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Gateway Improvement Reaches Mid-Way Point By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Jesco O pens New Deer Park, N.Y., Facility.. .8
Crane Demos Impress Crowds at Hoffman...22
The New York State Department of Transportation’s (NYSDOT) Gateway Connections Improvement Project to the U.S. Peace Bridge Plaza in Buffalo, N.Y., is scheduled for completion in June 2017. The plaza is adjacent to the Peace Bridge that links the United States to Canada. Union Concrete and Construction Corp. is the lead contractor on the project. Work on the $56 million project began in October 2014, and is being funded by NYSDOT, the New York State Thruway Authority, The Federal Highway Administration, the city of Buffalo and the Peace Bridge Authority. “The primary need of the project is to address the limited Construction of the new I-190 northbound on-ramp from the Peace Bridge Plaza required replacement see GATEWAY page 96
Trac ey Road Cel ebrat es Octo berfe st.. .50
Table of Contents ....................4 Paving Section ..................53-68 Crawler Loaders, Dozers, Undercarriages & Parts Section ..........................................73-82
of the existing Shoreline Trail pedestrian and bike bridge over the CSXT railway.
N.J. Transit Agrees to Hudson Tunnel Studies By David Porter ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) New Jersey’s transit agency formally agreed Oct. 14 to conduct
environmental studies for a proposed new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, a first step in what is expected to be a roughly 10-year effort to ease congestion on the New York metropolitan area’s railways and roads.
New Jersey Transit’s board approved the memorandum of agreement with Amtrak at its monthly board meeting. Amtrak will oversee preliminary engineering for the tunnel, part of see HUDSON page 137
Employment Rises in 35 States, D.C. in Sept.
Snow & Ice Section ..........83-88 Parts Section ..........................89 Business Calendar ..................98 Auction Section ............124-140 Advertisers Index ................138
Construction employment expanded in 35 states and the District of Columbia between September 2014 and September 2015 yet only 23 states added jobs between August and September, according to an analysis released Oct. 20 of Labor Department data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the fact as many states lost construction jobs as added them last month
was likely due to a combination of labor shortages and uncertainty about a host of federal investment programs. “Depending on the kind of work they perform, many contractors either can’t find enough workers, or they can’t find enough work,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, chief executive officer of the association. “While overall demand for construction continues to grow and sap the pool of
available labor, firms that work on federallyfunded projects are dealing with a lot of uncertainty.” California added the most new construction jobs (43,900 jobs, 6.4 percent) between September 2014 and September 2015. Other states adding a high number of new construction jobs for the past 12 months include Florida see AGC page 108