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June 28, 2017 • Vol. LV • No. 13 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
$63.3M Dune Project Under Way at Jersey Shore By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District is overseeing a $63.3 million project in New Jersey. The contract was awarded to Weeks Marine Inc., and is known as the Absecon Island Coastal Storm Damage Reduction project. The total cost of the contract amount could be $76.1 million if options are awarded. The project is a joint effort of the Army Corps’ Philadelphia District and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The project is a joint effort of the Army Corps’ Philadelphia District and the New Jersey Department According to a press release, of Environmental Protection. work involves completing the dune In addition, the contract includes the conand berm system in Margate and Longport as series of pipes onto the beaches of the four well as the scheduled nourishment of the previ- municipalities. The sand will then be built into a struction of dune crossovers, placement of sand ously constructed section of the project in dune and berm system designed to reduce fencing, dune grass plantings and the repair or Atlantic City and Ventnor City. More than 3.8 potential damages to infrastructure, businesses, extension of existing storm water outfalls and million cu. yds. of sand will be dredged from and homes that can occur from coastal storm drainage structures. approved borrow areas and pumped through a events. see DUNE page 98
DelDOT Improves Little Heaven Intersection By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Table of Contents.....................4 Truck & Trailer Section.... 57-63 Recycling Section.............67-91 Attachment & Parts Section...... .......................................109-113 Business Calendar...............114 Auction Section............118-125 Advertisers Index.................126
With traffic flow to the state’s beaches and other areas in need of improvement, construction crews in Kent County, Del., are working to complete the $40 million SR 1, Little Heaven Grade Separated Intersection project. Located along the SR 1 corridor in the town of Little Heaven, the new overpass will remove the current intersection and traffic signal at Route 1 and Bowers Beach Road to improve safety and ease congestion on the Route 1 corridor. “The project is part of the Delaware Department of Transportation [DelDOT] Corridor Capacity Preservation Program,” said DelDOT engineer Craig Blowers. “The Department has the goal
of upgrading or replacing many of the current at-grade intersections with grade separated intersections between Dover and Nassau. These projects increase safety, reduce crossing traffic on high speed roads and preserve the capacity of our existing infrastructure, reducing the need to build a new limited access road in the future.” The approximate limits are from south of Barratts Chapel Road to north of Mulberrie Point Road. Construction began at the end of 2015 and should be completed in late 2018. Blowers said the project is being completed in phases, partly because of utility conflicts and drainage concerns. “The existing drainage must remain in see DELDOT page 102
Newark-based A-Del Construction Co. Inc., which specializes in the building and repair of heavy civil construction projects, is the general contractor.