Additional contracts awarded for various roadwork projects

The provincial government has recently awarded four contracts for roadwork in various regions of the province.

Recent contracts total $20.8 million and will include work on routes on the Great Northern Peninsula, the west coast, Burin Peninsula, and the Avalon Peninsula.

Contracts include:

• A $9.4 million contract awarded to JCL Investments Inc. to replace culverts and pave sections of Bide Arm Road (Route 433-10); Port aux Choix Road (Route 430-28); Cow Head Main Street (Route 430-21-1); Barbe Ferry Road (Route 430-50); Loop Road (Route 430-52); Reefs Harbour Road (Route 430-36); and grade Croque Road (Route 438);

• A $5.4 million contract to Marine Contractors Ltd. for culvert replacements between Corner Brook and Pynn’s Brook Weigh Scales, and rehabilitation of the ramp to Humber Village (Exit 9);

• A $4.3 million contract awarded to Nortech Construction Co. Ltd. for widening, paving, installation of sidewalk and replacement of culverts along a section of (Route 210) at McGettigan Boulevard in Marystown; and

• A $1.7 million contract awarded to Municipal Construction Limited to remove and replace various sections of asphalt along the Trans-Canada Highway in the areas of Conception Bay South, Harbour Main and Placentia-St. Mary’s.