Province announces first construction season tenders of 2018

The provincial government has released its first round of tenders for the 2018 construction season.

The Department of Transportation, Energy and Infrastructure made the announcement Tuesday morning and it includes the resurfacingof major highways as well as bridge construction in Clyde River andWoodvilleMills.

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The first round of road and bridge construction is worth about $8 million of the province's $42 million total for the 2018-19 season.

Here's the province's listof construction tenders:

• Cornwall Road Overpass Trans-Canada Highway Extension
• Clyde River Bridge Crossing
• WoodvilleMills Bridge replacement
• Route 1 Flat River resurfacing 1.0 km
• Route 1 Charlottetown resurfacing 1.2 km
• Route 2 Wellington Centre resurfacing, 1.2 km
• Route 2 Travellers Rest resurfacing 0.9 km
• Route 2 Hazel Grove resurfacing 1.2 km
• Route 5 Baldwin's Road resurfacing 1.2 km
• Route 124Urbainville resurfacing and asphalt widening, 1.3 km

Further details of the list of tenders can be found on the government website.

The first round of tenders closeFeb. 22.

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