The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) recently announced that it had awarded 22 projects in February valued at $162 million. Twenty were awarded on March 3, and two other projects from the February letting which were originally deferred were awarded later in the month.
The largest project in the package is worth approximately $25 million and was awarded to Marietta-based C. W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. It consists of milling and plant mix resurfacing 21.22 mi. of Interstate 75/Georgia Highway 401 from south of U.S. Highway 411/Ga. 61 in Bartow County to south of Dew Pond Road in Gordon County.
This contract, along with 12 other resurfacing projects, represents 49 percent of the awarded funds.
Additionally, there were two reconstruction projects which account for 42 percent of the awarded funds, or $54 million.
The first is the effort to widen and reconstruct 1.1 mi. of Ga. 9 in Forsyth County from the Fulton County line to McFarland Road. The second project includes the widening and reconstruction of 2.1 mi. of Buffington Road from Rock Quarry Road to U.S. 29/Ga. 14 (Roosevelt Highway) and from Royal S Parkway to Rock Quarry Road in Fulton County. This job also includes the construction of a bridge over the Ga. 14 spur in Fulton County.
Another pair of bridge construction projects, with contracts totaling $4 million, represent three percent of the awarded funds by GDOT. They include the construction of a bridge and its approaches on Birdford Lake Road over Beards Creek in Tattnall County, and on Harden Chapel Road across Rocky Creek in Toombs County.
Other notable construction projects funded by GDOT in February include:
- An approximately $3.8 million effort to build a roundabout on Ga. 53 at New Cut Road and Ednaville Road in Jackson County.
- A safety project, valued at about $2.8 million, to make intersection improvements at various locations along U.S. 84/Ga. 38 in Wayne County.
- A single maintenance effort on various bridges in Greene, Laurens, Newton and Richmond counties. Together, these bridge rehabilitations will cost approximately $1 million.
- Two more construction projects were awarded late in the month: A bridge and approaches installation on the Ga. 77 spur over Little Coldwater Creek and Cedar Creek in Hart County; and, in Pike County, on the Concord Road bridge over Birch Creek.
GDOT's February awards bring the total construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2023 to $1.2 billion, a total that includes TIA, Design-Bid-Build, and locally administered projects.
Bids for Design-Bid-Build projects were received on February 17, and contracts were awarded to the lowest qualified bidders on March 3.
Contractors and consultants, including Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs), registered small businesses, and veteran-owned small businesses interested in bidding on projects or performing work must prequalify with Georgia DOT.
For more information, visit www.dot.ga.gov/GDOT/Pages/DBE.aspx.
Downtown Macon's Telfair Street Closed for Repairs
A Macon Water Authority (MWA) stormwater system project to repair a failed line in the city's near downtown has resulted in the partial closure of Telfair Street while repairs are ongoing for the entire month of April, and likely into the first week of May.
The Macon Telegraph reported April 5 that the work is ongoing from the intersection of Telfair and Ash Street to the intersection of Telfair and Hazel Street. The road is a well-traveled route leading into downtown Macon and turns into First Street, where Navicent Health — the second largest hospital in Georgia — is located.
The rehabilitation project began April 3 after extensive rainfall in the last week of March caused the formation of a sinkhole at 1279 Telfair St., which led to the failure of the underground stormwater line, according to the Macon news outlet. The sinkhole opened on an older part of the stormwater system that consisted of brick pipe. Despite earlier work the MWA had done to stablize the area, the affected line will require a complete rehabilitation.
The city department contracted with Utility Asset Management (UAM) Inc. to fix the damaged portion of Macon's stormwater system. MWA officials told the Telegraph that due to the emergency nature of the incident, the project was made a top priority over other long-term system improvements.
While repairs to the damaged system are ongoing, the municipal authority will install a temporary bypass line to handle stormwater flow along the Telfair Street area. The bypass system will cross Telfair and requires part of the street to close for cleaning, reinforcing, spray lining and curling of the failed line.
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