Gov. Heineman News: Recovery Funds Awarded for State Road Improvements

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 29, 2009, 2:15 p.m. CT

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Recovery Funds Awarded for State Road Improvements

(Lincoln, Neb.) Gov. Dave Heineman today announced the distribution of more than $22 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for upgrades to state highways. The six projects make up the third group of state projects to be awarded ARRA funding in Nebraska.

This phase of improvements includes:

Project Location	County	Contractor	Contract Amount
N/10/US-30, In Kearney	Buffalo	Paulsen, Inc.	$2,251,125
N-35, Hubbard North & South	Dakota	Hawkins Construction Co.	$1,887,752
N-91, Taylor East	Loup	Paulsen, Inc.	$2,079,215
I-80, Wood River – Grand Island	Hall	Vontz Paving, Inc.	$5,145,542
US-281/US-34, Grand Island South	Hall	Diamond Engineering	$6,329,248
N-71, Neb./Colo. Line North	Kimball	Werner Construction	$4,522,733

In addition, the next series of ARRA-related projects to be offered for contract bids by the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) have been released. Bid letting is scheduled for June 25, with contracts to be awarded after that date. Information on these and other projects is available on the NDOR website, http://www.transportation.nebraska.gov.

The next round of projects includes two projects:

Project Location	County	Improvement Work
Air Park – I-180, Lincoln	Lancaster	Resurfacing
Mo. River Bridge – 13th St., Omaha	Douglas	Reconstruction

So far, $76.5 million of the $157.8 million received for state road and bridge improvements has been awarded. An estimated 60 percent of the ARRA funding for state highways will have been committed after the June bid letting. NDOR will continue to release new projects for bid every month until all state road ARRA funds have been awarded.