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Southeast 3, February 7, 2024

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® February 7 2024 Vol. XXXVI • No. 3

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Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise Widens SR 91 FTE photo

Base on Geomat along Florida’s Turnpike. AED Gathers in Las Vegas for Its Annual Summit/CONDEX...14

Gregory Poole Cat Celebrates Its Latest N.C. Store Opening...16

By Ruksana Hussain Anaconda’s Investment in U.S. Results in Strong Market Growth...25

Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise aims at enhancing connectivity, improving driver safety and facilitating pedestrian access to nearby communities through its

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Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25-37 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41-45 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46-48 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70-73 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

commitment in Orange and Lake counties with a $162.3 million project to widen Florida’s Turnpike/State Road (SR) 91 from Clermont/SR 50 (milepost 272) to Minneola/Hancock Road (milepost 279). The project, currently in the con-

struction phase, began in August 2021 and is anticipated to be completed by mid-to-late 2026. This project will expand the Turnpike mainline from two to four lanes in each direction, see TURNPIKE page 54

BABA’s Policies Bruising IIJA Benefits Inflation Has Contractors Taking Pass On Federally-Funded Transportation Projects Construction contractors are between a rock and a hard place: What the Biden administration’s IIJA has gifted with a hike in construction work, Buy America policies have taken away by making the work much pricier to perform. Construction costs rose almost 3 percent during the first quarter of 2023, and contractors have seen a 50 percent increase over the past two years. That has the transportation industry nervous for the future. Last year’s National Highway Construction Cost Index (NHCCI) shows it reached “a new all-time high” in the first quarter of 2023. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported an increase of

By Lucy Perry

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see POLICY page 50

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Most materials prices have seen modest inflation while the cost of asphalt rose 20.5 percent in the second quarter of last year.


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