The Georgia Department of Transportation awarded over $153 million in construction contracts statewide in June. Of those, $34.7 million are for road and bridge improvements in Northeast Georgia.
DOT awarded the largest regional contract, worth approximately $11.8 million, to Pittman Construction Company to construct two bridges and approaches on I-85/SR 403 over Indian Creek in Franklin County. Crews are due to complete the 0.795 mile-long project by October 31, 2022.
Other regional transportation projects approved by DOT include:
$10.9 million to Georgia Bridge and Concrete to build two bridges and approaches on the SR 15/SR 10 Loop over US 29/SR 8 and Westfork Trail Creek in Clarke County. The project is scheduled to be completed on April 30, 2023.
$6.7 million to Pittman Construction Company to construct a retaining wall and milling along .237 miles of US 76/SR 2 in Rabun County. The projected completion date is June 30, 2022.
$3.8 million to C.W. Matthews Contracting for 13.979 miles of milling, resurfacing, and shoulder rehabilitation on SR 52 in Hall and Jackson counties. The project will extend southeast of Julian Baugh Road to Short Street. The project is scheduled to be completed by May 31, 2022.
$733,210 to Pittman Construction Company for 6.27 miles of pavement marking upgrades and shoulder rehabilitation on Town Creek Road in White County. The work will begin at the Lumpkin County line and extend to SR 115. The scheduled completion date is May 31, 2022.
$570,616 to Pittman Construction Company for 4.61 miles of pavement marking upgrades and shoulder rehabilitation on Simonton Bridge Road and Rocky Branch Road in Clarke County. The expected completion date is May 31, 2022.
Elsewhere, DOT awarded a $2.7 million contract to C.W. Matthews Contracting for 9.225 miles of milling, resurfacing, and shoulder rehabilitation on US 129/SR 11 in Lumpkin County. Work will begin at the White County line and extend north of Corinth Church Road. It’s expected to be completed by May 31, 2022.
The state transportation department deferred a bridge construction project on SR 59 over the Hudson River in Banks County. DOT withdrew a plan to build a bridge on SR 136 over the Chestatee River in Dawson and Hall counties.
In Fiscal Year 2021, Georgia DOT awarded 416 projects valued at approximately $1.839 billion. This includes 385 Georgia DOT let projects valued at approximately $1.77 billion. The remaining 31 projects, worth approximately $69.4 million, were locally let. The projects included:
- 186 maintenance projects, accounting for 45 percent of the awarded projects.
- 103 safety projects, accounting for 25 percent of the awarded projects.
- The remaining 30 percent include 75 bridge projects, 31 road projects, and 21 enhancement projects.
FY 2021 began on July 1, 2020, and ended on June 30, 2021.
