GDOT will install a single-lane roundabout in Ola in 2021. (Georgia DOT photo) The Georgia Department of Transportation is planning to install a modern single-lane roundabout at the intersection of State Route 81 and Snapping Shoals Road in the Ola community. The intersection has seen several configurations during the last few years in an attempt... Continue Reading →
Georgia DOT has awarded a contract to Peek Pavement Marking, LLC to install rumble strips along select state highways within Henry County. State Route 42 (Clayton County line to SR 16 in Jackson) and SR 155 (McDonough to Spalding County line) will receive the additional safety feature. The $1,434,076.38 contract has an estimated completion date... Continue Reading →
The city of McDonough approved its 2019 road resurfacing package during last week's meeting. A total of fifteen streets will be resurfaced. Onsite Paving of McDonough, GA was the lowest bidder at $598,755.00. The project will be funded through a combination of LMIG dollars ($242,978.17) and SPLOST IV dollars ($355,776.83). The streets to be resurfaced... Continue Reading →
The summer resurfacing season is in full swing with work commencing on Sunday night, July 7, to resurface State Route 155 and on Monday night, July 8, for work along I-75 northbound. Resurfacing on I-75 southbound started in June. Nightly lane closures will be in place to complete maintenance work. Motorists are advised to use... Continue Reading →
The Henry County Board of Commissioners approved the 2019 package of roadway resurfacing on Tuesday morning. Approximately twelve miles of roadway, consisting of fourteen roadways, will be resurfaced using Local Maintenance Improvement Grant funds received from Georgia DOT. Two vendors responded to the bid package, with the lowest bid awarded to CW Matthews Contracting of... Continue Reading →
Public Works Director Ron Burckhalter gave an update to the Board at the March 19 Commission meeting regarding progress on the Lake Dow Rd. project. Burckhalter advised that the county has contracted with a different consultant using a new design to move the project forward. The consultants will use reinforced concrete pipe instead of the... Continue Reading →
Georgia DOT has announced a number of projects that will not be bid out in February because of the ongoing partial federal government shutdown, including resurfacing along I-75 northbound from state route 36 / exit 201 to highway 155 / exit 216. No information is available yet as to when the project may be rescheduled.... Continue Reading →
Georgia DOT has awarded a contract for milling and resurfacing along state route 155. The project extends between John Frank Ward Blvd in McDonough and the Henry / DeKalb County line at Panola Road in Fairview. The maintenance work was awarded to E R Snell Contractor, Inc. for $5,084,073.84. The project completion date is November... Continue Reading →
The light will not be activated until the first week of January, weather permitting. An unexpected delay has occurred involving the lane striping and necessary stop bars. The long-awaited traffic signal at McDonough Parkway and SR 20 / 81 activates Tuesday, December 18, 2018. This project has been completed thanks to collaboration between Georgia DOT,... Continue Reading →
