Government announces highway projects

    Monday, 31 July 2023 16:00

    By Tonya Organ

    A $1.6 million contract awarded to Marine Contractors Inc. to pave the main road through Trout River and culvert replacement on Riverside Drive in Corner Brook.

    Government has announced close to $1.4 billion over the next 5 years will be spent on provincial roads and highways. This includes $225 million this year and $59 million has already been awarded for contracts. Fourteen contracts were awarded today including a $6.9 million contract for the rehabilitation of a section of the Burgeo Highway and the replacement of two structural plate pipe arches. A $1.6 million contract awarded to Marine Contractors Inc. to pave the main road through Trout River and culvert replacement on Riverside Drive in Corner Brook. $5.7 million will be used to pave sections of St. George’s Highway and $4 million will be used to pave a section of Cormack Road, the Deer Lake underpass and the Humber River Bridge. 

    Information on tenders issued and awarded by the department and other public bodies is available by visiting www.merx.com/govnl. Information on active highway construction projects and repairs is also available by visiting https://511nl.ca/ and on the NL 511 mobile app.

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