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U.S. 10 WORK. Maintenance work is scheduled at two locations on U.S. 10 in Winnebago County. The westbound U.S. 10 off-ramp at County CB will be closed from 8:30 a.m. Monday to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Crews will be making concrete repairs. One lane will be closed on westbound U.S. 10 about three miles east of State 76 on Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily. Crews will be leveling the approaches to the railroad bridge. U.S. 41 REPAIRS. Concrete repairs have been taking place on U.S. 41 between Breezewood Lane in Winnebago County and State 15 in Outagamie County. The project was scheduled for completion Friday, but the deadline has been extended to 6 a.m. Wednesday. Through 6 a.m. Monday, all lanes and ramps on U.S. 41 will be open. From 6 p.m. Monday to 6 a.m.
MARGATE — After two major public hearings and countless Planning Board meetings, proposed amendments to the city's master plan were passed Thursday in hopes of maintaining the current character of the city by avoiding the construction of tall, obtrusive homes. The new plan, which takes effect after 60 days, does not allow most homes to have more than 2 habitable stories and also includes a permissible height reduction of 2 feet. The reduction adds to amendments made in 2004 that trimmed the allowable height of most homes by 4 feet. “These changes have received overwhelming support," Mayor Vaughan Reale said after the meeting, which only lasted about 10 minutes. “Even though the meeting flew by, this took a lot of time and a lot of work to get done." The limitations, which do not apply to beach blocks, bayfront homes or multifamily zones, were made in hopes of keeping the city as a predominantly 1 story home community.
PORT ST. LUCIE The number of permits issued for new single-family homes in the city dropped last month to the lowest level since the building boom hit in 2002. The city issued 159 single-family permits in September, about 50 fewer than the amount issued in August and a 76 percent decrease from September 2005. Optimistic because of lower interest rates, a small increase in multifamily home construction and the selling of surplus homes, city officials are betting permits will level off in the next year to about 200 permits per month. .
THE Chinese People's Liberation Army has donated earthmoving construction equipment worth US$1 million to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, a development that will go a long way in alleviating accommodation problems in the force. The heavy plant equipment that includes a grader, bulldozer, front-end loader, two tipping trucks and a toolbox would be used for clearing and levelling new construction sites, opening access roads and excavation of ponds in the construction of sewer systems for ZDF personnel. The equipment was presented to deputy secretary for policy, Public Relations and International Affairs in the Ministry of Defence Mr Patrick Machaya on behalf of Defence Secretary Mr Trust Maphosa by Chinese defence attaché Senior Colonel Tian Jianjun at a brief ceremony at Pomona Barracks yesterday.
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