Expect traffic delays in and around Habersham this week due to road work. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) says crews will be working all week – Monday, October 20 through Friday, October 24 – on various projects (see list below). Work hours are 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weather permitting. Lane closures are required for patching asphalt, a flagman or pilot vehicle will direct traffic through the work zone.
WHERE and WHAT:
Habersham – A crew will mow the rights of way alongside SR 255, SR 17 and SR 105. The shoulders will be closed for mowing and lanes will be closed as striping occurs. Another crew will replace raised pavement markers on state routes throughout the county, a rolling lane closure is used as this work occurs.
Lumpkin – A crew will mow the rights of way on SR 9 and SR 60. The shoulder of the roadway will be closed as this work occurs.
Rabun –- A crew will mow the rights of way along SR 2/US 76 and SR 197. The shoulders will be closed as this work occurs.
Towns – A crew will mow the rights of way along SR 17 across Unicoi into White County to Robertstown. The shoulder will be closed as this work occurs. Another crew will clean and restore ditches alongside SR 180 spur.
Union – A crew will mow the rights of way on SR 11/US 129 south of Blairsville, SR 180 east and SR 384. The shoulders will be closed as the work occurs.
White – A crew will mow the rights of way on SR 384 and SR 75. The shoulders will be closed as the work occurs.
Interstate 85 in Banks County – A crew will remove and repour damaged concrete slabs in the outside or right lane of I-85 north beginning north of the SR 15/US 441 Commerce Exit #149. Work will progress north in the outside lane daily. Long delays are expected in the area.
Interstate 85 in Franklin County – A crew will trim vegetation growing alongside I-85. The shoulder will be closed as this work occurs.
Banks – A crew will clean and restore the ditches alongside SR 51 then manually trim the vegetation growing in the rights of way. This work requires the shoulders to be closed
Elbert – A crew will seal the cracks in the driving surface of SR 77. A lane closure is required as this work occurs.
Franklin – A crew will trim vegetation growing in the rights of way alongside SR 327 and SR 145. Then the slopes alongside SR 106 will be mowed. This work requires the shoulder to be closed.
Hart – A crew will repair a drainage structure on SR 51, closing the right shoulder.
Madison – A crew will trim vegetation growing in the rights of way alongside SR 8 and SR 17. A lane and the shoulder will be closed as this work occurs.
