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City officials are concerned that a pond built to control runoff water could pose a structural threat to the nearly completed Lakeside 370 Business Park levee.
As a result, City Administrator Bill Charnisky is seeking authority to spend $252,000 to cope with the matter if no other solution is found soon.
The concern is whether sand was exposed during excavation for the pond, which is just outside the levee in the Mississippi River flood plain. If sand is exposed, water from a major flood could seep under the levee and weaken it, Charnisky said.
Trinity Products Inc. built the pond to hold rainwater runoff from its 45-acre plant site in St. Charles, just east of the Lakeside 370 levee.
Trinity's owner, Robert Griggs, said Friday that the pond had been built to proper specifications, adding that the project was under way months before levee construction began last year.
Prague- The construction of a new building of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was launched today at Prague 10-Hagibor with representatives of the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, Foreign Minister Alexander Vondra and other Czech politicians attending. .
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Friday, driving the Dow to another all-time high as positive retail sales data helped the broader market, while a gain in oil prices pushed up energy shares such as Exxon Mobil Corp. September retail sales unexpectedly fell on a record decline in gasoline sales. However, when the record 9.3 percent drop in gasoline sales was stripped out of the government data, retail sales actually rose 0.6 percent on strong clothing and department store sales. That sign of a healthy economy gave investors a solid reason to buy shares. "It's no surprise the market is hanging in there," said Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in St. Louis, adding that "people are out there spending money. If you look at the retail sales numbers and strip out the gasoline, they look pretty good and they should be in a good job market with falling energy prices." Gains in recently out-of-favor large-cap tech stocks, including International Business Machines Corp.
Kentucky is receiving a grant from the United States' Department of Energy (DOE) to help teach builders and the public about the benefits of energy efficient buildings.The commonwealth will partner with the University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture to develop a program curriculum and the Cooperative Extension Service to help spread awareness of energy efficient buildings to the public, specifically homeowners. The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) will also help curriculum development and training.The application was for $485,731. A final award amount will be determined after the DOE negotiates and signs a final project agreement with the state. The University of Kentucky will also add an additional $140,933. The grand total of the project could be as high as $626,664 pending final contract negotiations with DOE.“This grant will help make Kentucky a leader in providing our citizens with better homes and buildings through education and technology," said Governor Ernie Fletcher.
Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey has confirmed the preliminary cost of the project for the construction of the rail link through the route of Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku. The Head of the Azerbaijan State Railway Department, Arif Askerov stated on 13 October that the preliminary cost of the project will be $422 mln, Trend reports. On 13 October, the Azerbaijani Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov will meet in Baku with the Georgian Economic Development Minister, Irakli Chogovadze, to discuss the issue of financing the project. The project to build a rail transport corridor through the route of Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku includes the construction of the rail stretch of Kars-Akhalkalaki 98 km long, with 68 km stretch through the territory of Turkey and a 30 km stretch through Georgia.
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