 | Copyrighted story from the New Brunswick Business Journal News, originally published on May 8, 2008.
N.B. can benefit from Maine highway
By: Cole Hobson Times & Transcript
 | Peter Vigue, president and CEO of Cianbro Corporation explains the concept of the Maine East-West Corridor to business people in Moncton.
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New Brunswick - A proposed $1-billion east-west transportation corridor running through Maine could provide opportunity and economic growth for New Brunswick as the province moves towards its goal of selfsufficiency, according to the head of the private company spearheading the operation.
Peter Vigue is the chairman and chief executive officer of Cianbro Corporation, the construction firm based out of Maine which is exploring the feasibility of a 260-kilometre highway and utility corridor that would run across the state, south of Sherbrooke, Quebec and would link the Atlantic Canada Gateway project to the Ontario- Quebec Continental Gateway.
He stressed that the proposed project will be a partnership between the entire northeast region and significant benefits will be seen not only in Maine, but in the Atlantic provinces as well.
“Absolutely,” Vigue said, when asked whether the project’s development would help bring jobs and economic benefits into New Brunswick. “It has substantial opportunities because I believe there are a lot of people that are in a similar position in the Maritimes that we are in the state of Maine. We have a huge out migration of people that seek nothing more than an opportunity – not a hand out – but an opportunity. Which means a job and benefits and the opportunity to provide for themselves and live where they want to live.”
Vigue also highlights the fact that the project, particularly the transmission of electricity and natural gas, would be an asset to New Brunswick’s energy hub strategy, which aims to increase energy exports from the province to the lucrative New England market. (Read more...)
Copyrighted story from NBC 10 WJAR Turnto10.com News, originally published on April 30, 2008.
Highway official tours bridge project
Massachusetts' top highway official toured a key bridge construction project on the SouthCoast on Wednesday.
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Copyrighted story from WCSH Channel 6 News, originally published on April 24, 2008.
Cianbro Starts Work On Modules
By: Web Editor: Kara Matuszewski, Reporter/Anchor
 | Eastern Manufacturing Facility
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BREWER (NEWS CENTER) -- Work has begun at Cianbro's Eastern Manufacturing Facility on the 52 modules that will be sent from Brewer to an oil refinery Texas.
The company is a little behind schedule, but a spokesperson says now that they have permission to begin, they'll be working day in and day out.
Steve Foster said the iron workers have been anxious to get to work. "This is what we live for. This is the work that we do," he said. "The iron workers, they don't mind helping out with all the other stuff going on, but they love putting up the iron. That's what they do. They're good at it and they're really happy to finally be doing that after months of preparation."
Each piece of steel and every bucket of bolts has a bar code on it, so workers are able, by using computers, to put the pieces together just as the company in Texas wants. (Read more...)
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