Georgia DOT has awarded 11 construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $62,366,828. These projects were advertised in July, bids were received on August 18, and contracts were awarded on September 1 to the lowest qualified bidder.
 
The largest single monetary investment—accounting for 67% of the total—is a $42.3 million contract for 9.5 miles of construction and widening on US 23/SR 87 from Log Cabin Road to south of SR 257 in Dodge and Bleckley counties in east central Georgia.      
 
Contracts for resurfacing and maintenance on state roads in northeast and central Georgia total $18.3 million and account for 29% of this month’s overall investment.

In the Northeast Region, a $1.5 million resurfacing project was awarded to Hall County. Approximately three and a half miles on State Route 369 (Browns Bridge Road) will be resurfaced from State Route 53 (McEver Road) to south State Route 60. C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc of Marietta, GA. was awarded the contract which has a completion date of Summer 2018. 
 
This month’s awards brings the two-month Fiscal Year 2018 total construction contracts to $201 million. FY18 began July 1