Georgia DOT puts focus on resurfacing, safety improvements

The Albany Herald, Ga.
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ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Transportation granted six projects, encompassing resurfacing, safety improvements, construction work, and bridge construction, in March.

The largest single investment, valued at approximately $16 million, is allocated to a bridge construction project covering 0.653 miles and involving the construction of two bridges and approaches. This project spans State Route 83 over Lee Creek and over the Ocmulgee River in Jasper and Monroe counties. The second-largest bridge construction investment, worth approximately $1.3 million, consists of constructing 0.155 miles of a bridge and approaches on Robertson Bridge Road over Barber Creek in Barrow County. These contracts represent 72% of the total award amount.

Approximately $2 million of the total awarded projects are designated for safety projects. The largest investment within these projects involves safety upgrades at the crossing of County Road 271/Tift College Drive at Norfolk Southern Railway. These upgrades include the installation of railroad warning devices, surface improvements to a full-depth rubber crossing surface and paving the approaches to the crossing along Tift College Drive to improve the crossing profile. Additionally, there are surface improvements at SR 42/North Lee Street at Norfolk Southern Railway to a full-depth rubber crossing surface in Monroe County. These contracts represent 8% of the total award.

A resurfacing project, valued at $2.7 million or 10% of the awarded funds, involves widening, resurfacing, and shoulder rehabilitation along 6.205 miles of Chalybeate Springs Road, extending from SR 36 to the Meriwether County line in Talbot County.

The remaining awarded funds, valued at approximately $2.7 million, were allocated to one construction project. This project includes the construction of a roundabout on SR 16 at SR 42 in Butts County.

The March awards bring the total construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2024 to $1.76 billion. Fiscal Year 2024 began July 1, 2023.