MDU/Knife River Awarded Its Largest Contract Ever -- January 18, 2016

This is really cool. From an MDU press release:

Knife River Corp., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group Inc. (NYSE: MDU), has been awarded a $63.4 million contract to reconstruct a portion of Interstate 29 in Sioux City, Iowa. This is the largest contract Knife River has been awarded.

“Improving I-29 through the heart of Sioux City is a great project for us and for the 40,000-plus people who travel that stretch of highway every day,” said David C. Barney, president and CEO of Knife River. “Our Iowa team is looking forward to enhancing the durability and safety of an important section of roadway.”

Knife River will reconstruct the northbound lanes of I-29 from exit 147A to north of exit 149, alongside downtown Sioux City. The two-year project will begin this spring, with completion planned for fall 2017. In addition to working as the general contractor, Knife River will supply the concrete, asphalt and aggregate base for the 2.5-mile project. Much of the road base — about 100,000 tons of material — will be made from recycled concrete.

This is really quite neat. MDU/Knife River did an outstanding job on the "Bakken highway system" to include the two bypasses around Alexander and Watford City (I think they did both of them). One wonders to what extent the Bakken raised the bar for Knife River, allowing them to compete and win the I-29 contract.

Now, it gives me renewed hope that I-98 will become a reality. 

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