Widening Project Expands Covell to Four Lanes
Construction is scheduled to expand Covell and add railroad underpass
Widening Project Expands Covell to Four Lanes
Construction is scheduled to expand Covell and add railroad underpass
Crews will begin September 29 at 9:30 am on the widening project to expand Covell to four lanes. The project also includes the construction of an underpass for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. The roadway surface will be twenty two feet below the existing tracks. In addition, there will be sidewalks tying into the recently completed sidewalks at Broadway and Covell. The contract duration for this project is 380 calendar days dependant upon weather.
The contractor will begin installing construction signs the week of September 22. Covell will be closed between Broadway and Thomas beginning Monday, September 29 and will remain closed for the duration of the project slated for fall 2009. Both, Broadway and Thomas will remain open. The old section of Boulevard on the north side of Covell, west of the track, will no longer have access to Covell and will dead end in a cul-de-sac.
The contractor is Sherwood Construction Co, Inc. from Wichita, Kansas. The contract amount is $6,096,879.00 of which 80 percent, $4,877,503.20, of the project is federally funded and the remaining 20 percent, $1,219,375.80, is city funded.
This project is administered and will be inspected by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation though its Perry, Oklahoma offices.
Issued: September 25, 2008
