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March 12 2025 Vol. LXVII • No. 6
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N.Y.’s I-81 Corridor Work Promises to Be Busy A bridge deck pour in process in Cicero in November 2023 NYSDOT photo
New Gateway Job CEO Faces Challenges...14
PennDOT to Raze Century-Old Span...24
Ritchie Sells 15,103 Items at Orlando Auction...98
The project to rebuild Interstate 81 in Syracuse, N.Y., will bring new roundabouts, highway exits, fast-speed highway transitions, new bridges, sidewalks and many new trees in 2025. In fact, every major state highway in the city
is under construction as the project moves toward the middle of its six-year, $2.25 billion makeover, the Syracuse Post-Standard reported Feb. 7, 2025. The ultimate goal is to tear down the elevated I-81 through Syracuse, starting in 2026 and end-
ing in 2028. But first, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is building up other highways and city streets to handle more traffic. see CORRIDOR page 34
Feds Put IIJA Under the Microscope Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Paving, Compaction & Milling Section . . . . . . .57-82 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94-108 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Senate Public Works Committee Already Preparing for Next Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill in ’26 By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
In late February, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee launched a review of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) with a goal of identifying both successes and shortcomings of in the 2021 bipartisan law’s surface transportation policy. The committee is focused on one of the IIJA’s “foundational components,” the next Surface Transportation see IIJA page 50
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