Police Escorts For Concrete Trucks In Manhattan

Trucks carrying concrete must reach their destination within 90 minutes. Due to traffic jams on Manhattan streets and bridges, the city is considering police escorts for concrete trucks and new concrete plants.

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September 29, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"City officials and construction executives are considering building concrete plants on the waterfront in Manhattan for the first time in more than a decade because traffic jams on bridges have stalled trucks' delivery of concrete to building sites and have idled hundreds of workers."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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