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® March 24 2024 Vol. XXV • No. 6
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Crews Begin Final Phase of Houston Project
Komatsu Adds New WX11 LHD to Hard Rock Lineup...18
DEVELON Unveils New Mini-Excavators...30
Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. and TxDOT are on track to complete the I-610 West Loop/I-69 Southwest Freeway Interchange improvement project this summer.
By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
Kubota Returning as ThorSport Racing Sponsor...32
Phase 7 of the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) seven-phase, $259 million, I-610 West Loop/I-69 Southwest
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Freeway Interchange improvement project in Houston is on track for summer 2024 finish. Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. has been making tremendous progress on the initiative that was launched in December 2018. TxDOT recently gave an update and
announced that “all roadwork at the Houston 610/69 interchange has been completed early.” The work, taking place in TxDOT’s Houston District, is improving safety and mobility, reducing congestion and upgrading the interchange to see FINAL page 20
Greenhouse Gas Rules Cause a Stink Industry Calls FHWA’s Arbitrary Emissions Performance Mandate Overreach By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
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The construction industry has declared its support of 22 states challenging the FHWA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) performance rules, which went into effect this past December. The AGC and ARTBA believe the federal agency lacks the authority to impose performance measures and that FHWA has underestimated the administrative costs resulting from the mandate. The courts will decide this month. The two associations, filing briefs in federal courts in February, joined several construction industry groups DOT Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg who consider the mandate burdensome and untenable. said the proposed performance measure will see RULE page 36
offer states a clear and consistent framework to track carbon pollution.