In a meeting Tuesday, Statesboro City Council took the next step in a plan to spur commercial and industrial development at the intersection of Highway 301 and Interstate 16. City leaders conditionally awarded a pair of contracts, worth nearly $4.4 million, to begin installing utility infrastructure on land bordering the two highways. The contracts, which also need to be approved by a vote of Bulloch County Commissioners, will pay for the set up of utility lines and stations, and a water storage tank on the Southeastern corner of the junction — on land that will be developed as an industrial park.