At its meeting Thursday in Raleigh, the board approved a $44.3million contract that the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority alreadyawarded to a contractor to relocate a 2-mile section of BryanBoulevard.
The board had to concur with the contract awarded to Vecellio &Grogan Inc. of Beckley, W.Va., before work can begin on the highwayrelocation.
The segment of Bryan Boulevard is being moved northwest of itspresent location to make way for a 9,000-foot runway to accommodateFedEx's fifth national cargo hub.
Work on the road relocation could begin in late March or earlyApril, said airport Executive Director Ted Johnson.
Vecellio & Grogan will have at least 60 to 70 workers involvedin the road relocation project, and that doesn't include otherpeople who will be hired by subcontractors, said Project ManagerJim Smith.
Crews for the airport have been grading and installing erosioncontrol since the first of the year on the more than 1,000-acreproject site.
Opponents of the controversial project are seeking to stop itthrough the courts. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Greensborodenied the hub opponents' request for an injunction to halt work.
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