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Kansas’ U.S. 169 Project Is Back On
McCann Hosts Bucher Sweeper Demo in Bolingbrook...8
Mid Country Hosts First Event at Bondurant, Iowa, Facility...12
Improvements include: complete reconstruction and rehabilitation of 7.5 mi. of 169 from Welda north to the roundabout south of Garnett. Manitowoc Awards Lanco Group as Top Dealer...29
Table of Contents ............4 Aggregate and Recycling Section ....................29-41 Attachment Section..49-53 Truck & Trailer Section...... ..................................57-65 Snow & Ice Section..73-77 Auction Section........82-91 Business Calendar..........88 Advertisers Index ..........90
By Lori Lovely CEG CORRESPONDENT
Despite being identified as a number 1 priority, the U.S. 169 reconstruction project in Anderson County, Kan., was placed on delayed status in 2017. “Counties from the Oklahoma border all the
way to Kansas City said this project was a priority,” said Trisha Purdon, executive director of the Montgomery County Action Council. When groundbreaking finally took place in February 2020, people in the area were “delighted to see construction begin on these sought-after improvements,” said Priscilla Peterson, public affairs manager, Southeast
District, Kansas Department of Transportation. Those improvements include: complete reconstruction and rehabilitation of 7.5 mi. of 169 from Welda north to the roundabout south of Garnett. On the north half of the project, Wayne Hiegert, director of marketing and sales of General Contractor Bettis Asphalt & see EXCAVATION page 72
Willard Airport Updates Entrance, Taxiway Three projects are currently under way, including the rehabilitation of the airport entrance road; the installation of new signage and lighting; and a new taxiway.
By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Seventy-five years after its dedication, the University of Illinois — Willard Airport is undergoing several major updates adding up to just shy of $20 million. The airport is one of only two commercial airports in the country owned and operated by an educational institution. see BERM page 84