CONTRACT GIVEN FOR RESURFACING ALONG ROUTE W

More than nine miles of Route W, from Route 177 to the new construction at Route 61-34, will be resurfaced, the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission has announced.

Freeman McCullah, the department's southeast district engineer, said the department awarded a contract Feb. 7 in the amount of $225,961 to Girardeau Contractors Inc. of Cape Girardeau for the work.

Construction could begin in March of this year. Completion is expected by Oct. 1. The project will resurface over the existing pavement with a one-inch overlay.

Bob Wilson, resident engineer, will be in charge of the project.