Minister announces awarding of contract for road work in Bonavista South

Tom Rideout, Minister of Transportation and Works, and Roger Fitzgerald, MHA for Bonavista South and Deputy Speaker, today announced that J-1 Construction Limited has been awarded a contract to complete road projects in Bonavista South District. These projects are funded under the 2005-06 Provincial Roads Improvement Program.

J-1 Construction Limited, Clarenville, has been awarded a contract valued at $2,683,824 to complete the following projects throughout the district:

• Upgrading and repaving approximately 1.0 km of Route 230 near Bread Pond;
• Upgrading and repaving approximately 1.6 km of Route 230-24 through Melrose;
• Upgrading and repaving approximately 0.8 km of Route 238-10, North Side Road, in Elliston;
• Upgrading and repaving approximately 3.2 km of Route 235 between Birchy Cove and Bonavista;
  Upgrading and repaving approximately 3.0 km of Route 235 at Amherst Cove;
• Upgrading and repaving approximately 4.2 km of Route 235-17 from Open Hall to Red Cliff;
• Upgrading and repaving approximately 2.0 km of Route 235 at Plate Cove;
• Repair of frost bumps on Route 230 near Melrose;
• Culvert installations on Route 230-26 at Little Catalina, Route 238 near Elliston and Route 235-29 at Birchy Cove.

Minister Rideout said, �I am very pleased that government has been able to allocate sufficient funding to perform necessary road work in the Bonavista South District. Our government is committed to addressing the issues that currently face our transportation infrastructure, and by undertaking a roads program valued at $48.7 million, including $3.7 million in carryovers, we have been able to make significant strides toward accomplishing this goal.�

�I am delighted that the road work projects allocated for Bonavista South will be commencing shortly,� said Mr. Fitzgerald. �Government has invested a significant amount of funding into the Provincial Roads Improvement Program, which the residents of my district will soon benefit from.�

Minister Rideout said, �We will continue to invest strategically into programs such as the Provincial Roads Improvement Program in an effort to revitalize the province�s roads as much as it is fiscally possible to do so.�

Media contact: Lori Lee Oates, ABC, Communications, (709) 729-3015, 690-8403

2005 09 01                                  11:35 a.m.