(WV) $74 million contract awarded for US 35
- From: "Sherman L. Cahal" <shermancahal@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 30 Mar 2007 16:09:54 -0700
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/NEWS01/70329040/-1/NEWS13
$73.8 million contract awarded for U.S. 35 upgrade
The Associated Press
Thursday, March, 29, 2007
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia has awarded its first highway
contract that combines engineering services and construction in one
package.
"The design-build delivery method has been more prevalent in private
sector work but is gaining more acceptance among public sector
transportation agencies," Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox said
Thursday. "This is the first design-build project the Division of
Highways has awarded, and combining what would normally be two
contracts into one will help us continue progress on a route this
administration has made a priority."
The $73.8 million contract was awarded to award to Kokosing
Construction Co. Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, for construction of a 6.28-
mile stretch of U.S. Route 35 in Putnam County. Work is scheduled to
begin in May and be completed by April 2009.
Gov. Joe Manchin said the contract is being financed with Grant
Anticipation Revenue Vehicles bonds. Such bonds are issued and sold
based on estimates of future federal transportation funding, allowing
states to begin work on projects that they anticipate will receive
funding.
Manchin said the so-called GARVEE bonds have allowed the state to
accelerate work on upgrading U.S. 35 from two lanes to four lanes.
The highway is used heavily by tractor trailers traveling between Ohio
and West Virginia and has been the site of numerous accidents.
Between January 1999 and December 2005, 27 people died and 213 people
were injured in 763 wrecks between Point Pleasant and Winfield,
according to the state Division of Highways.
Ohio has already upgraded its section of the route to four lanes.
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