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May 3, 2017 • Vol. LV • No. 9 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
Bronx Interchange to Undergo $1.8B Makeover
Cuomo’s $21.1B Investment Resumes in Albany...14
H.O. Penn, SITECH Host Technology Demo Event...22
W.I. Clark Helps With GM Plant Cleanup...65
Table of Contents...................4 Truck & Trailer Section..57-61 Recycling Section...........65-87 Attachment & Parts Section.. .....................................101-105 Auction Section..........110-121 Business Calendar.............114 Advertisers Index..............122
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced a $1.8 largest food distribution centers in the world, billion project to transform the South Bronx by from both the Bruckner Expressway and the realizing the long-sought reconstruction of the new Sheridan Boulevard. More than 78,000 Bruckner-Sheridan Interchange. The Sheridan vehicles travel to the Hunts Point Peninsula Expressway will be de-designated as an interstate and replaced with a boulevard design that is both pedestrian and cyclist friendly. The improvements to the Sheridan By Brenda Ruggiero will tie neighborhoods togethCEG CORRESPONDENT er and give residents and visitors alike a direct connection to The next phase of the Southern Beltway around the Pittsburgh the Bronx River waterfront International Airport has begun under the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Starlight Park which have Commission (PTC). been shut off to the communiLocated in Washington County, Pa., this portion, known as ty by the highway for decades. 55A1, involves U.S. Route 22 to Quicksilver Road. It calls for the The project also will proconstruction of 3.7 mi. (6 km) of four-lane concrete roadway, vide direct access to the Hunts see BELTWAY page 96 Point Market, one of the
daily, including 13,000 trucks using local roads, which has increased and contributed to poor air quality in the community. These new measures see BRONX page 26
Next Phase of $90.8M PTC Project Begins
The total contract is $90.8 million, with funding coming from legislation.