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® August 7 2019 Vol. LVI • No. 16
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‘Roads to Prosperity’ Sparks Coalfields Expressway
George & Swede Fetes Customers in N.Y. …18
Nortrax Locations Take On Wirtgen Line…28
A paving project on the Coalfields Expressway in West Virginia began at the end of February.
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
Monroe Tractor Names New President…28
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A paving project on the Coalfields Expressway in West Virginia began at the end of February. It involves a nearly 9-mi. stretch of road between Mullens, which is in Wyoming County, and Slab Fork, which is in Raleigh County. Kokosing Construction Company is the contractor for the project, for a dollar amount of $33,234,283.51. It is estimated that the project will be com-
pleted by Oct. 25, 2019. The bid date was Sept. 18, 2018. The contract was awarded on Oct. 2 and notice to proceed was given on Oct. 30. Kokosing personnel includes Jon Turton, project superintendent, and Daniel Balser, project engineer. The WVDOH project supervisor is Joe A. Pack. “This is a nonreinforced concrete paving project,” said Terra L. Goins, West Virginia Division of Highways, assistant district engineer, construction. “The contractor will cut the existing roadbed of Coalfields Expressway to final grade and install concrete pavement from
Slab Fork to Mullens.” In addition, she noted that some surface drainage will be installed or cleaned and the signage, guardrail and markings will be installed. “Challenges include final grading of the mass earth jobs that have been completed previously; and as with all construction jobs, weather could become a challenge in installing the concrete to complete the job on time,” Goins said. “There also will be some coordination that will need to take place between the contractors who are completing the exiting project and the current see COALFIELDS page 132
Leaders Laud Transportation Infrastructure Act
Paving Section.............. 53-67 Backhoes & Attachments Section.......................... 71-85 Business Calendar.......... 120 Auction Section...... 122-133 Advertisers Index............ 134
The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee unveiled the America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act (ATIA), which authorizes $287 billion in funding from the Highway Trust Fund for the nation’s surface transportation programs over the next five years. The legislation, which was unanimously advanced out of committee, includes provisions to improve road safety, streamline project delivery, protect the environment and grow the economy.
ATIA represents a 27 percent increase over the highway funding previously authorized under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act. Provisions in the bill allows states to use federal highway funding for lock and dam modernization and rehabilitation projects to address aging and inadequate water infrastructure that threatens the viability of farmers, manufacturers, shippers and other stakeholders.
Industry leaders recently weighed in with their thoughts. ARTBA “The reports of the death of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill have been greatly exaggerated at least when it comes to transportation policy,” American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Dave Bauer said. see ACT page 46