MovingHenryForward.org - Thu February 11, 2021
GDOT Planning for 2023-24 Start to Bethlehem Road Interchange
In an update to Henry County officials on Feb. 2, Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) leadership shared with the county a new timeline for the proposed Interstate 75/Bethlehem Road interchange south of McDonough....
Cartersville Daily Tribune News - Thu January 14, 2021
Georgia County Planning for Several Major Road Projects Over Next Few Years
In many respects, Tom Sills, transportation planner of the Cartersville-Bartow County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), said 2021 represents something of a calm before the storm when it comes to major roadwork projects planned throughout his Georgia community, northwest of Atlanta....
Albany Herald - Thu January 14, 2021
Georgia DOT Highway Projects for Fiscal Year 2021 Surpass $500M
In addition to the previously announced $62.7 million widening of state Route 133 from U.S. Highway 319 to Mike Horner Road in Colquitt County, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded 14 other construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $103.7 million late in 2020....
CEG - Mon December 07, 2020
Georgia to Start Building Truck-Only Interstate Lanes in 2024
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)'s Interstate 75 Commercial Vehicle Lanes project, first announced in 2018, is set to get under way in 2024. The $1.8 billion plan will include building two, barrier-separated commercial truck-only lanes northbound along I-75 from the I-475/I-75 Interchange near Macon to the McDonough area....
GDOT - Thu November 19, 2020
Georgia DOT Begins Work on New I-85 Widening in Jackson County
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) on Nov. 17 announced the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Interstate 85 Phase 2 widening project in Jackson County. Work has already commenced to expand I-85 from two to three lanes in both directions east of Braselton from Georgia State Road 53 to just north of U.S....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 12, 2020
DDI Construction at Camp Creek Parkway, I-285 in Fulton County
CMES Inc. constructed its first diverging diamond interchange (DDI) as part of the Georgia Department of Transportation's $13 million Camp Creek Parkway (SR 6) project at I-285 in the city of East Point (Fulton County), an initiative that began on July 6, 2018, to help reduce congestion and improve safety for motorists....
MovingHenryForward.org - Mon November 09, 2020
Latest Locust Grove Logistics Center Being Planned Off GA 42
New industrial development continues in the vibrant Henry County community of Locust Grove, Ga., with the latest project, Locust Grove Logistics Center, planned to build in 2021. The development is located north of Colvin Drive off Georgia Highway 42....
CEG - Mon November 09, 2020
GDOT Awards $35M Service Contract to Canadian Firm
Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin has been awarded another three-year, up to $35 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to continue providing construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)....
SaportaReport - Mon November 09, 2020
Ga. Continues Building Roads Even as Other States Cut Back
The pandemic has not slowed road construction in metro Atlanta, nor did it prompt Gwinnett County to delay the vote on a proposed 1 percent transit tax. That is not the case in many other states, where construction projects have either slowed or stopped....
The Cluster - Thu November 05, 2020
Macon, Ga.'s College Street Bridge Project to Be Finished in 2021
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is scheduled to reopen the College Street Bridge near Mercer University in Macon by Thanksgiving. The span on Bibb County Road 5813 — more commonly known as College Street — was closed on May 26 to demolish and replace the old structure....
