As part of the Provincial Government’s historic investment of close to $1.4 billion in provincial roads and highways over the next five years, including $225 million in 2023-24, approximately $59 million in contracts has recently been awarded for road work throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

Fourteen contracts were recently awarded, including:

• A $6.9 million contract awarded to Farrell’s Excavating Ltd. for the rehabilitation of a section of the Burgeo Highway and the replacement of two structural plate pipe arches (Route 480);
• A $6.2 million contract awarded to J-1 Contracting Limited to rehabilitate various sections of Routes 335, 340 and 345;
• A $5.9 million contract awarded to Municipal Construction Ltd. for the paving of the Trans-Canada Highway from South Brook to West Bottom; rehabilitation of South Brook Bridge; rehabilitation of Grand Falls-Windsor Overpass eastbound and westbound; and the rehabilitation of Grand Falls-Windsor pedestrian overpass;
• A $5.7 million contract awarded to JCL Investments Inc. to pave sections of St. George’s Highway (Route 461); Codroy Road (Route 406); and Block Road (Route 407-13);
• A $5.4 million contract awarded to Marine Contractors Inc. for rehabilitation of a section of the Trans-Canada Highway from Doyles towards Tompkins;
• A $5 million contract to Nortech Construction Co. Ltd. to pave a section of Route 212 and replace a culvert on Route 210;
• A $4.2 million contract to Farrell’s Excavating Limited for the rehabilitation of the Whiteway South Highway (Route 420) and Country Road Hampden (Route 421-11);
• A $4 million contract awarded to Marine Contractors Inc. to pave a section of Cormack Road (Route 422) from Route 430 towards the Town of Cormack Municipal Building and a section of Howley Road (Route 401); and to patch sections of highway between Deer Lake Underpass (TCH-115) and Humber River Bridge;
• A $3.7 million contract awarded to Bay By Bay Ltd. for bridge rehabilitation on Route 360 and 361 – Southeast Brook Bridge, Bay D’Espoir Causeway Bridge, and Miguel’s Brook Bridge;
• A $3.5 million contract awarded to Concord Paving Limited to pave a section of Route 70 through Bay Roberts from Farm Road to north of the Water Street intersection; pave a section of Lead Cove (Route 80); and pave a section of Perry’s Cove (Route 70-37);
• A $2.9 million contract awarded to Nortech Construction Co. Ltd. to pave a section of Route 220;
• A $2.4 million contract awarded to Bay By Bay Ltd. for the rehabilitation of the Red Harbour East River Bridge and Red Harbour West River Bridge (Route 210); and rehabilitation of the Southeast Brook Bridge (Route 211-10) and Terrenceville Brook Bridge (Route 211);
• A $1.6 million contract awarded to Marine Contractors Inc. to pave main road through Trout River (Route 431-14) and culvert replacement on Riverside Drive (Route 431-14-2); and
• A $1.4 million contract awarded to C&T Enterprises Ltd. for the rehabilitation of Postville Airport, apron and access road.

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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“We know the importance of access throughout Newfoundland and Labrador and ensuring safe and reliable roadways. We continue to award numerous contracts for improvements, which will not only improve the condition of our provincial roads and highways, but also equip them to withstand the impacts of climate change. Our historical investment in roads allows us to complete more construction, including construction in rural regions.”
Honourable John G. Abbott
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure

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