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November 12 2017 Vol. IX • No. 23
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$113M Project Improves Colo. Springs Gateway By Chuck Harvey
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CEG CORRESPONDENT
TxDOT Credits AquaDams With Reducing Harvey Impact...8
CDOT Introduces New Snowplow Equipment...12
Machinery Auctioneers Holds Sale in Odessa, Texas...50
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A $113.1 million design-build project will streamline a major interchange — Interstate 25 at Cimarron Street (U.S. 24) — referred to as the gateway to Colorado Springs. Considered one of the busiest interchanges in the Colorado Springs area, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is addressing the situation with the second largest highway project in Colorado Springs history. Only the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Project of 2004-2008 was larger. That project upgraded the I-25 corridor through Colorado Springs A $113.1 million design-build project will streamline a major interchange — Interstate 25 at Cimarron to a 12-mi. six-lane highway Street (U.S. 24) — referred to as the gateincluding complete reconstruction way to Colorado Springs. of two major interchanges and 17 new bridges. communication efforts throughout the Besides interchange improvements, the project implementation,” said Dave Watt, current Interstate 25 at Cimarron Street CDOT project director. (U.S. 24) project includes construction of The reconstruction project kicked off in five roadway bridges and two pedestrian June 2015 and expected to wrap up in bridges. December. Crews are transforming the CDOT worked in partnership with the decades-old existing structure into a more Federal Highway Administration, the city efficient and attractive interchange. CDOT photo of Colorado Springs, El Paso County and It is a key local and regional inter- CDOT worked in partnership with the Federal the local community in developing plans change that serves as a primary connec- Highway Administration, the city of Colorado Springs, for the interchange. tion to downtown Colorado Springs as El Paso County and the local community in developing “The goals remain a critical part of our plans for the interchange. see INTERCHANGE page 34
Recycling Section............ 15-23
Fire Clean-Up ‘For the Record Books’ in Calif.
Truck & Trailer Section....25-27
By Ellen Knickmeyer ASSOCIATED PRESS
Attachment & Parts Section.... ........................................ 30-32 Business Calendar................ 36 Auction Section............ ...48-55 Advertisers Index.................. 54
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) Government officials outlined plans for what they said will be the largest fire clean-up in California history, aimed at removing hazardous substances and ash from 8,400 homes and other structures burned in Northern California wildfires. With hundreds of anxious homeowners listening, state emergency services official Eric
Lamoureux set a target of early 2018 for completing the clean-up and allowing owners to start rebuilding. California has declared a public health emergency in the fire area, in part because of concern for hazardous substances ranging from freon in air-conditioners to asbestos in older homes. The fires that began Oct. 8 have killed at least 42 people, making them the deadliest series of wildfires in state history. “The size and scope of this debris removal
process will be one for the record books,” Sen. Mike McGuire, a Democrat from the winecountry town of Healdsburg, told fire survivors at a Santa Rosa community forum. The meeting gave residents some of the first briefings on the clean-up to come. Authorities have warned residents returning to the ruins of their homes to beware of possible hazardous residues in the ashes, and required them to sign forms acknowledging the see FIRE page 42