MoDOT awards contracts for road improvements

Friday, April 8, 2005

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded three contracts Wednesday to improve roads in Southeast Missouri. The commission awarded a $7.12 million contract to Apex Paving Co. of Cape Girardeau to resurface 16 miles of Interstate 55 from Fruitland to Scott City. The contractor also was awarded a $7.7 million contract for diamond grinding the driving lanes and resurfacing the shoulders of 22 miles of Interstate 57 in Scott and Mississippi counties, and a $11.9 million contract for resurfacing of various sections of I-55 in Scott, New Madrid and Pemiscot counties, officials said. Construction is expected to start this summer and be completed by fall 2006.

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