BRISTOL—The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), local elected officials and Alpha Natural Resources officials commemorated the completion of the first section of rough-grade road bed for the Route 121 – Coalfields Expressway at a ceremony today.
Alpha Natural Resources constructed the rough grade road bed at a cost of $10 million, a savings to VDOT of over $90 million by coordinating the road bed development on mountainous terrain as part of an active surface mining operation.
“VDOT’s partnership with Alpha Natural Resources has created an opportunity to stimulate economic development and improve the transportation network for this region at a much lower cost than traditional highway construction methods,” said Michael Russell, P.E., VDOT’s Bristol District administrator.
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