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Roadbuilding

Suburbs become more bicycle friendly

Many young Americans are driving less than in previous years, and cities are reacting by adding more options, including bike and pedestrian paths. So it’s no surprise that when the League of American Bicyclists released its latest list of Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC) on Tuesday, the association announced that suburbs had joined other communities on […]

October 15, 2013

Roadbuilding

MAP-21: The good, the bad and the lessons learned

With reauthorization less than a year away, many agencies are thinking about ways lawmakers can improve the new federal bill. Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members joined last month at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, to lead a discussion about the good and bad of the Moving Ahead for […]

September 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

Peoria Public Library displays 1915-1930 Caterpillar ad collection

The Peoria Public Library through the month of September will display a collection of more than 100 Caterpillar advertisements that were published in magazines from 1915-1930, according to a report from our sister site, Total Landscape Care. Mark Johnson, a former Caterpillar employee who worked for the company for 37 years before retiring in 2009, […]

September 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

BOMAG to end Kewanee operations, relocate to southern U.S.

BOMAG Americas will discontinue manufacturing operations at its Kewanee, Illinois, plant by the end of 2014 and relocate to somewhere in the southern United States, according to a report from our sister site, Equipment World. The new location has not yet been determined. BOMAG’s products produced in Kewanee — single drum rollers, asphalt rollers and […]

August 29, 2013

Business

BOMAG exits Kewanee plant, plans new facility in southern U.S.

BOMAG Americas says it will cease manufacturing operations in Kewanee, Illinois, by the end of 2014 and relocate its business in a yet-to-be-determined location in the southern United States. BOMAG says its Kewanee-produced products—single drum rollers, asphalt rollers, and a reclaimer/stabilizer—will either be relocated to the new plant or be replaced with “market-accepted products manufactured […]

August 29, 2013

Roadbuilding

Robotic mowers trim embankments on Illinois Tollway

Illinois Tollway workers have begun using a robotic mower to trim embankments along the Illinois Tollway, according to a report from the Chicago Tribune. The $42,000 Spider ILDO2 — the same mower the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began using earlier this summer — is capable of climbing 40-degree slopes and ditches, preventing injuries that […]

August 14, 2013

Roadbuilding

Crews to install final pieces of Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge this week

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced Tuesday that the final piece of the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge will be installed this week, according to KMOV. MoDOT said crews will install the bridge’s steel girders on Thursday. They will add the final piece of steel–a 30,000-pound floor beam–to the bridge on Friday. The bridge, located […]

July 24, 2013

Roadbuilding

HCEA to feature Erie B operations at convention, equipment expo

The Historic Construction Equipment Association will present its 28th Annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition August 16-18 in Wilmington, Illinois. The show will feature an operating Erie B steam crane and a demonstration of an Erie B steam shovel. The convention and exposition, hosted by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, will […]

June 14, 2013

Construction Equipment

Mark your calendar: HCEA’s annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition slated for Aug. 16-18

There’s nothing better than vintage equipment and if you love it as much as we do, this event is a can’t-miss. The Historical Construction Equipment Association’s annual International Convention and Old Equipment Exposition will be held August 16-18 at 19800 West Arsenal Road, east of Wilmington, Illinois. The show features displays of horse-drawn, steam, gas […]

June 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

Legislation would rename I-74 stretch in Illinois after LaHood

[Update: The original version reported the interstate stretch as being located in Springfield, Illinois. It has since been corrected to Peoria, Illinois.] Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-IL) has introduced legislation to rename a stretch of Interstate 74 in Peoria, Illinois, after outgoing Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, who has also served as an Illinois congressman, PJ […]

May 17, 2013

Roadbuilding

Fifty cents on the dollar for Illinois roads

At a time when funding for roads and bridges–what there is of it–is squeezed to the maximum (a situation that isn’t likely to change any time soon) comes an unsettling new report. Check out this lead paragraph from a story the Chicago Tribune published this week: “Less than half of the money that the state […]

May 16, 2013

Business

Caterpillar names Peoria baseball stadium “Dozer Park”

In what has to be one of the most unique names for a ballpark to date, Caterpillar has named the baseball stadium in its hometown of Peoria, Illinois  “Dozer Park,” according to a report from the town’s paper the Journal Star. The ballpark is the home of the Peoria Chiefs minor league baseball team, a farm […]

May 13, 2013