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April 3, 2016 • Vol. IX • No. 7 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215/885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215/885-2910
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$11.3M Project Will Widen Lake Mohave Roads By Chuck Harvey
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CEG CORRESPONDENT
Record Crowds Attend NTEA Truck Show. ..25
World of Asphalt Boasts Biggest Event Yet...30
Work has begun on an $11.3 million construction project to widen and improve roads to Lake Mohave within Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The plan is to provide wider, smoother roads for an increasing number guests seeking recreation in the area. Lake Mohave is a reservoir formed by Davis Dam on the Colorado River, which defines the border between Nevada and Arizona. The lake lies at an elevation of 647 ft. (197 m) near Laughlin, Nev.
The roadways will be reconstructed from the base to the surface and will be widened to 12-ft. (3.7 m) lanes with 2-ft. (.6 m) shoulders.
The Lake starts at the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and runs to the Davis Dam. The lake and adjacent lands forming its shoreline are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area administered by the U.S. National Park Service. Lake Mohave encompasses 28,260 acres of water. Activities at the lake include boating, fishing, kayaking and canoeing. Road improvements will take place on Davis Dam Road to Katherine Spur Road, Katherine Spur Road and parking lots within the Katherine Landing area. see ROADS page 22
California Proposes $15.7B Twin Tunnels Project By Scott Smith and Ellen Knickmeyer Powerscreen, Terex Hold Open Event...31
Table of Contents ................4 Attachments & Parts Section .......................................11-14 Truck & Trailer Section......... .......................................25-27 Recycling Section ........31-40 Auction Section ..........43-55 Business Calendar ............50 Advertisers Index ..............54
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CLARKSBURG, Calif. (AP) California is proposing its most ambitious water project in a halfcentury. At $15.7 billion, it would run two giant tunnels, each four
stories high, for 35 mi. under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Northern California, sending water to cities and farms to the south. In size and cost, the feat would rival or dwarf the tunnel under the English Channel and Boston’s Big Dig. Some things to know about the
delta tunnels: Why It’s Proposed The way water is taken today from the delta has altered natural flows, making it run backward in parts and pulling migrating native fish off course. Once-bountiful stocks of Delta smelt, Chinook
salmon and other native species have plummeted. At least 35 native fish, plants and animal species there are now listed under federal and state endangered-species acts. Environmental regulations limit how much water can be pumped from the delta. see TUNNEL page 52
AGC: Employment Rises From 2015 to 2016 Construction employment increased in 243 out of 358 metro areas, was unchanged in 43 and declined in 72 between January 2015 and January 2016, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released March 17 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that many of the metro
“Demand in most parts of the country is robust and construction employment is growing in more than two-thirds of all metro areas.” Ken Simonson AGC
areas experiencing drops in construction employment were in energy-producing metro areas. “Demand in most parts of the country is robust and construction employment is growing in more than two-thirds of all metro areas,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. see AGC page 52