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Your Texas Connection • Dennis Hogeboom • 1-877-877-4997 • dennishogeboom@cegltd.com
By Irwin Rapoport
Madden Contracting Company LLC (MCC) is months away from delivering the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) $14.4 million U.S. 79 Super 2 Project that is upgrading shoulders and driveways, as well as installing drainage structures from northeast of Loop 256 to the Anderson/Cherokee County line. CEG CORRESPONDENT
“The project is widening for a Super 2, including subgrade work, surface treatment, base and surface hot-mix asphalt, widening structures, bridge rail, metal beam guard fence, signage and permanent striping,” stated the project web page. MCC crews began their operations in January 2020 and they expect to complete the job in spring 2022. The construction site is located near the city of Palestine, Texas.
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Construction Progress To date, Madden Contracting Company has completed the following elements: prep right of way; driveway pipe; shoulder level-up; and southbound Super 2 widening. The remainder of the work is focusing on northbound Super 2 widening; guard rail; seal coating and PFC surface. “Weather has been a challenge, primarily,” said Jake see MADDEN page 12
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