Tenders Issued for Highway Upgrades for 2019-20 Construction Season

  • Transportation and Works

December 20, 2018

The Department of Transportation and Works has begun to issue tenders for road work scheduled for the 2019-20 construction season under the Five-Year Provincial Roads Plan.

By issuing tenders during the winter, contractors are better informed about upcoming work and have more time to plan expenditures for the next construction season. Awarding tenders during the off-season also allows contractors to be ready to begin work as soon as possible.

Tenders were issued today to pave 80 kilometres of the Trans-Labrador Highway between Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Cartwright Junction and to repave sections of the Burin Peninsula Highway from St. Lawrence towards Lawn.

Tenders to repave sections of the Trans-Canada Highway in Gander from Cooper Boulevard Intersection to the hospital and replace culverts and repave sections of White Bay South Highway, from Hampden exit to Main River Bridge, will be issued before the end of the month.

A list of other highways planned for paving and other repairs in the 2019-20 road construction season is available at www.roads.gov.nl.ca.

More than 800 lane kilometres of highway were paved during the 2018-19 season.

The department anticipates announcing the annual update to the Five-Year Provincial Roads Plan – including the additional projects for 2019-20, new projects for the following three years and the new fifth year – in late January.

Projects selected for the plan are based on evidence, safety, traffic volumes, and input from the department’s engineers and users of provincial roads and highways. A public consultation held this fall received 326 submissions.

Issuing road work tenders during the winter delivers on commitments in The Way Forward to strengthen the province’s economic foundation and deliver better services and better outcomes for residents. The Way Forward outlines all actions the Provincial Government is taking to achieve a strong, diversified province with a high standard of living, and can be viewed at thewayforward.gov.nl.ca.

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“Issuing road tenders at this time of year is a win-win situation for contractors and everyone who uses our highways. Contractors are more informed, have more time to plan for their season and will be ready to start work when the weather allows, and as we have seen in the first two years of the plan, starting work as early as possible leads to more work being completed.”
Honourable Steve Crocker
Minister of Transportation and Works

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Learn more
The Way Forward: A Vision for Sustainability and Growth in Newfoundland and Labrador

Provincial Government Seeking Input on Province’s Highways and Bridges

Minister Crocker Updates Five-Year Provincial Roads Plan

Government Announces Five-Year Provincial Roads Plan Developed through Evidence-based Planning

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Media contact
Rod Drover
Transportation and Works
709-729-1758, 730-4607
rodneycdrover@gov.nl.ca

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