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logbook Trucking adds 7,300 jobs in May For-hire carriers added 7,300 payroll jobs in May, up from a revised 2,700-job increase in April, according to estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Payroll employment in trucking was up 0.6 percent over April and 3.4 percent over May 2011. Employment is up by 109,100 jobs, or 8.8 percent, from the bottom in March 2010, but it remains 110,100 jobs, or 7.6 percent, below the peak in January 2007. — Staff reports HIGHWA Y HAPPENINGS COLORADO. The state is installing high- definition TV monitors at truck stops that will offer streaming video on roadway, weather and traffic conditions on major highways. Walmart Transportation has donated 20 42-inch monitors, and CDOT is installing software for the service, which began June 1 at Johnson's Corner Truck Stop. FLORIDA. Construction along a 9.4-mile stretch of I-75 in Sarasota County from north of River Road to State Road 681 is scheduled to be completed this summer. The project includes bridge construction and widening the interstate from four to six lanes. INDIANA. A resurfacing project on I-70 in Clay and Putnam counties from six miles east of State Road 59 to three miles west of State Road 243 will cause lane restric- tions until the end of the month. MAINE. The Turnpike Authority has pre- sented 10 options for upping tolls, but favors a plan focusing on hikes for the York, New Gloucester and West Gardiner toll plazas. Hikes would be roughly 50 percent greater than current tolls. The authority is accepting written comment through July 16. MICHIGAN. The Ambassador Bridge Plaza now has a two-lane road for inbound com- mercial vehicles from Canada, eliminating the need for trucks to use neighborhood streets. The road provides truckers a direct route from the plaza to I-75 and I-96. Reconfiguring multi-lane roads with- in the plaza should be done by October. MISSOURI. As part of its initiative to expand interstate truck parking, the state is transforming I-29 rest areas to truck parking. The Mound City rest areas will offer 60 spaces each after conversion. The locations will provide minimal facili- ties. NEW YORK. Ten bridges on Route 400 in Erie and Monroe counties are undergoing repair projects, which are scheduled to be completed this fall. One lane of traffic will be maintained in both directions during construction. 72 OVERDRIVE JULY 2012 NORTH CAROLINA. A 1.5-mile section of N.C. 194 is closed in Watauga County, east of Banner Elk, to allow crews to perform road work related to the construction of a retain- ing wall. Work is expected to be completed in October. Drivers are advised to follow the detour of Pigeon Roost Road. TRUCKING OPPORTUNITIES Circle 215 on Reader Service Card or visit overdrive.hotims.com