller communities and it intersected with several country roads, which required having traffic lights, that while addressing safety issues, slowed down the flow of traffic. The goal of the work is to have a continuous flow of traffic and address the needs of a growing residential community and commercial sector. The new north-south road will continue to be two lanes in each direction. “The project was initiated to reduce congestion on U.S. 31 by providing the capacity to meet the forecasted travel demand for 2030 at an acceptable level of service,” said INDOT project engisee CORRIDOR page 30
The Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. (RR) was awarded the first contract (2010) of the multi-year project to upgrade the northern corridor of U.S. 31in South Bend Indiana (U.S. 31 Major Moves) and it is finishing the last contract to complete the job.
Court Reverses Regulators’ Decision to Grant Certificate By Amy Forliti ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed regulators’ decision to grant a certificate of need for the proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline, saying that state regulators must complete an environmental impact statement before the certificate can be issued. The appeals court sent the issue back to the
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to conduct an environmental review and reconsider whether a certificate should be granted. Minnesota regulators granted the certificate in June, saying the $2.6 billion, 610-mi. (981 km) pipeline from North Dakota’s Bakken oil fields to Superior, Wisc., was necessary and in the public interest. A lengthy environmental review of Enbridge Energy’s project was set to take place as offisee COURT page 88
Snow & Ice Section ......37-43 Off-Road Trucks Section ........ ......................................55-65 Paving Section ..............71-84 Auction Section..........90-101 Business Calendar ..........100 Advertisers Index ............102
Work Unearths Pieces of Davenport’s Past By Brian Wellner QUAD-CITY TIMES
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) Dig deep enough underneath Davenport’s streets, and a piece of the past is revealed. Since closing Harrison Street to traffic on Aug. 17, construction crews have shaved off several inches of asphalt, unrav-
eling a ribbon of history from the Hilltop to downtown. There are reminders of Davenport’s German heritage and breweries long ago shut down. Local historian Karen Anderson said Harrison Street once was called “The Trench.’’ She explains why. In the late 1800s, several brew-
eries, like Frahm’s at 6th Street, piped their putrid, sour waste from the grain-cooked beer making out into Harrison’s gutters. The process required 10,000 bushels of barley and 800 pounds of hops and churned out 14,000 barrels of beer each year, the Quad-City Times reported. “Since there were no city sew-
ers, the fly-infested fomenting slurry mash lazily oozed out of the brewery and made its slow descent down along the ditch beside the public roadway toward the river, leading locals to more appropriately refer to it as `The Trench,’’’ Anderson said. “It left behind such an awful stench.’’ see DAVENPORT page 100