In July 2024, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) awarded 31 projects focused on safety enhancements, resurfacing, bridge construction, and rehabilitation.

The largest investment, valued at approximately $85 million, is dedicated to a safety project that involves widening and reconstructing 4.486 miles on SR 162 in Newton and Rockdale counties. This contract, along with 19 other safety projects, accounts for 55% of the total awarded funds.

Six construction projects were awarded across Georgia, with the largest contract, valued at $20.6 million, designated for building a roundabout on SR 9 at AC Smith Road in Forsyth County. Another construction project involves constructing a 0.417-mile bridge and approaches on US 29/SR 14 over the CSX Railroad in Fulton County. These projects, along with four other construction contracts, represent 22 percent of the total awarded funds.

Additionally, two resurfacing projects account for 16 percent, or approximately $34 million, of the total. The largest of these involves milling, inlay, and plant mix resurfacing over 6.146 miles of I-285/SR 407, spanning from south of Paces Ferry Road to west of Long Island Drive in Cobb and Fulton counties.

Five percent of the awarded funds, approximately $17.5 million, is dedicated to a bridge construction project covering 0.483 miles on SR 54 over Bear Creek in Fulton County.

The remaining 2 percent of the funds are allocated to two bridge rehabilitation projects spread across Bulloch, Evans, Screven, Chatham, Jeff Davis, and Long counties, focusing on various locations within these areas.

A Design-Build project was awarded to Matthews – McLendon Joint Venture / Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering, PLLC in the month of July in the amount of $74.5 million. The project will construct the interchange of I-16 at Old Cuyler Road. To learn more about this project, please visit: http://www.dot.ga.gov/PS/Innovative/DesignBuild.

The July awards bring the total construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2025 to $325 million. This total includes TIA, Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build and locally administered projects. Fiscal Year 2025 began July 1, 2024.

Award Announcement list (includes rejected and or deferred projects). Bids for Design-Bid-Build projects were received on July 19, and contracts were awarded to the lowest qualified bidders on August 2.

Supplemental Award Announcement (includes previously deferred projects that have now been let).

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. To learn more, please visit http://www.dot.ga.gov/PS/Business/Prequalification/PrequalContractors.