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Cat Industry Sales Rep Promotes Diversity...8
Thompson Builds Forges Successful Biz...16
By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
W.Va. Builds Temp Span Over Huge Sinkhole...20
A project that is part of the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61-83 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84-91 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92-97 Snow & Ice Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99-103 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106-116 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Administration (MDOT SHA) Bridge System Preservation Program is well under way. The project involves replacing and widening the US 40 bridges over Little Gunpowder Falls and Big Gunpowder Falls. This work is occur-
ring between the White Marsh area of Baltimore County and the Joppatowne area of Harford County. According to Shantee Felix, media relations see BRIDGE page 30
Infrastructure Law Turns Year Old Is the Massive, Bipartisan Legislation Working as Intended? By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
Mid-November marked the end of year one of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and ARTBA reviewed U.S. Treasury Department data on new project starts spawned by the bill. The road and bridge construction association reports that 29,000 new projects were supported by $53.5 billion in highway and bridge formula funds leveraged at the state level. “A key takeaway from the Treasury data is that the bipartisan infrastructure law is working in year-one as intended,” said Dr. Alison Premo Black, ARTBA chief see LAW page 40
The White House claims the infrastructure bill is the largest and most significant investment in rebuilding roads and bridges since President Eisenhower’s Interstate Highway System.