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May 22 2019
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Vol. XXXII • No. 11
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Work Proceeds on Miami-Dade’s Krome Ave. Florida DOT photo
Blanchard Showcases Next Gen Cat Lines…24
NCDOT Honored for Work During Hurricane…26
Drainage is installed along Krome Avenue in western Miami-Dade County, Fla.
By Irwin Rapoport
Phase 8 of the Krome Avenue reconstruction and widening program, a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) initiative, began in midJanuary and is expected to be completed in April 2020, when crews from Halley Engineering Contractors Inc. (HEC) deliver the $37.8 million contract that has them working in western Miami-Dade County. The work area, 6.2-mi in extent, covers State Road 997/Krome Avenue from Southwest 236th Street to Southwest 136th Street, which will see Krome Avenue widened from two to four lanes divided by a 40-ft. grassed median; construction of two new bridges over the C-102 Canal, in addition to a multiuse trail for walking and biking; installation of a drainage CEG CORRESPONDENT
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Table of Contents ..............4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ....................................41-44 Recycling Section ......49-60 Attachments Section ............ .................................... 61-64 Business Calendar ............79 Auction Section ..........84-81 Advertisers Index ............90
system, new lighting, and guardrail in the median; upgrading of traffic signals at Southwest 232nd Street, Southwest 216th Street, Southwest 200th Street, Southwest 192nd Street and Southwest 184th Street; and adequate access management and improved traffic operations throughout the corridor. “This is a continuation of the 36-mile corridor improvements,” said Heather M. Leslie, FDOT’s community outreach specialist for the project. “These projects have been in the works since 1999 and will continue to address safety, flooding, water quality, economic competitiveness and preservation of the existing roadway. Widening the roadway was critical see KROME page 45
Officials Break Ground on $95M Oak Ridge Lab Energy Secretary Rick Perry, U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann and lab officials broke ground May 7 on a multipurpose research facility that will provide laboratory space for expanding scientific activities at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The new Translational Research Capability,
or TRC, will be purpose-built for research in computing and materials science and will serve to advance the science and engineering of quantum information. “Through today’s groundbreaking, we’re writing a new chapter in research at the Translational Research Capability Facility,” Perry said. “This building will be the home for
advances in quantum information science, battery and energy storage, materials science, and more. It will also be a place for our scientists, researchers, engineers, and innovators to take on big challenges and deliver transformative solutions.” With an estimated total project cost of $95 see LAB page 66