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Published Nationally ® September 2 2018 Vol. IX • No. 18
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Venture Drilling Supply Branches Out Following Tragedy...10
San Diego Moves Double-Time With $82.4M Double Tracks...19
Iron Bound Auctions’ Owner Looks Forward to Big Future..68
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Voters OK $2.5B Bond on Harvey Anniversary HOUSTON (AP) Voters in Houston and its TxDOT photo surrounding county marked the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by approving the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds to fund flood-control projects that might mitigate the damage caused by future storms. With nearly all precincts reporting, about 85 percent of voters approved the referendum. The bonds will fund projects that may include buyouts of homes in flood-prone areas, the expansion of local bayous and the construction of additional stormwater detention basins. Harvey, which made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm on Aug. 25, 2017, killed 68 people and caused an estimated $125 billion in damage in Texas. Thirty-six of the deaths were in the low-lying Houston area, where days of torrential rainfall and decades of unchecked development contributed to the flooding of more than 150,000 homes and 300,000 vehicles. The bond referendum would help pay for projects to be chosen from a list of more than 230 proposals. Officials said the bond money would help TxDOT photo supplement federal funds ear- The bond referendum would help pay for projects to be marked for flood mitigation chosen from a list of more than 230 proposals.
The bonds will fund projects that may include buyouts of homes in flood-prone areas, the expansion of local bayous and the construction of additional stormwater detention basins.
after Harvey. Passage of the measure means taxpayers in Harris County, which includes Houston, would see an average increase of $5 per year in their property taxes. “Harris County residents have put their trust in the Flood Control District,” district executive director Russ Poppe said in a statement after [the] vote. “We plan to work extremely hard and efficiently to turn the financial resources made available as a result of this election into the reality of reduced flooding risks.” see HARVEY page 40
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Underground Utility, Trenchers, Trench Boxes & Utilities Section ........29-33
CDOT, AECOM, Virgin: Hyperloop Study Part 2
Paving Section ..........49-59
By Lori Tobias
Snow & Ice Section ..61-62
The state of Colorado has moved one step closer to seeing a new ultra-high-speed transportation system become reality. Virgin Hyperloop One, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and AECOM announced earlier this
California Section......19-25
Virgin Hyperloop photo
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Business Calendar..........63 Auction Section ........65-71 Advertisers Index ..........70
Virgin Hyperloop One, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and AECOM announced earlier this spring that they are advancing to the second half of the Rocky Mountain Hyperloop feasibility study.
spring that they are advancing to the second half of the Rocky Mountain Hyperloop feasibility study, according to a Virgin Hyperloop press release. The study will examine the technological and economic feasibility of a hyperloop transportation system based on an initial concept presented to Virgin Hyperloop One see HYPERLOOP page 60