State to state but will aver-age about 28 percent, trans-portation officials said. The pain of cutbacks in fed-eral aid as soon as the firstweek in August if lawmak-Įrs dont act, TransportationSecretary Anthony Foxxsaid in a letter to states.Thats because the balancein the federal HighwayTrust Fund is dropping andwill soon go below $4 bil-lion, the cushion federalofficials say is needed forincoming fuel tax revenueto cover outgoing pay-ments to states. WASHINGTON (AP)As the summer drivingseason swings into fullgear, states can expect alarge pothole in their con-struction budgets if Congressdoesnt reach an agreementquickly on how to pay forfederal highway and transitprograms, President BarackObama and his top officialsare warning. Congressman Bill Shuster U.S.Congressman Lou Barletta Pennsylvania SenatorRichard Alloway Pennsylvania RepresentativeRob Kauffman and Pennsylvania StateRepresentative Will Tallman.ĭead Ahead: A Pothole inHighway Construction AidBy Joan LowyASSOCIATED PRESS CongressmanScott Perry Volvo CE Americas President GranLindgren U.S. (L-R) are President of Volvo CE Dealer Advisor圜ouncil Brad Stimmel Swedish Ambassador tothe United States Bjrn Lyrvall U.S. The multi-year and $158 million overall project to complete the widening of I-5from Centralia to Grand Mound, Wash., has entered its final phase with theongoing work by Kent, Wash.-based Scarsella Brothers Inc., whose $48 millionphase of the work includes several new bridges and the building of new roads. ![]() The inaugurationmarks the realization of Volvo CEs $100 millioninvestment in its Shippensburg, Pa., facilities, whichwas announced in 2011. Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) inau-gurated its North American Customer Center June23 with a ribbon cutting by Congressman BillShuster, Congressman Lou Barletta, CongressmanScott Perry, Volvo CE Americas President GranLindgren, Swedish Ambassador to the United StatesBjrn Lyrvall and other dignitaries. Pleted, will see the construc-tion of two collector distrib-utor (CD) lanes between theMellen Street (Exit 81) andHarrison Avenue (Exit 82)interchanges that will The Washington StateDepartment ofTransportation (WSDOT)project is key to economicgrowth and improving traf-fic efficiency for commerceand local residents in Lewisand Thurston counties. The multi-year and$158 million overall proj-ect to complete the widen-ing of I-5 from Centralia toGrand Mound, Wash., hasentered its final phase withthe ongoing work by Kent,Wash.-based ScarsellaBrothers Inc., whose $48million phase of the workincludes several newbridges and the building ofnew roads. ![]() ![]() The Nations Best Read Construction Newspaper Founded 1957.
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