Politics as usual…
From phillyburbs.com/Burlington County Times (NJ):
Mount Construction may go. But politics linger in Burlington County,NJ
Residents will no longer have to hear construction equipment on Gravelly Hollow Road, but the controversy is far from over for Republicans running for office in November.
» Read more: Mount Construction may go. But politics linger in Burlington County,NJ
It appears that campaign promises were rescinded. And only a month before the elections. Coincidence?
From Denver business journal (CO):
Colorado loses $115M in federal highway money
Colorado highway officials woke up Thursday with $114.7 million less in federal dollars to spend.
Instead of building more roads, we should be providing the public with more public transportation options….But either way, the 40 Billion promised is probably not enough.
From Las Vegas Review Journal:
Bulldozers shut down the Strip to protest a lack of highway funding
Construction equipment workers and business leaders are calling on the federal government to reauthorize transportation funding for road construction, including critical improvements to Interstate 15 in Las Vegas, and to spur a jobs recovery….
Following a 10 a.m. rally today in the Las Vegas Convention Center parking lot at Paradise Road and Convention Center Drive, a caravan of idle heavy construction equipment will parade down the Strip….
…The current bill authorizes $40 billion a year for spending on highway projects throughout the country. Congress has deferred action on a 50 percent increase in spending….
From Forbes (MO.):
Missouri agrees to stimulus construction list, but says not to fund it
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers agreed to a system for deciding what to build using the federal stimulus package Tuesday, but only after ensuring the resulting project list isn’t considered an endorsement of the projects.
» Read more: Missouri agrees to stimulus construction list, but says not to fund it
Project Lead for sub-contractors
From Timesunion.com (NY):
County OKs bonds for court work
ALBANY — An old adage — “If at first you don’t succeed try, try again” — was taken to heart by county legislators Monday night.
It took three roll call votes for the body to pass a bond issue pumping $11 million more into the county’s Court Facilities Project, an increase prompted by the firing last year of the general contractor who was renovating the Albany County Courthouse….
In another resolution, the legislature approved an agreement with the Albany-based Eastern Building & Restoration as the new general contractor…
At this pace it will be 2022 before the 2nd ave line is completed…
From 2nd Ave Sagas (NY):
2nd Ave Line – Next stop “Limbo”
A little over one year ago, in June of 2008, Christopher K. Bennett, the vice president of the DMJM+HARRIS join venture tasked with designing the Second Ave. subway, issued a progress report about the subway construction project. On page 13 of the report (PDF), Bennett wrote that the tunnel boring machine for the Second Ave. subway was “expected to arrive on site in June 2009.” Three months after this date, we know Bennett’s report was overly optimistic, and over the last year, the due date for the Second Ave. subway has been pushed back from 2015 to late 2017 or even 2018.
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