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® July 22 2020 Vol. LVII • No. 15
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Crossing the ‘Yough’ in Ohiopyle, Pa. By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
‘Ribbon Bridges’ May Be Coming to NYC…8
Long-Awaited Project Moves to Engineering Phase…28
Equipment Helps N.J. Firm Broaden Horizons…57
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The Ohiopyle Multimodal Gateway Project will be finishing up shortly in Ohiopyle Borough, Fayette County, Pa. According to Jay Ofsanik, acting press officer of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 12, this project is to improve the Route 381 (Main Street) corridor by minimizing conflict points to better serve all users and all modes of travel. “This project will focus on improvements to better serve all members of the traveling public and result in a cohesive multimodal corridor,” he said. Plum Contracting Inc. is the prime see OHIOPYLE page 42
Prime contractor Plum Contracting Inc. used a Terex Bid-Well finishing machine. The challenge was to finish the concrete deck surface to the specified longitudinal and transverse grades. Once set up to do so, the Bid-Well automatically finished the deck surface to the desired grades.
Industry Lauds Easing Hours of Service Regs Under Less Compliance Stress, Truckers, Businesses Can Keep America Moving
Recycling Section ........57-76 By Lucy Perry Attachments Section ..77-82 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................83-91 Auction Section..........94-105 Business Calendar ..........105 Advertisers Index ............106
truckers “greater flexibility to keep America moving,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Touting its revised Hours of Chao. “The Department of Service (HOS) regulations as providTransportation and the Trump ing drivers more flexibility, the Administration listened directly to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety concerns of truckers seeking rules Administration (FMCSA) released a that are safer and have more flexibilifinal rule in May. It’s designed to ease ty — and we have acted.” HOS rule compliance and takes effect Based on the thousands of comSept. 29, 2020. While safety advoments the department received, the cates have concerns, trucking indus- The FMCSA’s new Hours of Service rules, which it said pro- reforms are designed “to improve try groups applaud the new rules. vides truck drivers more flexibility as it ensures highway safe- safety on America’s roadways and The rules will provide America’s ty, become effective this September. see RULES page 40 CEG CORRESPONDENT