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		<title>Hilti: See inside concrete structures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scan concrete structures quickly and accurately to get large-area 2D or 3D images of what’s inside with Hilti’s PS 1000 X-Scan Radar Detection System.
Using a hand-guided scanner with color display, move the scanner horizontally and vertically across a measured template grid and analyze the scans immediately on the X-Scan display. With the aid of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/hilti-see-inside-concrete-structures/</link>
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		<title>Caterpillar: E Series meets new emissions regs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The five new compact-radius Cat E Series Mini Hydraulic Excavators — 303.5E CR, 304E CR, 305E CR, 305.5E CR and 308E CR SB — all use new engines that meet Stage IIIB /Tier 4 Interim emissions regulations and incorporate new features such as the Complete Operation, Maintenance, Performance, And Security System (COMPASS) control panel, standard [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/caterpillar-e-series-meets-new-emissions-regs/</link>
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		<title>Komatsu: Increases engine, decreases fuel consumption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Komatsu America Corp.’s PC390LC-10 hydraulic excavator has a flywheel horsepower of 257 horsepower and is powered by a Komatsu SAA6D114E-5 engine and is EPA Tier 4 Interim and EU Stage 3B emissions certified.
Every Komatsu Tier 4 Interim construction machine comes standard with Komatsu CARE complimentary factory scheduled maintenance for 2,000 hours or the first three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/komatsu-increases-engine-decreases-fuel-consumption/</link>
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		<title>I-40 West lane reopened in Tennessee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of two lanes of Interstate 40 West near the Tennessee-North Carolina border has been reopened following a Jan. 31 rockslide between mile markers 450 and 451, the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) said.
Workers are stabilizing the slope, TDOT said. A 1,500-ton boulder was removed that could have fallen on the roadway. A second phase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/i-40-west-lane-reopened-in-tennessee/</link>
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		<title>Paccar recalls trucks equipped with defective part</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Paccar Inc. has recalled about 16,000  2012- and 2013-model Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks equipped with a defective Bendix brake component.
The trucks were built between Jan. 31, 2011, and Jan. 19, 2012, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The agency said the trucks are equipped with Bendix ATR-6 antilock  traction relay valves that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/paccar-recalls-trucks-equipped-with-defective-part/</link>
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		<title>Rental has stellar 2011, sees 7 percent growth this year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Rental Association expects overall North American rental industry revenues to increase &#8220;at least&#8221; 7 percent in 2012 to total $33.5 billion, based on figures compiled by IHS Global Insight. This number reflects the total forecasted for ARA&#8217;s three segments &#8212; construction and industrial, general tool rental and party and event &#8212; in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/rental-has-stellar-2011-sees-7-percent-growth-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Senate Finance Committee votes to increase pre-tax benefits for public transportation commuters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on Feb. 7 approved legislation that would reverse cuts to the monthly pre-tax transit benefits available to commuters who use public transportation and vanpools.
If approved by Congress, the bill will restore the monthly amount that can be set aside for public transportation expenses to $240 a month, rather than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/senate-finance-committee-votes-to-increase-pre-tax-benefits-for-public-transportation-commuters/</link>
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		<title>Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition responds to Gov. Corbett&#8217;s budget address</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Keystone Transportation Funding Coalition commended  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett&#8216;s for embracing a comprehensive transportation funding  plan as one of his administration&#8217;s top priorities. He delivered the address on Feb. 7 in Harrisburg, Pa.
The coalition was encouraged by his insistence that the solution must  be a lasting one.  The organizations says Corbett&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/keystone-transportation-funding-coalition-responds-to-gov-corbetts-budget-address/</link>
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		<title>AIC awarded $15 million task order by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Motor Carrier  Safety  Administration (FMCSA) awarded Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) a task order to provide information technology (IT)   modernization services in support of Portal Modernization Stage Two of  FMCSA&#8217;s IT Modernization Program.
The follow-on task order has a  one-year base period of performance, two six-month options, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/aic-awarded-15-million-task-order-by-federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration/</link>
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		<title>Texas project gets bigger, better with stabilization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href='http://www.betterroads.com/texas-project-gets-bigger-better-with-stabilization/'><img src='http://www.betterroads.com/files/2012/02/7.22.10-055-300x168.jpg' class='imgtfe' width='70' alt='Image with no title' /></a><a href='http://www.betterroads.com/texas-project-gets-bigger-better-with-stabilization/'><img src='http://www.betterroads.com/files/2012/02/7.22.10-055-300x168.jpg' class='imgtfe' width=100 alt='Image with no title' /></a><img src='http://www.betterroads.com/files/2012/02/7.22.10-055-300x168.jpg' class='imgtfe' width=170 alt='Image with no title' />
Texans work hard to ensure everything is bigger and better in the Lone Star State, and their road projects are no exception.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) was in the process of widening State Highway 154 in Sulphur Springs, Texas, when it called on Tensar International Corp., a manufacturer of geogrid, to assist the agency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.betterroads.com/texas-project-gets-bigger-better-with-stabilization/</link>
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