A Kentucky company has won a
contract to build a section of the Coalfields Expressway in southern West Virginia
Bizzack Construction, LLC of Lexington,
Kentucky bid about $45 million for the project. West Virginia
The new segment will link Mullens to
sections of the expressway under construction. It's expected to be completed in
the fall of 2018.
West Virginia Transportation Secretary
Paul Mattox says in the release that the project will be the Division of
Highway's first public-private partnership project under a 2013 state law.
The law allows the DOH commissioner to
reach public-private road project deals without legislative approval.
When completed, the Coalfields
Expressway will run from Raleigh County in West Virginia
to Buchanan County
in Virginia
