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Award: Highway improvements
Value: 114 million dollars
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Customer: Caltrans
Granite Construction is back on the road after winning a $114 million contract to improve safety and reduce congestion on a major California highway.
The Watsonville, Calif.-based contractor won the northern portion of Segment 4E of the largest Project of the 101 freeway Carpinteria in Santa Bárbara from Caltrans, according to an April 1 press release.
Granite, as part of its scope, will replace existing lanes and add a new peak car lane in each direction between Hermosillo Road and Salinas Street in Santa Barbara.
The construction crew will also rebuild the Cabrillo Boulevard interchange with two new bridges and right freeway ramps. These exits will replace the left ramps, which will improve safety on the freeway, while a new teardrop roundabout will help improve traffic flow for the northbound ramps, the release said.
The award marks the seventh and final segment of the larger 11-mile 101 Freeway Phase 4 project. Caltrans selected Granite as construction manager/general contractor for the $410 million Highway 101 Carpinteria in Santa Barbara project in 2018, with construction of the first segment starting in 2020.
“Over the past seven years, Granite has reached agreement on thirteen construction contracts: seven main projects and six ‘side projects,'” Larry Camilleri, Granite’s regional vice president, said in the statement. “We are proud to be a part of this historic effort with the Association of Santa Barbara County Governments and Caltrans to complete the final segment of the main line in the 11-mile corridor.”
The current project will complete a section of continuous lanes for cars in peak periodsproviding long-awaited congestion relief and upgraded infrastructure for the region, according to the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments.
Construction of the last stretch is scheduled to begin on April 6, according to SBCAG. Granite expects to complete the work by December 2028.
