Triangle Grading And Paving To Widen South Columbia Street In Chapel Hill
Burlington, N.C., Construction Company Awarded $4.56 Million Contract To Enhance Transportation On A Section Of N.C. 86/Columbia Street.
- Burlington, NC (1888PressRelease) November 22, 2012 - R. "Gray" Kirkpatrick, vice president of Triangle Grading And Paving, Inc. (http://www.trianglegradingpaving.com), has announced that the company has been awarded a $4.56 million contract from the N.C. Department of Transportation to enhance transportation for general traffic, buses, bicycles and pedestrians on N.C. 86/Columbia Street in Chapel Hill. The 0.8-mile project is expected to begin Monday, Nov. 26, and be completed by July 2014. Triangle Grading and Paving will be adding sidewalks on both sides of the street and bike lanes. The street will remain a single lane in each direction with the addition of a center turn lane and bus pullouts to improve traffic flow.
Between the months of April and September 2013 during the project, traffic will be one-way on Columbia Street, with traffic going northbound from Fordham Boulevard toward Manning Drive. Outbound traffic will be detoured onto Manning Drive.
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"We are excited to be awarded the project on Columbia Street," said Kirkpatrick. "Columbia Street will be a much safer after our crew widens the road and makes other enhancements. In a popular city like Chapel Hill that contains so many students, transportation safety is critical, and projects like this one are a great way to ensure the safety of drivers and pedestrians."
ABOUT TRIANGLE GRADING AND PAVING, INC.:
Triangle Grading & Paving, Inc., based in Burlington, N.C., provides public, federal and private construction services across the Carolinas. Triangle performs turnkey solutions for a diverse range of projects, from large federal site projects and major municipal water and sewer to downtown streetscapes for cities. It also specializes in large site work for manufacturers. Noteworthy projects include the CATERPILLAR factory site in Winston-Salem, the MARSOC campus for Marine Special Forces in Camp Lejeune, many highway projects for the NCDOT throughout the state, and airport runway extensions in Charlotte and Myrtle Beach. For more information, visit the company website at http://www.trianglegradingpaving.com.
Jake Potter
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
jake ( @ ) mmipublicrelations dot com
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