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Roadbuilding
Tumbleweeds bury vehicles, close Washington highway for 10 hours
Snowplows hit the road Dec. 31, 2019 in eastern Washington to tackle an unusual weather attack – tumbleweeds. The rolling balls of dried-up vegetation began barreling over cars and trucks on SR 240 near Richland on New Year’s Eve. The highway was closed for 10 hours through the night as Washington State Department of Transportation snowplows […]
January 9, 2020
Roadbuilding
South Carolina proposes $725 million plan to widen Interstate 27
The South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to upgrade sections of Interstate 26, but it’s not going to be cheap. The department announced proposals for two new widening projects for the interstate—one located in Newberry, Lexington and Richland Counties and the other in Charleston County. The former is estimated to cost more than $241 million, while the […]
January 29, 2016
Safety
Workers return to Washington state jobsite after discovery of radioactive soil
Though likely somewhat reluctant, workers returned to a jobsite in Richland, Washington Thursday after radioactive soil was found there. According to the Associated Press, the radioactive soil was found, strangely, under a bird’s nest at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Work was halted on a waste treatment plant being built there. Upon discovering the radioactive soil, […]
June 7, 2013
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