After spending a good deal of time in the upper midwest educating the public about the importance of a long-term highway bill, The Road Connection team heads to The Lone Star State to visit T-K-O Equipment on May 30, 2012.

As part of the grassroots campaign, a key initiative of The Road Connection is to provide members of the public information on the grave challenges facing U.S. infrastructure, specifically this country’s roads and bridges. Furthermore, The Road Connection team is taking their message to those in the transportation and construction industries, including dealer locations, open houses and trade shows, so that they too understand the severity of the situation.

At the end of the month, T-K-O Equipment in Grand Prairie, Texas, opened its doors to The Road Connection to speak with their employees about the current status of the highway bill and discuss some of the advantages that a comprehensive bill would bring to a struggling U.S. economy. Additionally, The Road Connection team urged T-K-O employees to contact their senators and representatives in Congress from The Road Connection web site.

Since 1978, T-K-O Equipment has worked hard to become one of the premier firms in the rental, sale and purchase of heavy construction and crushing equipment. In addition to a large inventory of Caterpillar equipment, T-K-O carries a full line of Kolberg-Pioneer (KPI) rock crushers.

For more information, visit www.tkoequip.com.

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