Highway work flat

Although aggregates production is down, the value of work completed on state and local highway and street construction projects was $75.8 billion in May, up 0.5 percent from April's revised total of $75.4 billion, according to AEM. Compared to May 2006, the value of work increased 3.6 percent. The value of pavement work in May fell 2.3 percent to $46.6 billion. The value of work done on bridges rose 6.6 percent to $23.6 billion. Your comment?