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July 13 2022 Vol. XXXIV • No. 14
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S.T. Wooten Makes Progress On I-95 Project By Chuck MacDonald CEG CORRESPONDENT
LEGO Plans to Build $1B Toy Factory Near Richmond, Va. ...8
Linder Industrial Opens New Ft. Myers, Fla., Facility...20
Skanska Spearheads Campus Replacement in Tampa...28
A map of the United States reveals that I-95 snakes its way from northern Maine all the way to southern Florida. This interstate is the major link between most of the cities on the eastern seaboard. With a length of nearly 2,000 mi., I-95 is the longest north-south interstate in the country. According to the Corridor Coalition, this interstate serves more than 100 million people and carries 40 percent of the United States’ gross national product. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and its partners have embraced an ambitious multi-year plan to make a key section of this vital corridor more navigable with less congestion. The current focus is to widen an 18-mi. section of I-95 from four lanes to eight. The section extending from exit 55 (Murphy Road) to 71 (Long Branch Road) also will see several bridges demolished and built higher, in most cases up to a minimum of 17 ft. clearance, to accommodate today’s larger loads being hauled by trucks. Begun in 2019, the initial contract is approximately 50 percent complete. S.T. Wooten is the prime contractor on the project, with some 20 subcontractors playing a role in the undertaking. The road-widening project began near
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The work will require some 1.4 million tons of asphalt.
Fayetteville and will extend just past the interchange with I-40 and will include modernizing off ramps and realigning some of the service roads near the ramps. The estimated cost to widen all 25 mi. from mile markers 55 to 81 is $710 million. The work will be partially paid for from federal funds with
the majority coming from NCDOT’s highway trust fund. Project overseers plan on rebuilding at least six interchanges with new ramps, loops and overpasses. Bicycle and pedestrian accommodations also will be added to some of the overpass bridges. see NCDOT page 32
Airport Construction Funding Soars National, State, Local Entities Open Wallets to Improve Facilities — Big, Small By Lucy Perry CEG CORRESPONDENT
In early June, the FAA announced awards of more than $5 million to enhance safety and accessibility at U.S. airports. The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) awards, which include 416 grants to airports across the country, will fund a variety of projects. Improved facilities, repairs to runways, airfield maintenance and equipment purchases all fall under the second round of the 2022 awards. “In communities of all sizes, airports are vital to local economies, sustaining jobs and getting people Airport construction projects will be abundant for and goods where they need to go,” said U.S. the next several years, which means contracting see AIRPORTS page 66
opportunities are immediately available.