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May 29 2010 Vol. XVII • No. 11

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Stadium’s Go Ahead Unlikely in Minnesota By Brian Bakst

NAPA Conference Held in Austin...14

ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to move the road to the east and improve it between Olive Boulevard (Missouri Route 340) and Ladue Road. The northern part of Route 141 is known as Woods Mill Road. The new road will continue to be called Route 141

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) A sports-themed lottery game and new taxes on hotel stays, car rentals and sports memorabilia are the linchpins of a Minnesota Vikings stadium proposal that top Democratic legislators characterized May 3 as a long shot to pass this year. Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty also said he wasn’t willing to budge on his resistance to tax increases even as Minnesota leaders worry about the team relocating after its Metrodome lease expires next year. That public money would be expected to amount to about two-thirds of a $791 million project, with the Vikings paying the remaining third — about $264 million. The city where it would be built has not been determined. Lawmakers behind the plan admitted the bill is getting a late start, with just two weeks left in the 2010 legislative session and a budget deficit still unresolved. The tardiness led legislative leaders to downplay its chances. House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher said the proposal has “a lot of problems” and predicted passage would be “very difficult.” Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller

see JOBS page 24

see STADIUM page 16

(L-R): Chesterfield Mayor John Nations, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, Missouri Sen. Jane Cunningham, Missouri Highways and Transportation Commissioner Grace Nichols and U.S. Congressman Todd Akin lift shovels of gravel in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the relocated Route 141 in St. Louis County, Mo. IAAP Hosts Annual Convention...20

Focus Stays on Jobs During Route 141 Groundbreaking By Kathie Sutin CEG CORRESPONDENT

Zanetis Holds RoadHog Demo...31

Table of Contents ............4 Crushing, Screening & Recycling Section ....25-30 Truck & Trailer Section .... ..................................45-49 Auction Section ......54-63 Business Calendar ........56 Advertisers Index ..........62

“Jobs, jobs, jobs” were once again center stage as St. Louis County officials broke ground recently on the long-awaited expansion and rerouting of Missouri Route 141.

Gov. Claims I-69 Ahead of Schedule, Critics Wary EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) The Interstate 69 extension between Evansville and Bloomington is on budget and should open years ahead of schedule in 2014, Gov. Mitch Daniels said May 19. But critics said it’s being built below normal standards and will need repairs ahead of schedule. Daniels said the Federal Highway Administration recently approved environmental studies for the third of the highway’s six sections, giving the state the go-ahead to build the

southernmost 68 mi. (109 km) of the 142-mi. (228 km) freeway that will connect Evansville and Indianapolis. He said that stretch would be built by the end of 2012, three years ahead of schedule. Only the southernmost 2 mi. (3.2 km) just north of Evansville are open to traffic now. The Indiana Department of Transportation will release a draft of the environmental impact statement for the next 27-mi. (43 km) section, from Crane to Bloomington, by July 3, Daniels

said. He said construction on that section could begin next summer. “Completion to Bloomington will be years ahead of what anyone originally thought could be accomplished,” Daniels said in a statement. That prediction is “optimistic,” said Rep. Matt Pierce, D-Bloomington. Pierce said residents of the left-leaning Bloomington area will vigorously question INDOT’s environmental data, forcing the agency to do more analysis and see SCHEDULE page 37


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