Plans to build a multipurpose trail from the Tom Ridge Environmental Center to the multipurpose trail at Presque Isle State Park are on hold. That’s because trail construction costs most recently were estimated at $9.5 million, more than double the original estimate of $3.8 million in 2019. Millcreek Township had planned to provide $1.3 million […]
May 14—Construction crews are in the final stages on a nearly two-year project to stabilize Interstate 25 on La Bajada. The project is “right on schedule,” New Mexico Department of Transportation spokesman Jim Murray said Tuesday, and drivers can expect construction work at La Bajada to be “substantially completed” by the end of the month. […]
Sweeping changes to the way long-distance power lines are planned and built were approved by federal regulators Monday, as they try to revitalize an overwhelmed electricity grid that is ill equipped to handle soaring demand. The reforms, approved 2-1 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), with its lone Republican dissenting, come as fraying transmission […]
MASSILLON – Work for a memorial splash pad on the city’s west side is targeted to start by end of this month, as a construction contractor has been tapped for the project. The Jake Roberson Memorial Splash Park is planned for Wampler Park, 1818 Main Ave. W, and the goal is to have the venue operational sometime this […]
NEWTON TOWNSHIP, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Eight months after a terrible storm led to a bad crash at a Lackawanna bridge, there’s now a new span proposal for the Newton Township Bridge. Four people crashed into the raised portion of the bridge in September that was damaged by the heavy rain. Those four were treated […]
PLOVER – As orange barrels line State 54 and Portage County B, businesses on either side of the highway want people to remember they are still open, and customers can still access their shops, stores and restaurants. Barrels and detours along that stretch of highway allow for fewer direct access points to businesses along the […]
Have you seen all that earthmoving and construction at Lock 3 Park in Akron? It’s being managed by two women. On the $17.5 million Lock 3 renovation project, Kathryn DeMuesy is project manager, and NeShaunda Lockett is chief inspector, which DeMuesy said means they’re administering and inspecting all of the site construction, including quality assurance […]
A continued construction project will cause a lane closure on Interstate 70 today. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Construction to cause temporary lane closure on I-70 Monday morning Traffic on I-70 will be reduced to one lane on EB I-70 near U.S. 127 starting at 7 a.m. this morning, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). Construction […]
Wawa, which has announced plans to open stores in Lexington, Nicholasville and Louisville, is making things official next month. The popular Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain with a cult following for its hoagies, Sizzli breakfast sandwiches, coffee and clean bathrooms will break ground and start construction on its first two Kentucky stores on June 5. They […]
San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies arrested a fugitive wanted for attempted murder and a sex offender in Pinion Hills on Friday after finding them with stolen heavy construction equipment, authorities said. The incident began about 6:15 a.m., when deputies went to a home in the 10700 block of Boy Scout Ranch Road in Pinion Hills […]
A roofer is seen working on a condominium in Canterbury Crossing on a hot day Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 in Latham, N.Y.Lori Van Buren/Getty Images Michael Bodei, a seasoned construction business owner, is struggling to find skilled labor amid a national shortage. The US construction industry is short about 500,000 workers due to limits on […]
May 10—TIPP CITY — Tippecanoe Exempted Village Schools will be able to build their new school and update the high school sooner than planned, thanks to a change in status with the state’s school construction funding program. State money through the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission will come to the district earlier than anticipated and save […]