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® February 7 2018 Vol. LVI • No. 3
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State of the Union’s Infrastructure Giles Lambertson
Projects across the country could get a big boost if Congress acts on the president’s plan.
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During a State of the Union speech Jan. 30, President Trump formally began his administration’s push to build and rebuild the nation’s infrastructure — that is, to make our roads and other civil engineered structures “great again.” Easier said than done. The president is calling for expenditure of $1.5 trillion on infrastructure like highways, bridges, waterway structures, airport tarmac, and rail and seaport terminals. These are the engineered structures that move people, commodities and manufactured goods. Upgrading infrastructure is an always popular idea
because it holds real promise of alleviating urban congestion and spurring commerce from coast to coast.
Three Challenges Yet any undertaking of this magnitude immediately faces three challenges. The immediate challenge in 2018 is for Congress to come together to pass enabling legislation. That’s square one for President Trump and his congressional allies and, in some respects, is the most difficult task facing them. Democratic critics of President Trump at this point seem genetically opposed to anything he wants. Such gamessee INFRASTRUCTURE page 90
Philly’s 30th Street Station Plans $10B Makeover By Jennifer Rupp
implemented, the team reached out to adjacent property owners, governmental entities and departments, and Philadelphia’s 30th Street nonprofit entities representStation is one of ing private and community Pennsylvania’s busiest interinterests. Thus, a collaboramodal stations serving tive master-planning process Amtrak, Southeastern for the 30th Street Station Pennsylvania Transportation District was born. Authority (SEPTA), and “World class passenger New Jersey Transit. rail requires significant Combined, the three ageninvestments in infrastructure, cies saw more than 11 milfleet, stations and facilities. lion passenger trips at the As Amtrak moves to station in 2013. This number strengthen its core business, will rise in the coming years as demand for passenger rail Amtrak, FX Fowle, melk photo it is adopting new and innocontinues to grow. Add to Amtrak, Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel and SEPTA joined forces to estab- vative strategies to generate revenue for reinvestment that, the increasing numbers lish a joint $10 billion plan for Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. into the Amtrak services and of commercial and residenlish a joint $10 billion plan for the facilities that our customers have tial developments in the area by mation. With development plans spring- area. Recognizing that the involve- come to rely upon,” said Wick Drexel University, Brandywine Realty Trust, University of ing up all over, Amtrak, ment of specific stakeholders Moorman, Amtrak co-CEO. The Master Planning process Pennsylvania and others and you Brandywine Realty Trust, Drexel would lead to the production of a have an area primed for transfor- and SEPTA joined forces to estab- master plan capable of being see DEVELOPMENT page 96 CEG CORRESPONDENT
Stephenson Equipment Grows in Northeastern Pa....22
Table of Contents.................... 4 Truck & Trailer Section.... 53-59 Recycling Section............ 63-87 Attachment & Parts Section...... ........................................ 99-103 Auction Section............ 108-117 Business Calendar.............. 112 Advertisers Index................ 118