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February 3 2024 Vol. XXX • No. 3
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JV Cuts Timeline On $160M Michigan Bridge
DEVELON Celebrates First Anniversary of New Brand Name...8
AED Gathers in Las Vegas for Its Annual Summit/CONDEX...18
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Construction on a $160 million bridge and CEG CORRESPONDENT road improvement project in Calhoun County, Mich., will pick back up in spring with work scheduled for four bridges, By Lori Tobias
Montabert USA Honors Its Top Dealers at AED Summit 2024...46
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27-30 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-56 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63-67 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-76 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
as well as repaving work. The I-94 project began in October 2022 and includes rebuilding nine bridges and replacing eight. “The existing I-94 bridges at 6 1/2 Mile Road, M-294 [Beadle Lake Road], 9 Mile Road and the
Kalamazoo River were built in the late 1950s,” said Nick Schirripa, spokesman of Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). “At more than 65 years old, they had reached the end see BRIDGE page 62
BABA’s Policies Bruising IIJA Benefits Inflation Has Contractors Taking Pass On Federally-Funded Transportation Projects Construction contractors are Adobe Stock photo between a rock and a hard place: What the Biden administration’s IIJA has gifted with a hike in construction work, Buy America policies have taken away by making the work much pricier to perform. Construction costs rose almost 3 percent during the first quarter of 2023, and contractors have seen a 50 percent increase over the past two years. That has the transportation industry nervous for the future. Last year’s National Highway Construction Cost Index (NHCCI) shows it reached “a new all-time high” in the first quarter of 2023. The Bureau of Most materials prices have seen modest inflaTransportation Statistics (BTS) reported an increase of tion while the cost of asphalt rose 20.5 percent
By Lucy Perry
CEG CORRESPONDENT
see POLICY page 72
in the second quarter of last year.