It should be a smoother ride on the open highway in north Habersham by the middle of next year. The State Department of Transportation has awarded a contract to resurface 11.64 miles of SR 15 north of SR 17 to the Tallulah River.
The $6,441,054.50 contract was awarded to low bidder C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc., according to the DOT. It’s among 27 transportation projects recently awarded statewide totaling $127,381,615.
Bridge construction and rehabilitation contracts represent 34 percent of the awarded funds, or $42.6 million. The remaining 33 percent of awarded funds, also $42.6 million, include safety enhancement and routine maintenance projects. These include 11 projects to resurface 98 miles of roadway throughout the state.
The awards bring the total construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2019 to $191 million. Fiscal Year 2019 began July 1, 2018.
The SR 15 resurfacing project is expected to be completed by the end of next July.
