The North Carolina Department of Transportation awarded two contracts totaling more than $22 million to repave Interstates 95 and 74 in Robeson County.
According to a press release from the NCDOT, the money will be used “to mill away the old asphalt, repave the roadway and place permanent lane markers” along sections of the two interstates.
The sections included are:
- I-74 between mile marker 200 and 215
- I-95 between mile marker 22 and mile marker 40
“The department awarded a $11.9 million contract to Johnson Brothers Utility & Paving Co. Inc. of Lillington to refresh almost 15 miles of I-74,” states the release. “And a contract worth $11.9 million went to Highland Paving Co. of Fayetteville to repave about 18 miles of I-95.”
Work can begin on both contracts next spring and “must be completed by summer 2020,” according to the release. For I-74, the contractor “will not close lanes on the weekends because of increased beach traffic” and work on I-95 “will be done at night Sunday through Thursday when lanes are reduced.”
“This is one of 12 highway, bridge and ferry projects awarded in October by the N.C. Department of Transportation. As required by state law, the contracts went to the lowest qualified bidder,” the release also says. “They are worth $79 million, which is $2.6 million under engineer estimates.”