Almost $3 million worth of contracts have been awarded for brush-cutting along the Trans-Canada Highway ahead of road expansion work.
Government is planning to extend the divided highway in two sections, with a 40-km stretch west of Whitbourne, and a 15-km section between Bishop’s Falls and Grand Falls-Windsor.
Both brush-cutting contracts were awarded to Arbotech Management of St. John’s.
The first, valued at over $1.2-million, is for the clearing along the TCH from Whitbourne to Chance Cove; the second, valued at almost $500,000, is for the stretch between the Botwood turnoff and Grand Falls-Windsor.
Farrell’s Excavating has also been awarded a contract, worth more than $1.2 million, to clear brush along the TCH between Chance Cove and Sunnyside.
Federal/provincial funding for the highway extensions was first announced in the spring of 2023.