Emily Buenzle - Fri July 13, 2018
Ivanka Trump Visits Suit-Kote Facility
On July 9, Suit-Kote, an asphalt products manufacturer, road construction, maintenance and asphalt applications engineering company, from Cortland, N.Y., and U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney hosted Ivanka Trump at the company's Preble facility....
Emily Buenzle - Fri July 13, 2018
State DOT Plans $19M Inland Port
The New York State Department of Transportation revealed July 10 that it plans to award $19 million to build the first inland port in central New York. The port, which will be located in DeWitt, N.Y., will make it possible to transport freight containers between the Port of New York and New Jersey and the CSX rail-freight terminal in DeWitt, CNY Central reported....
ABLE Equipment - Thu July 12, 2018
ABLE Equipment Rental Purchases Aerial Assets of Mobile Lifts
ABLE Equipment Rental Inc. of N.Y., a supplier of construction equipment rentals, sales, service and parts, has purchased the aerial equipment assets and service operations of Mobile Lifts Inc. of Norristown, Pa....
Gov. Cuomo’s Office - Mon July 09, 2018
Gov. Cuomo Announces $57.7M for 136 Rural Projects
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced $57.7 million in state and federal funding for 136 rural public transportation projects statewide. The initiative will support rural public transportation operations; help local communities procure new clean-fuel, ADA accessible buses and related equipment; enhance coordination between local transportation agencies through mobility management and employment services; and construct new transit-related infrastructure, including facilities, passenger shelters and technology enhancements....
Associated Press - Mon July 09, 2018
Cuomo OKs Bill for $1.5B Rail Link Between Midtown, LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK (AP) A rail line that will let train passengers travel between midtown Manhattan and LaGuardia Airport will be started with the signature of legislation by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “How can you not have a rail train to the city from a New York airport? I mean, it's just incomprehensible, right?,” the Democrat said June 25 before signing the AirTrain construction bill into law after detailing the plans during an event at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan....
The Associated Press - Mon July 09, 2018
Hudson Officials in the Dark Over Lincoln Tunnel Viaduct Construction
With a lengthy highway construction project looming that could turn one of the Northeast's worst traffic bottlenecks into the stuff of post-apocalyptic fiction, local officials whose towns could be overrun by frustrated motorists say they're still in the dark on some aspects of the plan....
Associated Press - Mon July 09, 2018
Feds OK Plans for Recreational Rail Trail Segment in Catskills
KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) A federal agency has declared a 38-mi. segment of railroad in the Catskills abandoned, clearing the way for construction of a recreational trail. Ulster County Executive Mike Hein said the decision of the Surface Transportation Board supports the county's decision to pull up tracks on part of the line to create an 11-mi....
Michael Hill - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon June 25, 2018
Fixing Massive NYC Plumbing Leak, 55 Stories Underground
NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) New York City is in the midst of a plumbing repair job of monumental proportions. Hard-hat workers are toiling deep underground, 55 stories beneath the Hudson River, to eliminate gushing leaks in an aging tunnel that carries half the city's water supply more than 85 mi....
New York State Department of Transportation - Mon June 25, 2018
NYSDOT Announces Road, Bridge Safety Enhancements
New York State Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Paul A. Karas announced that work is beginning on three road and bridge safety projects in the North Country, totaling a $5.9 million infrastructure investment....
Five Star Equipment - Mon June 25, 2018
Five Star Hosts Dolomite Products at Deere Gold Key Tour
Five Star Equipment recently hosted Dolomite Products of Walworth, N.Y., at the John Deere Davenport Works Gold Key Tour in Davenport, Iowa. Dolomite Products is the first Five Star Equipment customer to purchase the John Deere 944K hybrid wheel loader, the largest wheel loader in the Deere fleet....
