Thu January 14, 2021 - Southeast Edition
Albany Herald
In addition to the previously announced $62.7 million widening of state Route 133 from U.S. Highway 319 to Mike Horner Road in Colquitt County, the
Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded 14 other construction contracts for statewide transportation projects totaling $103.7 million late in 2020.
With those contracts secured, the transportation agency totaled $513.4 million worth of construction awards for Fiscal Year 2021 through the end of last November (the fiscal year began July 1, 2020).
This total includes Georgia s Transportation Investment Act (TIA), Design-Bid-Build and locally administered projects.
Another widening contract was awarded to
C&H Paving Inc., in Thomson, Ga., to expand and reconstruct a little over a half-mile of roadway on GA Rt. 56 from Cates Mead Road (County Road 54) to GA Rt. 80 in Burke County. This contract also is a TIA project.
By Kevin C. Hall | kevin.hall@gaflnews.com Dec 22, 2020
Dec 22, 2020
MOULTRIE, Ga. â Like a kid waiting for Santa at Christmas, Colquitt Countians may have thought a four-lane highway to Albany would never get here.
But a press release from the Georgia Department of Transportation on Tuesday gives us reason to keep believing.
The GDOT awarded 15 construction contracts across the state in November, the press release announced. The largest one was the first of five widening projects on Highway 133 North.
In all, the transportation projects awarded last month totaled $103,744,588, the GDOT said. Of that, approximately $62.7 million was awarded to Reames and Son Construction, Inc., of Valdosta to widen and reconstruct 8.55 miles on State Route 133 from U.S. Highway 319 (State Route 35) to north of Mike Horne Road in Colquitt County.Â