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

Tuesday, May 4th, 2021

The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced it awarded five contracts for new projects in District 3 (West Central Georgia region). The projects were presented for bid on Mar. 19, 2021 and awards made on Apr. 5, 2021. 

The projects are:

  • Bibb County: the project involves the resurfacing of 5.206 miles of Georgia 247 from north of US 41 BUS/Georgia 49 and extending south of US 41/Georgia 19. The contract was awarded to C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. of Marietta for $2.7 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of February, 2022.

  • Henry and DeKalb Counties: the project involves the construction of a roundabout on Georgia 155 at Panola Road (CR 672). The contract was awarded to CMES, Inc. of Norcross for $3 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of May, 2022.

  • Meriwether County: the project involves the resurfacing of 5.360 miles of Georgia 194 from east of Georgia 18/Chipley Highway and extending west of US 27/Georgia 41/Roosevelt Highway. The contract was awarded to C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. of Marietta for $1.2 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of February, 2022.

  • Muscogee County: the project involves the resurfacing of 5.375 miles of Georgia 22 Spur beginning east of Barbara Road and extending south of US 80/Georgia 22. The contract was awarded to C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc. of Marietta for $3 million. The project is expected to be completed by the end of February, 2022. 

  • Troup County: the project involves 8.4 miles of signage upgrades on I-185/Georgia 411 starting at US 27/Georgia 1 and extending to I-85/Georgia 403. The contract was awarded to Massana Construction, Inc. of Tyrone for $984,200. The project is expected to be completed by the end of May, 2022.

These five projects were among 16 statewide to be contracted on Apr. 5, 2021. The Muscogee County project to resurface a portion of the Georgia 22 Spur for $3 million was the second largest of the batch. The March round of awards bring the state of Georgia's total construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2021 to $1.15 billion, 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.