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July 9, 2014 • Vol. XXVI • No. 14 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
Inside
Volvo Unveils New Customer Center in Pa.
Forsyth County Constructs First DDI…8
Crews work from barges in the French Broad River, as well as the riverbank, to widen the southbound bridge of Tennessee Highway 66.
ASC Gives Worn Equipment a Second Chance…20
Crews Take Frustration Out of Visiting the Smokies By Eric Olson CEG CORRESPONDENT
Power Equipment Company Hosts Demo Event…26
Table of Contents ............4 Parts Section ..................40 Wheel Loaders, Tool Carriers & Attachments Section ......................43-63
Driving to the Great Smoky Mountains from Interstate 40 in eastern Tennessee has often been a frustrating adventure for motorists looking to visit the most popular national park in the U.S. The Smokies are the country’s most visited national park, with more than 9 million visits per year and at times, particularly in the summer, it seemed that all of those visitors were
driving into the park at once down one of the area’s major arteries. The trip from I-40 South down two-lane Tennessee Highway 66 to the foothills town of Sevierville, one of the gateways into the Smokies, is only a little more than 8 mi. (13 km) long but has been the scene of tremendous traffic congestion over the years. The entire drive south from I-40 through Sevierville and the mountain vacation town of Pigeon Forge and on to Gatlinburg should norsee SMOKIES page 32
(L-R) are President of Volvo CE Dealer Advisory Council Brad Stimmel; Swedish Ambassador to the United States Björn Lyrvall; U.S. Congressman Scott Perry; Volvo CE America’s President Göran Lindgren; U.S. Congressman Bill Shuster; U.S. Congressman Lou Barletta; Pennsylvania Senator Richard Alloway; Pennsylvania Representative Rob Kauffman; and Pennsylvania State Representative Will Tallman.
Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) inaugurated its North American Customer Center June 23 with a ribbon cutting by Congressman Bill Shuster, Congressman Lou Barletta, Congressman Scott Perry, Volvo CE Americas President Göran Lindgren, Swedish Ambassador to the United States Björn Lyrvall and other dignitaries. The inauguration marks the realization of Volvo CE’s $100 million investment in its Shippensburg, Pa., facilities, which was announced in 2011. see VOLVO page 64
Paving Section ..........65-77
Senators Propose Federal Gas Tax Increase
Auction Section ........80-89
By Joan Lowy ASSOCIATED PRESS
Business Calendar ........83 Advertisers Index ..........90
WASHINGTON (AP) Two senators unveiled a bipartisan
plan June 18 to raise federal gasoline and diesel taxes for the first time in more than two decades, pitching the proposal as a solution to Congress’ struggle to pay for
highway and transit programs. The plan offered by Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn., would raise the 18.4-cents-a-gallon federal gas
tax and 24.4-cents-a- gallon diesel tax by 12 cents each over the next two years, and then index the taxes to keep pace with inflation. see INCREASE page 22