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....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 15, 2020
CMES Inc. Constructs Diamond Urban Interchange in Bethlehem
CMES Inc. crews are scheduled to complete the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $26.4 million project in Bethlehem to construct a full diamond urban interchange providing access to and from SR 316 to the crossroad SR 81, on Oct....
GDOT - Mon October 12, 2020
GDOT Awards 13 Contracts for Road Projects in West Central Georgia
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced in September that it had awarded contracts for 13 new projects in District 3 (the West Central Georgia region). The contracts were among 38 awarded statewide for construction projects totaling $84 million, of which 39 percent were for safety-related projects....
WGXA-TV - Mon October 12, 2020
Macon, Ga., Gets Nightly Bridge Work, Considers New Landfill Site
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced in early October that contractors would begin the next phase of construction to replace the bridge over the Norfolk Southern Railroad track in Macon....
