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Governor Perdue Certifies $146 Million in Metro Atlanta Transportation Projects

Friday, June 12, 2009

Contact: Office of Communications 404-651-7774

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

“These funds include much needed road widening projects, improvements in our intelligent transportation system and upgrades to traffic signals that will ease congestion,” said Governor Perdue. “It also includes $25 million to keep MARTA moving.”

Projects include widening of Eagles Landing Parkway in Henry County, improvements to 14^th Street in downtown Atlanta improvements and additional lanes on State Route 20 in Gwinnett County. Governor Perdue submitted the certification as part of a June 12 letter to US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. In the letter, the Governor informed Secretary LaHood that more projects will be certified as the Georgia DOT and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) amend their TIPs to include additional projects.

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

The list of projects is below:

County	Description	Total Funding
Bartow	SR 3/US 41 from Cobb County line to SR 293 Connector – median turn lanes	$20,507,550
Henry	Eagles Landing Parkway from CR 2417 to CS 867/Talon Place - GRTA	$33,561,203
Fulton	Fourteenth Street from West Peachtree Street to Piedmont Avenue - GRTA	$ 5,254,559
Fulton	Downtown Atlanta pedestrian corridor improvements - GRTA	$4,822,947
Fulton	Midtown Atlanta signal and intersection improvements, Phase II - GRTA	$1,280,812
Cobb	SR 3 Connector at SR 120 ALT - GRTA	$11,916,450
Cobb	SR 176/Lost Mtn at CR 809/Corner Road - GRTA	$ 1,747,506
Gwinnett	SR 20/Loganville Highway from Ozora Road to Brand Road - GRTA	$19,376,654
DeKalb	Deepdene Park in DeKalb County	$1,447,031
DeKalb, Rockdale	South River Trail - Phase III	$868,219
Fayette	CS 508/Lee Stree from CS 568/Williamsburg Way to SR 54	$723,516
Fulton	Fairlie-Poplar Historic District streetscapes in Atlanta	$723,516
Henry	Locust Grove Downtown streetscape - Phase II	$345,083
Paulding	Dallas Trailhead in Paulding County	$723,516
Cobb	SR 176/Mars Hill Road at CR 784/Hadaway Road - GRTA	$1,775,878
Cobb	SR 176/Mars Hill Road at CR 55/Mars Hill Church Road - GRTA	$1,038,609
Clayton, Henry	SR 138 at 12 locations - upgrade traffic signals	$1,619,546
Clayton, DeKalb	I-675 ATMS/communications/surveillance from I-75/Henry to I-285 DeKalb	$8,485,391
Fulton	CR 85/Kimball Bridge Road at Big Creek, two miles southeast of Alpharetta	$4,750,355
ARC Region	MARTA preventative maintenance	$25,000,000
GRAND TOTAL		$145,968,340

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