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Governor Perdue Certifies $51 Million in Transportation Projects

Monday, July 6, 2009  Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-7774

ATLANTA– Today Governor Sonny Perdue announced that he has submitted the required “1511 Certification” on 11 transportation projects that will be funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

“These funds include work on Georgia’s highways, intersections and bridges,” said Governor Perdue. “We are using these federal dollars wisely to improve our transportation network and to put Georgians to work.”

For more information visit Georgia DOT’s stimulus website at www.dot.state.ga.us/gastimulus .

The list of projects is below:


County

Description

Work Type

Total Funding

Gwinnett

I-85 from Pleasant Hill Road to Old Peachtree Road – ATMS/communications

ATMS/ITS

$4,110,000

Bibb

SR 87/Macon from Joe Tamplin Exit to and along Weaver Road to West Elk

Auxiliary Lanes

$14,399,326

Coffee

SR 135/US 221 at Tiger Creek approximately six miles northeast of Douglas

Bridges

$1,906,592

Colquitt

CR 186/Hagin Still Road at Ochlockonee River southeast of Doerun

Bridges

$1,706,492

DeKalb

SR 155 at Shoal Creek – replace culvert, turn lane and remove pedestrian bridge

Bridges

$2,075,809

Douglas

CR 815/Anneewakee Road Bridge at Anneewakee Creek

Bridges

$3,551,734

Washington

SR 15 at CR 347/Matthews Road in Tennille

Intersection   Improvement

$2,561,077

Coweta

SR 16/Wells Street at CR 157/Broad Street and Luther Bailey Road

Intersection  Improvement

$1,587,705

Douglas

CR 810/Kings Highway at CR 173/Central Church Road

Intersection Improvement

$1,160,352

DeKalb

SR 10/Memorial Drive from Woodcroft Road to Goldsmith Road

Miscellaneous Improvements

$7,584,978

Franklin, Hart

I-85 from south of SR 17/Franklin to South Carolina state line

Interstate Rehabilitation

$10,122,000

GRAND TOTAL

 

$50,766,065

 

 

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