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Georgia DOT Awards Five Contracts for New Projects in West Central Georgia

Thursday, February 4th, 2021

 The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced it awarded two contracts for new projects in District 3 (West Central Georgia region). The projects were presented for bid on Dec. 18, 2020 and awards made on Dec. 31, 2020. The projects are:

The projects are:

  • Bibb County: the project involves the construction of a roundabout on Georgia 22 at Fulton Mill Road (CR 740). The contract was awarded to Reeves Construction Company of Macon, Georgia for $2.97 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of autumn, 2022. .

  • Chattahoochee County: the project involves the construction of two bridges and approaches on US 280/Georgia 520 over Bagley Creek. The contract was awarded to Oxford Construction Company of Albany, Georgia for $5.6 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of summer, 2022.

  • Dooly County: the project involves the construction of a bridge and approaches on Shiloh Road (CR 324) over Mims Branch. The contract was awarded to Southern Concrete Construction Company, Inc. of Albany, Georgia for $960,000. The project is expected to be completed by the end of November, 2021.

  • Harris, Meriwether and Talbot Counties: the project involves 8.323 miles of resurfacing and shoulder rehabilitation of Georgia 85 ALT starting north of Georgia 116 and extending to the bridge over the CSX Railroad. The contract was awarded to Robinson Paving Company of Columbus, Georgia for $2.1 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of November, 2021. 

  • Sumter County: the project involves 1.310 miles of resurfacing of US 280/Georgia 30 starting at Georgia 27 and extending to east of Fielder Street. The contract was awarded to Robinson Paving Company of Columbus, Georgia for $960,000. The project is expected to be completed by the end of November, 2021.

These five projects were among 17 statewide to be contracted in December, 2020. The December round of awards bring the state of Georgia's total construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2021 to $640.2 million, including Transportation Investment Act (TIA) projects, Design-Build and locally administered projects. Fiscal Year 2021 consists of the twelve months from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.

Information on schedules, lane closures and detours will be made available in advance of construction activities.