Pit & Quarry, October 2010
Industry briefs Transportation index The U S Chamber of Commerces first nationwide and stateby state Transportation Performance Indexes show a significant decline over the last five years in how Americas transportation infrastructure is serving the needs P Q AGGREGATES INDUSTRY INDEX October 205 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 2008 2009 2010 Source Pit Quarry of domestic commerce international trade and the overall U S economy Acquisition Luck Stone Corp purchased the Jack L Massie Aggregate Distribution Center in Williamsburg Va Expanded access More online information on Virginias mines is available at the Department of Mines Minerals and Energys DMME web site Visitors can access www dmme virginia gov Eye on the Blog Following is a selected entry from the Pit Quarry Editors Blog written by Contributing Editor Mark S Kuhar For whom the poll tolls A poll in USA Today asked how we should pay for road construction Forty one percent of the respondents preferred new tolls while 18 percent preferred new gas taxes But an astounding 41 percent said they prefer no new roads Is it possible that four out of every 10 Americans are satisfied with our roads and bridges and dont see the economic benefit of infrastructure development If that is truly the case while we are trying to convince Congress to pass SAFETEA LU reauthorization we should be working on better informing the average person on the street as well Mark S Kuhar Read other items from Pit Quarry editors at www pitandquarry com blog 300 250 200 150 6 PIT QUARRY October 2010 www pitandquarry com
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