MyReporter – Painters docked for missing bridge work deadline

Crews continue to finish painting the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge on Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

Q. Did the contractors who painted the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge pay a fine for not completing the project on time?

A. N.C. Department of Transportation officials said contractors weren't fined for not completing the painting project on time, but some of their final payment was withheld.

Jack Provost said $384,000 was docked from the contractor's final payment, in something the department calls "liquidated damages" because of the missed deadline.

For those unfamiliar, the painting project started in spring 2010 and had periods of inactivity in the winter months because it was too cold to paint.

Provost said the project was completed in June 2012.

Caitlin Dineen

Q. Does the Kerr Avenue widening project include building a new interchange at MLK?

A. Once all the projects associated with Kerr Avenue are done, there will be an interchange there, said N.C. Department of Transportation officials. For now, however, officials are working to widen the roadway to a four-lane road.

Jack Provost, with the DOT, said the current project being done simply widens Kerr from Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to Randall Parkway.

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