Published: June 05, 2009 09:06 am      

NEW – PennDOT announces award for Somerset County bridge work

PennDOT District 9 announced the award of another transportation stimulus project in Somerset County that is funded with federal funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

PennDOT awarded IA Construction Corporation of Zelienople, Butler County, a $2,328,188 design/build contract for the replacement of three bridges and the construction of two deck replacements in Fairhope Township.

The three structures that are under the design/build part of the contract are the bridge on Route 2019 (Fairhope Road) and two bridges on Route 2021 (Shaffers Run Road). In addition to these bridges construction work on two bridge deck replacements will take place on Route 2021 (Shaffers Run Road). All five structures are over Shaffers Run.

The design work on the Route 2019 (Fairhope Road) bridge and the two bridges on Route 2021 (Shaffers Run Road) will begin this summer with construction work on all five bridges taking place later this year or spring 2010.

Within District 9, PennDOT will invest approximately $47 million of federal economic recovery funds on 17 transportation projects, which include road and bridge improvements and signal upgrades.

To learn more about how federal economic stimulus will benefit Pennsylvania, visit HYPERLINK "http://www.recovery.pa.gov" www.recovery.pa.gov.