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Crews Aim to Piece Together $6.4M Barton Bridge in Less Than One Year By Jay Adams CEG CORRESPONDENT
A new $6.4 million bridge, to be completed in less than a year, is currently underway on the Warwick/West Warwick town line. The Barton Corner Bridge project will have a minor impact on commuter traffic. The new bridge is currently being put together (in two halves) on a parcel of land adjacent to the highway under the auspices of general contractor D’Ambra Construction of Warwick, R.I. Both major sections of the span will then be transported this fall and put in place over Interstate 95 near Exit 8, completing the federally backed project in just 11 months from its start at the end of 2013. see BARTON page 4
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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) The Vermont Transportation Agency is poised to delay 38 bridge, rail and road projects that were to be put out to bid Aug. 1 because the federal money relied on for those projects might not be available. Unless Congress acts, the federal Highway Trust Fund is expected to become insolvent in early August and federal officials would be forced to curtail reimbursements to states. “I am so frustrated that our record construction season might end prematurely because of inaction by Congress,’’ Vermont Transportation Secretary Brian Searles told the Burlington Free Press. “The 38 projects involved are important, not just to travelers, but to the thousands of people who make their living in construction.’’ The highway trust fund gets its money from the federal
gasoline tax, which has remained at 18.4 cents since 1993 and has generated too little to keep pace with the cost of road and highway construction. Congress has been unable to agree on a remedy. Searles said a revised payment plan being considered could trim federal reimbursements to Vermont by 30-to-50 percent. State Treasurer Beth Pearce and the administration of Gov. Peter Shumlin have a plan to pay up to $15 million in unreimbursed federal expenses that could cover some delays in the arrival of federal funding. But if Vermont reaches the cap, Searles said he would have to consider halting projects. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s Web site at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)