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Wed February 03, 2021 - Midwest Edition #3
Cindy Riley â CEG Correspondent
Equipment being used on the job includes D9, D10 and D11 Caterpillar dozers; 745C and 775F Caterpillar haul trucks; a 651E Caterpillar earth mover/scraper; 825C Caterpillar compactors; and 349E Caterpillar excavators.
(MoDOT photo)
Crews are working six days a week on a $70 million project that will complete the final 5 mi. of I-49 in Missouri between Pineville and the Missouri/ Arkansas border. When the
I-49 Connector is completed, I-49 will stretch 290 mi. between Kansas City, Mo., and Fort Smith, Ark. This is the last leg of Interstate 49 to be completed in Missouri, said Steve Campbell, southwest district engineer, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). Its completion will remove a freight and commuter bottleneck that has existed at the Missouri/Arkansas border for several years. It will increase the safety of the corridor and shorten travel times for through traffic. This project
YOUNGSTOWN A nearly $16 million improvement project to numerous downtown and nearby streets will begin this spring.
The city’s board of control approved a $15,791,100 contract Thursday with Marucci and Gaffney Excavating Co. of Youngstown for the work. The other bid of $18,350,100 was submitted by S.E.T. Inc. of Lowellville.
The city’s estimate for the work was $18,390,500.
The contract runs through 2023.
Projects this year include paving Fifth Avenue from the Madison Avenue Expressway to Park Avenue, Park Avenue from Fifth Avenue to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital, and Phelps Street from Federal Street to the Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre.
In 2022, Front Street from Vindicator Square to South Avenue will be addressed.
What will Alabama get from the $2.3 trillion 2021 federal budget?
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Congress passed a 2021 federal budget Thursday including billions for programs in Alabama including NASA space exploration and Army defense work in Huntsville, Anniston and Montgomery; millions for roads, ports and railroads; and millions more for research in Birmingham, Auburn and other university centers across the state.
The FY21 Omnibus Appropriations Package was passed by the Senate and House Thursday and sent to President Trump’s desk for his signature.
“This is great news,” said Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby, who is chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee. “I am pleased we swiftly advanced this package through Congress and on to the president’s desk. The American people expect us to do our job, and funding the government, including the military, is our fundamental responsibility. This package not only includes FY21 appropriations bills, but it also provides COV