The Mountain Parkway Expansion Project is another step closer to completion. Officials gathered in Prestonsburg to announce the design-build partner for the final section.
Bizzack Construction, a Lexington based company has been selected as the design-build contractor that will deliver the final section of the long-awaited project.
The segment is planned as a 13-mile stretch of newly constructed four-lane highway from U.S. Highway 460 in Salyersville to Kentucky Highway 404 in Prestonsburg.
Once this is complete, officials say the commonwealth will have 400 continuous miles of four-lane, high-speed highway connecting Pikeville to Paducah. This is expected to create increased commerce and mobility across Kentucky.
Since the Mountain Parkway Expansion began in 2014, nearly 33 miles of parkway widening from Campton to Salyersville have been completed or are under construction.
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