WATSONVILLE, Calif., July 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Granite Construction Incorporated announced today that Granite Construction Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been awarded a $20 million road construction project by the California Department of Transportation. The Highway 2 project begins approximately 10 miles outside of Pasadena and runs 58 miles through the Angeles National Forest towards the Mojave Desert.
The project includes 116 lane-miles of asphalt grinding and overlay with 120,000 tons of asphalt rubber hot mix. Other work includes the placement of paving reinforcing fabric, crack-filling, shoulder-backing, and striping. Construction work will be performed by the Palmdale area office of Granite's Bakersfield Branch. Construction-related materials for this project will be supplied by Granite's plant in Littlerock.
The project is expected to begin in August 2006, with completion estimated for August 2007.
Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index, the Domini 400 Social Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite Construction Company serves both public and private sector clients through its offices nationwide. For more information about Granite, please visit its website at http://www.graniteconstruction.com/.
