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With the Virginia General Assembly gridlocked over how to fund new road construction, it could be a long time before that happens. In the meantime, Covey said, Roanoke County is trying to carry on with its plans while still keeping an eye on the future. "We as the county are trying to stay involved, and knowing this is years down the road," Covey said, "but also be at the table if it ever comes about, so we can negotiate at that point." Parties signing the agreement were: Roanoke; Roanoke County; Franklin County; Henry County; the National Park Service on behalf of the Blue Ridge Parkway; VDOT; the Federal Highway Administration; two historic-preservation agencies; and Virginians for Appropriate Roads. The latter group had argued that Oak Hill, an Old Order German Baptist community in Franklin County, should receive government protection as a historic area.
Representatives from the Nebraska Department of Roads plan to conduct a question-and-answer session with the public Tuesday about its plan to widen a portion of Highway 36. The plan calls for increasing the number of lanes on the highway between I-680 and Highway 31. It could include construction of an interchange at Blair High Road. Department of Roads officials say homes and other structures might need to be acquired as part of the project. The meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Bennington High School at 16610 Bennington Road. .
Thieves made off with $8.6 million after they broke into the office of the company working on a section of the North Coast Highway, Phil Construction Limited at Lanhumley, St. Mary.
According to the police the thieves gained entry to the premises between Thursday night and Friday morning, by breaking a glass door at the back of the premises.They removed a safe containing JA$3 million, $4.7 million in cheques and US$14,000.Constable Angella McTaggart of the Constabulary Communication Newtwork told RJR News that the security guards on the site are being questioned by the police. Phil Construction is responsible for the segment of the North Coast Highway Improvement project which runs from Port Antonio to Ocho Rios, St. Ann. .
BY MOLLY NANCE As the end of the year approaches, the construction industry will see a smooth transition into 2007, a prediction based on the 31st annual CIT Construction Industry Forecast. CIT Construction offers financial products and services to contractors, equipment dealers, equipment-rental companies and other construction-related clients. The firm is a unit of CIT Group Inc., a New York City-based commercial and consumer finance company, with $68 billion in managed assets. Its annual report is a national culmination of industry insiders predictions for a relatively positive future for the next year, including an upswing in the commercial real estate market. The 900 contractors and equipment distributors that were surveyed measured their perceptions of next years progress from what is called an Optimism Quotient, or OQ.
With the Virginia General Assembly gridlocked over how to fund new road construction, it could be a long time before that happens. In the meantime, Covey said, Roanoke County is trying to carry on with its plans while still keeping an eye on the future. "We as the county are trying to stay involved, and knowing this is years down the road," Covey said, "but also be at the table if it ever comes about, so we can negotiate at that point." Parties signing the agreement were: Roanoke; Roanoke County; Franklin County; Henry County; the National Park Service on behalf of the Blue Ridge Parkway; VDOT; the Federal Highway Administration; two historic-preservation agencies; and Virginians for Appropriate Roads. The latter group had argued that Oak Hill, an Old Order German Baptist community in Franklin County, should receive government protection as a historic area.
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