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July 19 2020 Vol. IX • No. 15
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Widening the Gap How KNA Is Improving a Major Colorado Highway
Holcombe Mixers Joins Border Construction...9
California-to-Las Vegas Rail to Run Along I-15...12
New materials for Kramer North America’s project will include 1.2 million cu. yds. of earthwork, 28,327 cu. yds. of reinforced concrete and 694,832 tons of asphalt.
By Irwin Rapoport Sennebogen 718 Continues to Crush Workload...15
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The Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) $350 million I-25 South Gap project,
awarded to Kraemer North America (KNA), is improving 18 mi. of highway south of Castle Rock (Douglas County, about 40 mi. south of Denver) to the town of Monument (El Paso County), with
a major component being the construction of an express lane in each direction to meet increased traffic demands. Work started in September 2018 and is slated for completion in
early 2022. Primarily financed by state funds, it also is being supported with contributions from Douglas and El Paso counties, Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority and see GAP page 28
Table of Contents ................4 Recycling Section ........15-23
House Passes Massive $1.5T ‘Moving Forward Act’
Attachments & Parts...29-33 By Lucy Perry
Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................39-40 Auction Section ..........42-45 Business Calendar ............44 Advertisers Index ..............46
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create millions of jobs while the construction industry plugs along during the COVID-19 pandemic and spring recession. “I’m particularly focused on investing in our roads, bridges, transit, rail and water systems,” Rep. Peter DeFazio (DOre.), chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said during Soil compactors work on an embankment on a high- the rules committee meeting.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $1.5 trillion Moving Forward Act, a massive funding package meant to regenerate America’s transportation infrastructure as it tries to give a shot in the arm to health care, airports, clean energy, broadband, education, and drinking water. On top of that, it would way construction project.
see BILL page 36