Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall announced today award of a $2,369,756.55 contract to construct 25.076 miles of 34-foot finished width, two-lane highway, between Lechee Rock and Kaibito, Ariz., on the Navajo Reservation.
The work to be done under this contract and under two other contracts previously awarded will leave only 20 miles of construction needed to complete the connection between Page, Ariz., and State Route 164 south of Shonto, Ariz.
The new contract covers construction of the highway, drainage structures, cattle underpasses, right-of-way fencing and other minor construction.
The successful low bid was by S. S. Mullen, Inc., of Salt Lake City, Utah. Two other bids were received, ranging to a high of $2,541,235.65.
