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Slew of Challenges Highlight Key Wilkes-Barre Route Project
Breaker Aids in Forest Fire Aftermath…87
Rehabilitation work continues on a 4,200-ft. (1,280 m) long stretch of well traveled Coal Street, one of the main routes into Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
By Mary Reed Mini ng Equi pment Goes on Bl ock in Va. …104
Ale x Lyon Host s Sale i n Atl anti c City …1 04
Table of Contents ................4 Truck & Trailer Section 51-55 Recycling Section ........59-75 Attachment Section ....87-91 Parts Section ................92-93 Auction Section Starts at 99 Business Calendar ..........101 Advertisers Index ............110
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Rehabilitation work continues on a 4,200-ft. (1,280 m) long stretch of well traveled Coal Street, one of the main routes into Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Running from the intersection of Coal Street with State Route 309 (Business Route 309) to Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, the $11.7 million job will realign and widen Coal Street from North Grant Street to WilkesBarre Boulevard, which links to a business district and the Wyoming Valley Mall. Eighty percent of the project is covered by federal funding and the remaining 20 percent by the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority. Currently, a twolane highway, Coal Street will eventually feature five 10-ft. (3 m) wide traffic lanes and new sidewalks between 8 and 12 ft. (2.4 and 3.6 m) wide. Pennsy Supply Inc, of Pittston, Pa., is prime contractor for the PennDOT project, which is scheduled for completion by the end of 2012. Notice to proceed was given in July 2010, and work began in September 2010. By this past July, the job was within sight of its halfway mark. At that point, new roadway had been constructed on the southern side of Coal Street from Empire Court to Business Route 309 and detention basin work had been largely carried out, its completion awaiting sanitary sewer relocation. Coal Street’s realignment had reached subgrade excavation stage and utility relocation had begun. The new stormwater system was in place under Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, with crews installing the system from the Boulevard to see COAL page 22
Feds Release $511M for 46 U.S. Transportation Projects U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that 46 transportation projects in 33 states and Puerto Rico will receive a total of $511 million from the third round of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s popular TIGER program. The announcement comes months ahead of schedule and will allow communities to move forward with critical, job-creating infrastructure projects including road and bridge improvements; transit upgrades;
freight, port and rail expansions; and new options for bicyclists and pedestrians. The Department of Transportation (DOT) received 848 project applications from all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., requesting a total of $14.29 billion, far exceeding the $511 million made available for grants under the TIGER III program. “The overwhelming demand for these see PROJECTS page 97
Officials Celebrate Restoration of Historic Hoboken Terminal see Story on page 14