GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1349

Short Title:  Radio Island Railroad Trestle.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle and Perdue.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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May 27, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE RADIO ISLAND RAILROAD TRESTLE ON A DESIGN-BUILD BASIS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Sec. 18.28 of Chapter 324 of the 1995 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 18.28.  (a)	Of the funds appropriated in this act from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the 1993-94 fiscal year shall be used to plan for the replacement of the wooden trestle over the Newport River on the Beaufort and Morehead Railroad with a modern concrete trestle.
(b)	The Department of Transportation shall proceed with the planning and construction of the trestle, Project P-3100 in the 1996-2002 Transportation Improvement Program, and shall commence construction of the trestle during calendar year 1996.  The completed bridge shall be owned by the Department of Transportation and added to the State System for maintenance purposes.
(c)	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation may award a contract for Project P-3100 on a design-build basis, utilizing such procurement process as the Department of Transportation determines will result in maximum efficiency in constructing this project."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.