Happy New Year! Here are three Georgia DOT projects that let for construction in 2020. Letting for construction represents the month bids are due from contractors to the state. The notice to proceed and first signs of construction usually occur within six to eight weeks after the let date. State Route 81 at South RiverReplacing... Continue Reading →
Moving Henry Forward compiled a special look at the biggest transportation projects completed in the last decade in Henry County. The list includes a mixture of locally funded projects and state DOT projects. The I-75 South Metro Express Lanes were completed in 2017. With a total price tag of $226 million, and sourcing funds from... Continue Reading →
Georgia DOT has major plans to improve traffic flow in Conyers by installing what Moving Henry Forward believes to be Georgia's second single-point urban interchange. We're familiar with one other installation of its kind at Georgia 400 and Lenox Road in Buckhead. The state held a public information open house this month for its $65... Continue Reading →
The Georgia General Assembly created the Georgia Commission on Freight & Logistics during this year's session to study the existing freight infrastructure in the state and make recommendations about its long-term viability and continued success. The commission has been meeting since August and is expected to conclude its work before the end of the year.... Continue Reading →
The planned roadway bisects the Jodeco Road development (GDOT photo) The planned western parallel connector, a new four-lane roadway between Hudson Bridge Road and Jonesboro Road, will depend on Henry County funding right of way acquisition to keep the project on schedule. GDOT will let the project for construction after the county has acquired all... Continue Reading →
Georgia DOT will provide $1 million dollars to assist in the preliminary engineering of the planned Bethlehem Road interchange off Interstate 75. In addition, GDOT "expects Henry County to honor the SPLOST vote funding allocation to the project in the future." In a November letter from the state to Henry County, GDOT Commissioner Russell McMurry... Continue Reading →
Henry County commissioners have a called meeting next Tuesday, December 10, at 2 pm to discuss the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) project solicitation. The meeting will take place at the Henry County Administration Building located on Henry Parkway in McDonough. Mr. John Orr, manager of the transportation and mobility group at the Atlanta Regional Commission,... Continue Reading →
Henry County commissioners authorized the use of eminent domain for portions of five parcels as part of the West Village Parkway widening project. The five properties represent the last parcels necessary to complete right of way acquisition with purchase agreements in place for the other thirty-four parcels. The board approved the property acquisitions as part... Continue Reading →
The Atlanta Regional Commission has completed its development of regional impact (DRI) review for the proposed Reeves Creek mixed use development. The 465 acre project, anchored by a proposed county-owned convention center and 10,000 seat arena, may now proceed to the board of commissioners for a public hearing and rezoning. As of October 26, the... Continue Reading →
