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(CBS4) BOSTON A masonry contractor faces proposed fines totaling 119-thousand dollars from a scaffolding collapse in Boston last spring that killed three people.The U-S Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the penalties against Walpole-based Bostonian Masonry on Friday.Federal officials cited the firm for eight alleged safety violations in the April third accident at the construction site for Emerson College's new dormitory and campus center. Two workers and a passing motorist were killed when a construction platform plunged 13 stories.The accident happened when bracing was being removed as the scaffolding was being dismantled. Investigators found there was nothing to prevent the tower and platform from tipping when the bracing was removed.There was no immediate comment from Bostonian Masonry.
PASCAGOULA - Two Jackson County supervisors were pleased to hear from Gov. Haley Barbour this week, apologizing that their requests for information about the homeowner-grant program went unanswered. The Jackson County Board of Supervisors wrote the Mississippi Development Authority weeks ago, asking for an explanation of how home damage was assessed in the grant process and citing inequities in their county. They copied the letter to Barbour and received no reply. Supervisor John McKay complained in a news story he followed up with calls and still got no answers. Barbour told McKay and Supervisor Manly Barton, both of whom were mentioned in the article, he was not aware of the correspondence and complaints until he read about them in the Sun Herald.
Construction could begin next week on a recreation trail linking Correctionville and the county's Little Sioux Park. Efforts to build the trail began in 1999, and Schneider was asked if he thought the project would ever reach the point of construction."You never knew," he said, laughing.The conservation board has approved the $991,655 contract with Elk Horn Construction Company of Sergeant Bluff to build the 1.7-mile concrete trail. The opening date is targeted for July 1.It's been a long process, one that required four years to acquire right of way for the trail, then more time to secure grant money to pay for construction. And throughout the process, engineers and planners had to figure out how to cross the Little Sioux River.A 115-year-old historical railroad bridge extended halfway across the river, but the other half had been cut away by a salvager years ago.
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