1                                             WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                         Division of Highways
                                        NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS  --  June 27, 2000      LETTING

         Sealed proposals will be received by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways at its office in
   Building Five, Room A-148, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430 until 10 A.M. June 27, 2000
   and said proposals will be publicly opened and read immediately thereafter for the construction of the following project(s):

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   Call   Contract  State Project           Federal Project        Description
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   001    9803808   U329-0220/00-010.98 02  00NH 0220 133 E00      UPGRADE TO 3 LANE ROAD
                                                                   NEW CREEK - KEYSER ROAD
                                                                   .06 MI N CO 220/2 -.5 MI S CO 220/5
                                                                   COUNTY: MINERAL

          DBE GOAL:  4 % OF CONTRACT BID AMOUNT. BIDDER MUST PROVIDE WRITTEN ASSURANCE OF MEETING GOAL ON FORM IN PROPOSAL.
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          Letting location: DOH CONFERENCE ROOM A-122
                            STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX - BUILDING FIVE
                            1900 KANAWHA BOULEVARD EAST
                            CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25304-0430