CONCORD – The N.C. Department of Transportation recently awarded a pair of contracts to improve conditions on more than 45 segments of secondary roads throughout Cabarrus County.

The first will be handled by Albemarle contractor NJR Group, Inc. The $2.7 million project will address 38 portions of secondary roads including:

• Peach Orchard Road
• Clarke Creek Parkway
• Walden Ponds Thruway
• Crossroads Place

The second, a smaller asphalt surface treatment project, will improve nine secondary routes in various locations. The contractor, Whitehurst Paving Co. out of Richmond, will use this pavement preservation method on these roads:

• Jim Kiser Road
• Marshall Drive
• Cal Bost Road
• Manassas Drive
• Moose Road
• Lacewood Court
• Heglar Road
• Ward Avenue

Both projects can get underway as soon as mid-April. The larger project is anticipated to be finished in the fall of 2025, and the smaller project should take about a year to complete.