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® July 20 2022 Vol. LXIV • No. 15
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Inside
Surmounting Subgrade Soil Struggles Branch Civil-Flatiron Leads Challenging Reversible HOT Lanes Extension Project
’Burgh Biz Takes Down Historic Building...8
Beth Bartow’s Lifelong Career Leads to CASE...12
Flyover bridge construction was an essential part of building express lanes along I-95 in Virginia.
By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
Developers to Invest $20B in Philly’s Navy Yard...18
Over the past 10 years, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has presided over a congestion-relief strategy of
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building networks of high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes that double as free high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. As part of this strategy, six different HOT lane projects have added express lanes to ease heavy traffic radiating into northern Virginia from
Washington D.C. In most cases, vehicles with three or more people, buses and motorcycles can use these express lanes for free. Drivers of other vehicles must pay tolls that vary in amount based on traffic conditions. see I-95 page 42
Helping Hand or Labor Chokehold? Biden PLAs, Apprenticeship Mandates Meet Industry Opposition By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
The Biden administration has a plan to create a highly skilled diverse workforce to complete infrastructure projects over the next decade. It involves diverting federal funds toward contractors and grant applicants who partner with labor organizations. Industry groups and labor unions can’t see eye to eye on how that will happen. Biden’s idea is to encourage job training programs in certain sectors in order to benefit communities and President Biden’s mandate will make it harder groups lagging in male-dominated trade industries. for general contractors to subcontract with see PLA page 50
small, disadvantaged businesses, said the AGC.
