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industries in northwestern Alberta, includ-ing
the forestry, oil and gas and tourism
sectors.
The investment will finance 18 highway
infrastructure projects over the next three
years, including:
• A total of 180 kilometres of highway
improvements
• Grade widening, repaving, safety rest
areas, new climbing lanes and culvert
repairs
• Two bridge replacements in the Grande
Cache area (crossing the Smoky and
Berland rivers)
These changes will help make life bet-ter
for the people who work and live in
northwestern Alberta by improving high-way
safety, strengthening market ac-cess
and upgrading connections between
Hinton, Grande Cache and Grande Prairie.
Altogether, these highway infrastructure
projects are expected to support more than
500 jobs in the construction sector over
three years.
The 18 projects on Highway 40 are part
of the province’s Three-Year Provincial
Construction Program (2017-2020) that was
released with Budget 2017. Construction
on some of the projects has already begun.
Others are scheduled to begin during up-coming
construction seasons.
Canadian Concrete Expo
The Canadian Concrete Expo (CCE) is an
industry-only trade show that will feature
more than 250 exhibiting companies on
200,000 square feet of exhibition space. CCE
will foster commerce, partnerships, educa-tion
and face-to-face meetings.
Exhibitors from across the coun-try
will be able to perform on-site prod-uct
comparisons and research the latest
concrete technology.
Attending industry professionals will be
attracted to CCE knowing every exhibiting
company provides equipment, products
and/or services to a national or regional
market in Canada.
The show will attract thousands of con-crete
industry professionals. Fifty to 60 per
cent of attendees will be from Ontario and
35 to 40 per cent will represent the rest of
the country. Additionally, eight to 10 per
cent of attendees will be from New York
and Michigan due to close proximity to the
show location in Toronto.
Centrally located in the Greater Toronto
Area at The International Centre’s state-of-the-
art trade show and conference facility
providing ease of access by car from across
Ontario. Toronto’s Pearson International
Airport is located only minutes away from
the venue and thousands of hotel rooms
are available in the immediate area for at-tendees
and exhibitors visiting from across
the country.
CCE will also feature site-tours, product
demonstrations, networking events, and
educational sessions focusing on Canadian
policies, standards, procedures, economy
and environment.
The event takes place February 7 and 8,
2018 in Toronto. More information can be
found at www.canadianconcreteexpo.com.
CASE announces
enhancements to its N
Series Backhoe loader line
CASE Construction Equipment has intro-duced
several machine enhancements to
its N Series backhoe loaders incorporated
throughout the machine – from cab and
drivetrain improvements to enhancements
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