Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 09, 2022
KYTC Expands Mountain Parkway
Considered critical in attracting people to eastern Kentucky, the $754 million Mountain Parkway Expansion will widen and improve 32 mi. of existing parkway between Campton and Salyersville and extend the parkway by approximately 14 mi....
CEG - Wed November 09, 2022
OPEI Welcomes Record Numbers to Equip Expo 2022 in Louisville
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute's (OPEI) Equip Exposition (Equip Expo) set records this year with both exhibit space and attendance reaching new highs for the show formerly known as the GIE+Expo....
Bruce Schreiner - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed October 12, 2022
Groundbreaking Advances Emerging Battery Production
Kentucky reached another stage in developing an electric vehicle battery sector Aug. 30, with groundbreaking for a $2 billion plant by a Japanese company that will create 2,000 full-time jobs. The Envision AESC factory at Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky will produce battery cells and modules that will power electric vehicles produced by multiple automakers....
CEG - Wed October 05, 2022
Recycling Today Events Hosts Inaugural Scrap Expo
Recycling Today Events held its inaugural Scrap Expo at the Kentucky Exposition Fairgrounds in Louisville Sept. 13 to 14. The event, with an attendance of nearly 800, attracted scrap, recycling and demolition professionals from throughout the United States....
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Wed September 28, 2022
ABC Installs Truss On Cumberland River Bridge in Kentucky
With two of the four jacking towers removed, the flotilla that transported and placed a 700-ft. truss on the new $63 million U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland, Ky., has moved away from the construction site....
Office of Gov. Andy Beshear - Tue September 13, 2022
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Begins Work On Bridges Damaged By Flooding
Gov. Andy Beshear announced Sept. 2 that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has begun construction to permanently replace county and state bridges damaged by the devastating flooding that occurred in eastern Kentucky in late July....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue September 13, 2022
Rebuilt Runway Highlights Expansion at Cincinnati Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) has seen a buzz of construction projects recently. The airport continues to make waves in the area with an annual economic impact of $6.8 billion....
Bruce Schreiner and John Raby – ASSOCIATED PRESS - Wed August 17, 2022
Infrastructure Damage Hampers Flood Recovery in Kentucky
HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) Damage to critical infrastructure and the arrival of more heavy rains hampered efforts to help Kentucky residents hit by massive flooding last month Gov. Andy Beshear said. As residents in Appalachia tried to slowly piece their lives back together, flash flood warnings were issued for at least eight eastern Kentucky counties....
AASHTO - Mon August 08, 2022
Officials Make Changes to Brent Spence Bridge Project
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) recently revamped their joint Brent Spence Bridge Corridor plan, unveiling a new proposal that shrinks the project's impact on the surrounding local properties....
Louisville Paving & Construction - Wed July 20, 2022
Louisville Paving & Construction Names F. Hunter Strickler Its President
After having been involved in the family business for nearly two decades, fifth-generation leader F. Hunter Strickler has become Louisville Paving & Construction's new president. Strickler has dedicated his career to Louisville Paving & Construction, having navigated his way through the organization from a summer laborer during high school and college, to a night shift Superpave plant technologist on paving crews and at the company's Bluegrass Testing Laboratory....
