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June 29 2019 Vol. XX • No. 13
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Concrete Roadway Repairs on I-90 Begin By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
West Side Tractor Sales Opens New Facility…18
Ritchie Bros. CEO to Step Down in October…30
Midsota Manufacturing Eyes Trailer Safety…49
Table of Contents ................4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................31-35
Started last summer, Ulland Brothers Inc. is looking to complete the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOT) $17 million I-90 Westbound Concrete Overlay project between the cities of Manchester and Hayward in Freeborn County by mid-September. Construction crews built crossover lanes late in the summer of 2018 so they could get a jump on the 2019 construction season. The 15-mi. construction zone — east of Albert Lea— covers the two westbound lanes of I-90 from Freeborn County Road 46 to Highway 13, which includes re-decking of westbound bridge over County Road 46. Funding for the work is being provided by state gas tax funds and one-time special state funding. The goal of the project, for the section of concrete road, is to extend the lifespan of the highway via necessary repairs and ensure a smoother ride for regular and commercial traffic. Although located in a rural area, 12,000 to 13,000 vehicles use the highway daily; a mix of manufacturers and large businesses use the highway adjacent to the intersection of I-90 and Interstate 35 at Albert Lea near the Iowa border. “The interstate lanes are nearing the end of their lifespan and we were able to use some of our additional one-time funding from the state to upgrade the repairs to a longer-term fix,” said Mike Doughterty, MnDOT’s District 6, director of communications and Public Engagement. “It was originally planned for a blacktop overlay, but we upgraded the plans when the legislature approved one-time additional see I-90 page 64
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The goal of the project, for the section of concrete road, is to extend the lifespan of the highway via necessary repairs and ensure a smoother ride for regular and commercial traffic.
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................49-55 Recycling Section ........64-79 Auction Section ............84-91 Business Calendar ............86 Advertisers Index ..............90
Companies Propose $1.6B Oil Pipeline in N.D. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Two companies are proposing a $1.6 billion pipeline to move North Dakota crude oil, making it the biggest such project in the state since the Dakota Access pipeline that sparked violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement in 2016 and 2017.
Houston-based Phillips 66 and Casper, Wy.based Bridger Pipeline announced the joint venture called Liberty Pipeline on June 10. It’s designed to move 350,000 barrels of oil daily from western North Dakota’s oil patch to the nation’s biggest storage terminal in Cushing,
Okla. From there, the companies said shippers can access multiple Gulf Coast destinations. The route of the 24-in. pipeline has not been disclosed, though the companies said in a statement the project “will utilize existing pipeline see PIPELINE page 82