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CHARLESTON — Monongalia County is on the list for a couple road improvement projects announced Wednesday by the West Virginia Division of Highways.
Paving from Westover to Star City and putting American Disabilities Act-sanctioned ramps on Burroughs Street are listed among the jobs included in the bid letting conducted Tuesday by the DOH.
Elsewhere in the state, on the list are the replacement of an aging Boone County bridge, and slide repair project that threatened a home in Logan County are among the projects included in a bid letting conducted by the DOH Tuesday.
Both projects will be paid for with funding from Gov. Jim Justice’s Roads to Prosperity highway construction and maintenance program.
WVDOH is reviewing the bids and hopes to award contracts for these projects soon.
State Bridge Engineer Tracy Brown said one of the projects will replace a bridge on Seng Creek in Boone County. Built in 1977, the bridge is crossed daily by school buses.
WVDOH also let a project to correct a slide on Bungalow Woods Road in Logan County that threatened a home several years ago. WVDOH purchased the house, and intends to demolish the structure.
Tuesday’s letting included the following projects:
- Burroughs Street ADA ramps (Monongalia County)
- Westover to Star City resurfacing (Monongalia County)
- Elk Creek East Bridge rehabilitation (Harrison County)
- Wolf Summit to Adamston Road resurfacing (Harrison County)
- Bellington to Philippi Road resurfacing (Barbour County)
- Ivydale to Servia Road resurfacing (Clay County)
- Midland Trail resurfacing (Putnam County)
- Statewide interstate striping
- Statewide striping on Appalachian corridors
- Camp Fairchance Bridge deck overlay (Marshall County)
- Pennsboro to Greenwood resurfacing (Ritchie County)
- Hurricane Main Street sidewalks (Putnam County)
- Raysal Arch Bridge replacement (McDowell County)
- Interstate 81 exits 12, 13 and 14 ramp resurfacing (Berkeley County)
- Racetrack to Congo Arroyo Road resurfacing (Hancock County)
- Wayne sidewalks (Wayne County)
- Seneca Trail paving (McDowell County)
- Reader to Porters Falls resurfacing (Wetzel County)
- Belle-Diamond traffic signals (Kanawha County)
- Milton Interchange lighting (Cabell County)
- Col. Hiteshew Memorial Bridge cleaning and painting (Lewis County)
- Staunton to Parkersburg resurfacing (Wood County)
- Washington Avenue paving (Cabell County)
- Silverton to Medina resurfacing (Jackson County)
- Horsepen to Gilbert resurfacing (Mingo County)
- Pearcy Run Bridge rehabilitation (Randolph County)
- East Wetzel Trail resurfacing (Wetzel County)
- District 9 guardrails
- Westmoreland traffic signals (Kanawha County)
- Dunbar downtown streetscape (Kanawha County)
- Bungalow Wood Road piling wall (Logan County) (Roads to Prosperity)
- Seng Creek Bridge replacement (Boone County) (Roads to Prosperity)
- District 7 guardrails
- District 5 guardrails
- Webster County headquarters replacement (Webster County)
- Sistersville resurfacing (Tyler County)
The West Virginia Division of Highways continues to hold bid lettings remotely to move projects forward while protecting the public from COVID-19.
Several factors are considered before awarding a bid, including whether a bid falls above or below the WVDOH Engineer’s Estimate and by what percentage. In cases where a bid is above the Engineer’s Estimate, WVDOH must consider the project need, repercussions of not awarding the project, additional funding sources, and whether or not sufficient reasons exist for the differences in estimates. Most projects are reviewed, analyzed and awarded within a week of the bid letting, but the process can take longer.
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