About 69.4 miles of roadway located along four state and federal
highways, plus 60 other secondary roads will be repaved in Burke County.
The N.C. Department of Transportation awarded a $7.3 million
contract to Maymead Inc. of Mountain City, Tennessee. Notable roadways that will
be paved under this contract include the following:
• About 4 miles
of Morganton Boulevard Southwest (N.C. 64) between Putnam Street and Duckworth
Drive
• About 3.2 miles of Main Street West (U.S. 70) between East
Union Street and Craig Avenue
• A 2 mile stretch on N.C. 126 near
Old N.C. Highway 105
• About 1.8 miles of Drexel Road (N.C. 114)
between Main Street West and Interstate 40
The Department awarded the contract in June 2018, and construction
may start this July. The contractor has until October 2019 to complete the
projects.
This was one of 25 road and bridge contracts recently awarded by
the N.C. Department of Transportation. Per state law they went to the lowest
qualified bidder for each project. The contracts are worth nearly $630
million.