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Published Nationally ® February 4 2018 Vol. IX • No. 3
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San Pedro Creek Transforms Into $125M Park By Cindy Riley
quality and allowing for new development. Weber said teamwork has been essenAs they work to transtial. form San Pedro Creek from “Bexar County’s collaboa neglected drainage ditch ration with the San Antonio into a natural creek habitat River Authority and the city and world-class linear park, of San Antonio illustrates construction crews in San that public investments can Antonio, Texas, are ulticreate multiple benefits, mately preserving the from quality of life to concreek’s legacy as an integral nectivity to revitalization. part of the city’s history. The project will replace the The highly-anticipated projdiminished industrial ditch ect will be built in multiple with a vibrant public space, stages, with a goal of having while better managing storm Phase I completed in time water and improving water for the city’s 300th anniverquality.” sary in May 2018. Often overshadowed by “The linear park will the San Antonio River and stretch two miles through Bexar County has pledged a total of $125 million to fund the design of all four its world-renowned Paseo the west side of downtown, phases of the San Pedro Creek Project, as well as the construction of Phases I del Rio, the creek has earned reclaiming connections to and II. its place in San Antonio’s heritage and water,” said Bridget throughout by key cultural entities. total of $125 million to fund the historical timeline. For years, it Hinze Weber, administrator, San Building upon these resources and design of all four phases, as well as helped sustained the civil settleAntonio River Authority. “From strengthening cultural communi- the construction of Phases I and II. ment and growth of the city. the Christopher Columbus Italian ties creates an economic asset ripe The work will improve the creek’s “San Pedro Creek is the origin of function in flood control, while the San Antonio community, as the Society to the Alameda Theater to for growth and revitalization.” Bexar County has pledged a assisting natural habitat and water Ruby City, the creek is anchored see CREEK page 16
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Table of Contents ................4 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................13-15 Recycling Section.........31-39 Truck & Trailer Section ........ .......................................44-47 Auction Section ............50-55 Business Calendar..............52 Advertisers Index ..............54
Stage Set for Border Wall Construction Emily Buenzle CEG WEB EDITOR
The border wall is one step closer to fruition after the Trump administration waived a series of environmental regulations to speed up the project’s construction, The Hill reported. A Jan. 22 Federal Register entry by Kirstjen M. Nielsen, secretary of Homeland Security, stated, “The Secretary of Homeland Security has determined, pursuant to law, that it is necessary to waive certain laws, regulations and other legal requirements in order to ensure the expeditious construction of barriers and roads in the vicinity of the international land border of the United States near the Santa Teresa Land Port of Entry in the state of New
The waiver, which covers the construction of both the border wall and surrounding roads, includes a total of 23 regulations.
Mexico.” The waiver, which covers the construction of both the border wall and surrounding roads, includes a total of 23 regulations, including
• the National Environmental Policy Act; • the Endangered Species Act; • the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (colloquially known as the Clean Water Act); • the National Historic Preservation Act; and • the Clean Air Act. This announcement comes after the Fisher Sand and Gravel Company recently told the Department of Homeland Security that it could build 700 miles of the wall for $12.2 billion, which comes in under President Trump’s initial $18 billion request to Congress to cover just 654 miles of the border. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)