Published Nationally Northeast Edition
® September 16 2020 Vol. LVII • No. 19
Transforming 66
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Work Continues on $2.3B Outside the Beltway Project
VDOT photo
Groff Tractor & Equipment Opens New Division…12
Gill Quarries Prioritizes Being Neighborly…18
Seen here is the future alignment for the new Route 123 bridge.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT JCB Restores Vintage Backhoe Loader…36
Table of Contents ..................4 Recycling Section ..........57-76 Truck & Trailer Section..77-85 Business Calendar ..............86 Attachment & Parts Section .. ........................................87-92 Snow & Ice Section ........93-95 Auction Section............96-108 Advertisers Index ..............106
Work continues on a $2.3 billion construction project designed to convert Northern Virginia’s Interstate 66 into a multimodal corridor. The undertaking will reportedly move more people, provide reliable trips and offer new travel options.
“The Transform 66 Outside the Beltway project is needed to address existing and future transportation problems within northern Virginia and the greater Washington, D.C. region,” said Michelle Holland, communications manager of Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Northern Virginia Megaprojects. “The project is intended to improve multimodal mobility along the I-66
Corridor by providing diverse travel choices in a cost-effective manner. The improvements will enhance transportation safety and travel reliability. Annual daily traffic volumes along the busiest stretches of I-66 are approximately 200,000 vehicles per day.” The endeavor is a public-private partnership between VDOT, the Department of Rail and see TRANSFORM page 38
N.J. Hikes Gas Tax to Recoup Road Fund Loss Motorists and equipment operators in the Garden State will have to pay more at the pump by October, as New Jersey will hike its gasoline tax to try to recoup revenue lost from lower demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. New Jersey’s Department of the Treasury announced Aug. 28 that a gas tax increase of 9.3 cents a gallon will go into effect on Oct. 1, due to lower fuel consumption trends that have been “exacerbated by the COVID-19
pandemic.” That increase brings the state’s share to 50.7 cents per gallon for regular gas and 57.7 cents per gallon for diesel. “As we’ve noted before, any changes in the gas tax rate are dictated by several factors that are beyond the control of the administration,” State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said in a statement. Under a 2016 law signed by former Gov. Chris Christie, New Jersey’s Transportation
Trust Fund (TTF) program requires a steady stream of revenue to provide $16 billion over eight years to support critical infrastructure improvements to the state’s roadways and bridges. In order to guarantee the state has the funds to support such projects, the 2016 law outlines that the Petroleum Products Gross Receipt (PPGR) tax rate must be adjusted accordingly to generate roughly $2 billion per year. see GAS page 102