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Southeast 22, October 30, 2024

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® October 30 2024 Vol. XXXVI • No. 22

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State DOTs Helping Florida in Wake of Hurricane Milton...8

ARDOT photographer Rusty Hubbard photo

Louisville Welcomes Landscaping Industry to 2024 Equip Expo...22

A major roadway widening in the heart of Jacksonville, Ark., will address traffic congestion, as well as high crash rates on Highway 67/167 and associated interchanges and frontage roads, when it’s completed in late 2027.

By Cindy Riley

A major roadway widening in the heart of Jacksonville, Ark., will address traffic congestion, as well as high crash rates on Highway 67/167 and associated interchanges and frontage roads, when it’s completed in late 2027. The more than $145 million project is funded through the Connecting Arkansas Program, which receives revenue from a temporary half-cent sales tax.

CEG CORRESPONDENT

AEM’s Manufacturing Express Stops at Wacker Neuson Facility...28

Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40-57 Crawler Loaders/Dozers Section . . . . . . . . . . . .59-64 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82-85 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

“This is one of several projects that contribute to the six-lane widening of Highway 67/167 between Interstate 40 in Little Rock and Cabot,” said Tom Fisher, alternative project delivery manager of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT). “The project supports better local traffic across the controlled access facility with a new wider bridge replacing the James Street bridge; a new bridge over Highway 67/167 connecting see ARDOT page 34

Everything Old Is New Again Modern V2X Tech Offers Info Truckers Still Like in Vintage CB Radios

Adobe Stock photo

The vehicle-to-everything (V2X) concept, on the DOT’s CEG CORRESPONDENT drawing board for approximately 30 years, is being touted as a cutting-edge mechanism for U.S. highway safety and efficiency. By Lucy Perry

The technology enables vehicles to communicate with each other as well as pedestrians, cyclists and roadside infrastructure. It’s being compared with vintage technology still appreciated by truckers around the world. see COMMUNICATION page 30


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