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July 7 2019 Vol. IX • No. 14
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TxDOT’s $6.8B ‘Clear Lanes’ Eases Metro Traffic TxDOT photo
TxDOT photo
Doggett, John Deere Pair Up for Habitat for Humanity...8
4Rivers Goes to Bat for Albuquerque Youth...18
The St. Johns Avenue bridge was demolished in June to make way for the I-35 expansion.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Road Machinery Supports Golden Queen Mine...20
Table of Contents ............4 California Section......19-24 Paving Section...........31-43 Wheel Loaders, Tool Carriers & Attachments Section.......................50-69 Auction Section.........73-79 Business Calendar..........73 Advertisers Index ..........78
In an effort to relieve congestion in five major metropolitan areas, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is overseeing the $6.8 billion Texas Clear Lanes program. The project focuses on Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston
According to the TxDOT Clear Lanes website, the state demographer projects the population of the state’s five metropolitan areas may double by 2050.
and San Antonio, where more than 65 percent of the Texas population is located. “Reducing congestion in these corridors is an ambitious task,” said Texas Transportation Chairman J. Bruce Bugg Jr. “We are committed to working with local communities to make a difference across the region.” The Clear Lanes program was initiated by
Colorado DOT Works Around ‘Memorial Rock’ By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
Traffic on a southwest Colorado highway damaged by a massive rock fall over Memorial Day weekend should be back to normal this summer — with one key difference, the added sight of an 8.5 million-lb. boulder by the roadside.
Two house-sized boulders crashed from a ridgeline 1,000 ft. above CO 145 on May 24. The smaller of the two, estimated to be about 2.3 million lbs., came to rest on the highway. The second larger boulder traveled across both lanes of the highway, carving a 15-ft. trench in its wake before coming to rest on the other side of the road. see ROCK page 76
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Legislature. Texas is currently the second-most populous state in the United States, adding approximately 1,100 new residents each day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Texas also had the biggest population jump of any state in the country between 2016 and 2017. see TXDOT page 70 CDOT photo
A geo-technical crew blasted the smaller of the two boulders, but the largest — since dubbed “Memorial Rock” — will remain where it landed.