HICKORY – Yesterday, the N.C. Department of Transportation awarded an $8.5 million contract to improve mobility on a section of N.C. 127 between First Avenue SE and Second Avenue SE.
The project includes several improvements:
- A westbound turn lane from N.C. 127 onto First Avenue SE
- Dual eastbound turn lanes from N.C. 127 to Second Avenue SE
- Construction of concrete islands with aesthetic treatments, allowing for pedestrian refuge and controlling turn movements onto N.C. 127
- Traffic signal conversions to mast arms with pedestal-mounted pedestrian signals and aesthetic treatments
- Replacement of existing sidewalk
Contractor Caton Construction Group Inc. can start work as early as July 9 and have the project completed in the spring of 2027.
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