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Vol. XXXII • No. 3
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Bypass Project Alters Florida Landscape By Irwin Rapoport CEG Correspondent
Carolina Cat Hosts Skeet Shoot Fundraiser…8
FAE USA Shows What Its Equipment Can Do…43
The Florida Department of Transportation’s $60 million Baldwin Bypass project in the town of Baldwin, Duval County, is an ambitious attempt to relieve traffic congestion by constructing a 4-mi., fourlane highway and three overpasses that cross CSX railway tracks. Superior Construction Company started the work on the divided highway in March 2016, having been awarded the project in November 2016, and its crews are making steady progress as they work towards a spring 2020 delivery date. The three CSX overpasses are the east-west, 256 ft. long; the north-south, 311 ft. long; and the Jacksonville-Baldwin Rails Trail, 159 ft. long. All are two lanes in each direction. The work zone extends from north of the I-10 bridge over U.S. 301 to the newly constructed SR 201. Also to be built are two new signalized intersections at Brandy Branch Road and Beaver Street (U.S. 90). “The bypass will relieve traffic congestion and improve operational efficiency of U.S. 301, which is part of the National Highway System and Florida’s Strategic Intermodal System (SIS),” states the project web page.
The area required substantial excavation of subsoil, which was removed and replaced with suitable material.
see BYPASS page 24
Strickland Acquires ACS Industries…56
Virginia Sets Priorities for Infrastructure, Transit By Brenda Ruggiero
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Attachment & Parts Section ......................................31-34 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................35-38 Recycling Section ........43-53 Business Calendar ............72 Auction Section ............74-77 Advertisers Index ..............78
State officials broke ground on I-66 Inside the Beltway improvements in June 2018.
Transportation projects have been moving forward in the commonwealth of Virginia since the General Assembly adopted landmark transportation legislation in 2013. Passed under former Gov. Bob McDonnell, the legislation was designed to govern the prioritizing of projects by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Known as HB2313, the law ended a stalemate over transportation funding. In addition, HB1887, passed in 2014, guides the CTB in dividing rev-
enue for transportation construction. According to Amy Wight, assistant secretary of transportation for the commonwealth, the CTB receives revenues from dedicated state and federal sources. The major state revenues are based on Virginia’s official revenue forecast developed by the Department of Taxation, while the federal revenues from the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration are estimated by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT). see VIRGINIA page 16