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March 15 2025 Vol. XXXI • No. 6
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Valley Paving Challenges Minnetonka, Minn., High School Students...8
McCullough Equipment Hosts Service Clinic in Gurnee, Ill. ...16
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Across the country, traditional shopping malls are under duress. Chesterfield Mall in suburban St. Louis fell into this category. It opened in the 1970s and was a
By Chuck MacDonald Bobcat Names Its 2025 Leadership Groups, Honors 55 Dealers...36
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popular shopping destination. However, competition from discount shopping, like Chesterfield Commons and its nearly 1 million sq. ft. of shopping, took its toll. Online sellers took away more business. Soon retailers
in the mall could no longer compete and left. Big-box retailers like Macy’s and Dillard’s at the mall were hard hit as well. see MALL page 94
Feds Put IIJA Under the Microscope Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving, Compaction & Milling Section . . . .55-83
Senate Public Works Committee Already Preparing for Next Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill in ’26
Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96-103
By Lucy Perry
Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
In late February, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee launched a review of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) with a goal of identifying both successes and shortcomings of in the 2021 bipartisan law’s surface transportation policy. The committee is focused on one of the IIJA’s “foundational components,” the next Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill. Its current provisions are set to expire in 2026.
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see IIJA page 98
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