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Published Nationally ® April 29 2018 Vol. IX • No. 9
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Supported by extensive research and planning, a modern and massive new $802.9 million U.S. 181 Harbor Bridge is taking form in Corpus Christi, Texas.
LVCVA Unveils Design for $860M Las Vegas Convention Center...18
Scrap, Recycling Industry Gathers for ISRI...29
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Calif. Agency OKs $11B Tunnel Plan By Christopher Weber THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
uled for late spring, 2020. Crews will begin work on crosstown I-37 in early spring of 2020. “The new Harbor Bridge is expected to take four years to complete,” said Lorette Williams, public information coordinator of Flatiron/Dragados LLC, design-build contractor for the project. Williams added that design-build contractor Flatiron/Dragados LLC has numerous subcontractors throughout the project. “Currently we have a number of subcontractors in place with companies including, but not limited to construction and demolition services,” she said.
LOS ANGELES (AP) California’s largest water agency approved a nearly $11 billion plan to help fund two enormous tunnels, breathing new life into Gov. Jerry Brown’s ambitious and controversial plan to remake the state’s water system. The board of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California voted in favor of bearing most of the cost of the twin-tunnel project that would modernize the aging infrastructure that delivers water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. “This is a historic decision that is good for California — our people, our farms and our natural environment,” Brown said in a statement praising the decision to revive the plan. He has supported the project for years and very nearly saw it fall apart with less than a year left in his administration after some water districts balked at the nearly $17 billion total cost. Brown wants California water agencies to pay to build two, 35-mi. (55-km) tunnels to divert part of the state’s largest river, the Sacramento, to supply water to the San
see BRIDGE page 24
see TUNNELS page 42
$802.9M Harbor Bridge Takes Shape in Corpus Christi, Texas By Chuck Harvey CEG CORRESPONDENT
More Than 2,300 Bidders Attend Ritchie Bros.’ Auction...45
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Supported by extensive research and planning, a modern and massive new $802.9 million U.S. 181 Harbor Bridge is taking form in Corpus Christi, Texas. The project includes replacement of the existing Harbor Bridge and reconstruction of portions of U.S. 181, I-37 and the Crosstown Expressway. Designing the project was a major undertaking. It required plans for a project covering 6.44 mi. of bridge and connecting roadway. Work on the project began in summer of 2016 with completion of the new Harbor Bridge sched-
Attachment Section ..11-13 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ....................................14-16 Recycling Section ......29-38 Auction Section ..........45-51 Business Calendar............46 Advertisers Index ............50
Border Wall Reinforcement Under Way The new wall rises in the background. The “X” shaped vehicular barrier was all that existed in this stretch of the border in New Mexico.
see WALL page 8
CEG photo