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® October 18 2023 Vol. XXXV • No. 21
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Crews Make Progress On Miami’s Signature Bridge
Although work won’t be completed until late 2027, construction crews in downtown Miami continue making Baseball’s Tampa Bay CEG CORRESPONDENT progress on the Signature Bridge that will connect SR 836/IRays Announce Building 95/I-395. The $840 million design-build project is a partnership between the Florida of New Ballpark...8 Department of Transportation (FDOT) and the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX). “Watching this project progress is extremely rewarding, because once completed, it will benefit our community on so many levels,” said Jacqueline Sequeira, FDOT conBy Cindy Riley
see BRIDGE page 44
Vermeer MidSouth Moves Into Its New Facility in Richland, Miss. ...16
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Although work won’t be completed until late 2027, construction crews in downtown Miami continue making progress on the Signature Bridge that will connect SR 836/I-95/I-395.
Calder Brothers Hosts Third Annual Echoes of Emma Event...18
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-35 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-38 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .45-59 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-81 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Infrastructure: Repair or Replace? FHWA Guidance Pushes for Rehab, But Leaves IIJA Funding Apps in States’ Hands By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
In committing to a major, long-term investment in infrastructure, the federal government has left much of the decision about where to channel funding largely to states. The DOT said states can choose, with the hope that repairs would win out over expansions. The debate over building new infrastructure vs. rehabilitating DOT wants states to lean toward repairing and existing roads and bridges has only intensified since rehabilitating existing transportation facilities. President Joe Biden signed IIJA into law. Many states are choosing to earmark IIJA funds see REPAIR page 34
for new construction.