Wednesday, April 4, 2012

NCDOT awards $103M in federal stimulus work - Boston Business Journal:

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million to be spent in the Triangle, Gov. Bev Perdue’ s office announced Friday. The 17 which total $102.8 million, stretch across 21 countiesx aroundthe state. Two other resurfacing projects, one on I-440 in Wake Countu and one on U.S. 64 in Nash and Edgecombe counties, will be awarded if the low bidder demonstratesz that it hasmet “good faith effort” requirements in attempting to reach the disadvantagedf business enterprise goals set fortn in the contracts. The slow econom translated into quite a discountfor NCDOT. The bids receivexd on all 19 economic recovery projectsa came in nearly 25percent -- or aboutt $36.7 million -- below NCDOT estimates.
Work on all contractsz will start in late June orearly • Resurfacing and shoulder reconstructiom on 3.8 miles of I-540 between I-40 and U.S. 70 in Wake and Durha counties. The $2.2 million contract was awardef toof Raleigh. The project is scheduled to start as earlg as July 7 and is slated for completiom byMay 27, 2010. • Resurfaciny 11 miles of I-40 from west of Morgam Road in Johnston Countyy to the SampsonCounty line. The $2.2 millionm contract was awarded toof Wilson. The project is scheduled to begin as early as July 13 and should be completexby Nov. 15. Resurfacing 23.2 miles of U.S. 64 between the Franklin-Nash Countyg line and Winstead Avenue inNash County. The $3.
3 millio n contract was awardedto S.T. Wooten The project is scheduled to starg as early as July 13 and will be completeby Nov. 15. The Federal Highway Administration estimates thatevery $1 million spent on transportatio n creates 30 jobs. The department also awardedr contractsworth $63 millio for seven non-stimulus projects, but none of those are in the NCDOT will receive a totapl of $838 million in stimulus including $735 million for highway and bridge

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