Re: NC: I-40 widening in Asheville to begin in next few weeks

"RoadPhan" <cavanacw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051007/BUSINESS/510070315/1003
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>I-40 widening project to start in next few weeks
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>ASHEVILLE - Construction to widen a section of Interstate 40 to eight
>lanes should begin in the next few weeks, the contractor said Thursday.
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>Asheville-based Taylor & Murphy Construction Co. won the $42.9 million
>contract to ease a daily traffic bottleneck at rush hours between the
>I-26/I-40/I-240 interchange to the I-40/U.S. 19-23-74 interchange near
>Enka.
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>The company will start construction work on the westbound lanes first,
>so drivers should see some relief from traffic jams before the project
>is completed by May 2008, said Chris Britton, the design-build manager.
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>The design-build project is the first of its kind in the western part
>of the state. Rather than have Department of Transportation engineers
>design the project then pass the plans onto a contractor, Taylor-Murphy
>will design and build the project, saving time and money. Britton said
>construction will begin on phase one while design plans are being
>finalized for phase two. Two lanes in each direction will be kept open
>during the day, but the company will close lanes at night between 8
>p.m. and 6:30 a.m., Britton said.
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>Rick Lutovsky, president of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce,
>called the construction project "good news for the area. That section
>of I-40 is a bottleneck that is only getting worse."

Technically, the state did create the original preliminary design. In
our design/build program, once the preliminary design is completed, a
hearing is held and the document signed, then the contractor/PEF is
assigned the project. They are responsible for the final design work,
but the 'design' is already roughed in. They are left to get the
hydraulic, any structures, R/W, and final design details done without
waiting for the state to finish the entire plan package.

John Lansford, PE
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The unofficial I-26 Construction Webpage:
http://users.vnet.net/lansford/a10/
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