Capitol Beat News Service - Mon July 25, 2022
Inflation Forced GDOT to Reject 12 Project Bids Due for Lettings in August
Inflation is having a negative impact on the construction schedule for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), the Capitol Beat News Service in Atlanta reported July 24. The agency has rejected bids on 12 projects that had been due for letting in August, Meg Pirkle, GDOT's chief engineer, told members of the State Transportation Board July 21....
GDOT - Tue July 05, 2022
GDOT Working to Reconstruct More Than 30 Portions of Ga. Highway 316
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is completing a series of reconstruction projects along the Georgia Highway 316 corridor from Ga. 20 in Gwinnett County through Barrow County to Ga. 10 in Oconee County, the agency announced recently....
Savannah Morning News & GDOT - Mon June 27, 2022
Savannah, Ga., Drivers to See I-16/I-95 Interchange Work for Another Year
The project to revamp Savannah, Ga.'s interchange at Interstates 16 and 95 is more than a year from completion, but drivers may start to see bridge work wrap up towards the end of this year, the Savannah Morning News reported earlier in June....
CEG - Thu June 09, 2022
Crews Rebuild Critical Spans for 16@95 Project in Georgia
Construction crews and the Georgia Department of Transportation are making considerable progress on a $295 million project just outside of Savannah. At the point where I-95 crosses over I-16, just a few miles west of downtown Savannah, crews are clearing benchmarks for a major construction project, primarily along I-16, to keep traffic moving safely and efficiently....
GDOT - Mon June 06, 2022
GDOT Awards $182.2M in New Projects in April, $50M for Roadwork in May
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded more than $182.2 million for 17 projects statewide in April, the agency announced May 31. According to the department, 47 percent of the money went to bridge projects, while 44 percent is earmarked for road resurfacing efforts....
Atlanta Journal-Constitution & GDOT - Tue May 03, 2022
Georgia DOT Selects Joint-Venture Team for $685.6M I-285/I-20 Project
Georgia added fuel to a massive road-building binge in metro Atlanta on April 21 when it chose a contractor to rebuild the Interstate 285 interchange at Interstate 20 east of the city, one of the state's first Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) projects when it was first envisioned four years ago....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu April 14, 2022
Emergency Repair: C.W. Matthews Corrects Bridge Deck On I-85
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is one of the largest and most active DOTs in the country and it recently sprang into action when emergency I-85 northbound bridge deck repairs were required near Exit 137 in the city of Jefferson, between the municipalities of Braselton and Pendergrass....
WGXA News & GDOT - Thu March 10, 2022
VIDEO: I-75 Commercial Lanes Project in Georgia Delayed More than Three Years
A project to create commercial vehicle lanes along I-75 in Georgia has gotten a years-long delay, WGXA News in Macon reported March 7. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) effort is designed to add two commercial truck lanes on the northbound side of the interstate before ending south of Atlanta....
CEG - Thu January 20, 2022
Crews Continue Work On $500M Megaproject
Considerable progress is being made since ground was broken in April 2017 on the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) I-16/I-75 Improvement Project. While most of the construction from Phase 1 was completed in summer 2021, the next phases of construction are starting to ramp up, most notably in Bibb County, Ga....
CEG - Wed December 15, 2021
Bridge Projects Coming to North Atlanta, While Another is Delayed on the Southside
New details about a construction project on Georgia State Road 400, north of Atlanta, were recently released by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Three bridges on Pitts Road, Roberts Drive and Kimball Road will be replaced to accommodate the future SR 400 lanes....
