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Governor Cuomo’s Road, Bridge Plan Raises Questions By Chris Carola
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) The numbers are big: $15 billion overall for improving New York state’s infrastructure, including $5 billion-plus for a new Tappan Zee Bridge to be built alongside the existing span linking New York City’s northern suburbs. The figures included in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $132.5 billion budget proposal are being cheered by New York’s heavy construction companies, the ones that build the state’s highGlenn O. Hawbaker Inc. used an LB138 80-ton (72.5 t) crane and a rented a ways, bridges and other major infrastructure and employ tens 175-ton (158.7 t) crane to set the concrete beams on the westbound bridge over of thousands of workers. But some wonder where the funding will come from in a SR 2037. state that closed a $10 billion deficit in its last budget and has to eliminate a $2 billion gap in the spending plan released by Cuomo earlier in January. The governor hasn’t revealed exactly what will be done or and how much of it was scheduled to be done anyway by repackaging of existing aid to minimize new spending. “We’re all very concerned on where the money is coming from,” said Jeff DiStefano, vice president and chief operating officer of Harrison and Burroes Bridge Constructors, a state contractor based in Glenmont, outside Albany. cost is $10 million. By Jennifer Rupp Still, he referred to Cuomo’s transportation initiatives as Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc., working out CEG CORRESPONDENT of its State College office, is the prime “absolutely a breath of fresh air” for the construction indusJust a few miles west of Black contractor on the job. The company’s try. Segments of the transportation portion of the governor’s Moshannon State Park in Pennsylvania main responsibilities include bridge lies the small town of Kylertown in see BRIDGES page 44 see PLAN page 112 Clearfield County. Frequent travelers on I-80 may know this exit for its truck stop, but the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has zeroed in on the area for the replacement of four structurally deficient bridges. said Jan. 31 that the loading dock under One World The I-80 bridges over SR 53 By Chris Hawley Trade Center won’t be finished in time for tenants to ASSOCIATED PRESS and SR 2037 were high priorities move their equipment into the 104-story tower. So it’s on the list of bridge replacements NEW YORK (AP) The agency building the new building five temporary loading bays above ground. throughout the state. For the A temporary station that was built for the Port crossing of each state route, there World Trade Center said a design flaw could add milAuthority Trans Hudson subway is blocking access to lions of dollars to the cost of the complex’s signature are east and westbound bridges, the underground loading area. The station can’t be for a total of four structure tower. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey see WTC page 107 replacements. The total project
Work Continues on Quartet of Bridges Along I-80 in Pa.
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Table of Contents ............4 Paving Section ........53-67 Excavators & Attachments Section....................69-103 Parts Section ..............120 Business Calendar ......106 Auction Section ................ ......................Starts at 126 Advertisers Index ........146
One World Trade Center Design Flaw Could Add Millions to Cost of Tower