Before awarding contracts, WVDOT considers a number of factors like whether the bid is above or below the department’s Engineer’s Estimate. “Most projects are reviewed, analyzed, and awarded within a week of the bid letting, but the process can take longer,” WVDOT said. The letting process began on Tuesday.

Contractors are able to partake in the letting process here.

Included in the list of projects is a 3,300-foot-long bridge spanning the Cheat River, a part of a four-lane upgrade to Appalachian Corridor H, which encompasses Interstate 79 near Weston, “across some of West Virginia’s most rugged terrain,” to Interstate 81 in Strasburg, Virginia. The goal of the project is to induce economic development in the area.

Funds for the 20 projects will be covered by the governor, Jim Justice’s, Roads to Prosperity program.

According to the WVDOT press release, projects include the following:

• "WV 2 four-lane upgrade project (Wood County) (Roads to Prosperity)
• Carter to Brooks Street bridge painting (Kanawha County)
• Superior Bridge replacement (McDowell County) (Roads to Prosperity)
• WV 45 widening project (Berkeley County)
• Cheat River Bridge project (Randolph County) (Roads to Prosperity)
• Weston I-79 interchange lighting (Lewis County)
• Kimball Slab Bridge replacement (McDowell County) (Roads to Prosperity)
• J.C. Cruikshank Memorial Bridge replacement (Clay County)
• Adams Avenue ADA ramps (Cabell County)
• Beechlick Run Bridge replacement (Marion County)
• Weirton Park Drive streetscape (Brooke County)
• Capon Bridge rehabilitation (Hampshire County)
• St. Marys sidewalk improvements (Pleasants County)
• South Wheeling to 18th Street concrete repair (Ohio County)
• Gihon Elementary sidewalk repairs (Wood County)
• Holbert Road rock fall correction (Marion County)
• Pot Branch Bridge replacement (Kanawha County)
• Bentley Road Bridge replacement (Boone County)
• US 35 resurfacing, I-64 overpass to WV 34 overpass (Putnam County)”

Let the bidding begin!