SMITHFIELD – Dozens of miles of state-maintained roads in Johnston and Wayne counties will be refreshed for a smoother ride after the N.C. Department of Transportation awarded two contracts.
S.T. Wooten Corp. of Wilson submitted the lowest, responsive bids for both contracts, and their bids were under NCDOT engineering estimates for this work.
The two contracts total $5.6 million, allowing S.T. Wooten to mill and resurface:
- 32 miles of secondary routes across Johnston County; and
- 19 miles of secondary routes across Wayne County
In Johnston County, sections of the following secondary roadways are included in the repaving contract: Buck Road, Stotts Mill Road, Vinson Road, Ollie Road, Wendell Road, Price Road, Peacock Road, Pope Road, Friendship Church Road, New Creech Road, Woodard’s Dairy Road, Flower Hill Road, and Piney Grove Church Road.
S.T. Wooten may begin work in both counties in August 2024, and will have until the spring of 2026 to complete everything.
More band-aids for a failing infrastructure. If you don’t regrade and level the the sinking roads the new pavement isn’t going to be much better.