Metro Atlanta construction projects get green light

The hard-hit construction industry ought to be getting a boost in the coming fiscal year from a $1.2 billion bond package state lawmakers approved last week.

Metro Atlanta will get more than $200 million in projects from the bond package, not including a big share of $300 million approved for local school construction.

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The bonds for the projects won’t be sold for several months, but they will eventually mean new college buildings, libraries and other facilities.

Besides the K-12 school construction, below are some of the projects of local interest in the budget:

Fulton County:

• $43 million for construction of an Undergraduate Learning Commons at Georgia Tech.

• $9.6 million for an outdoor student recreation facility in downtown at Georgia State University.

• $8 million to complete the Parker H. Petit Science Center at Georgia State University.

• $2.5 million to design and construct an addition to a science building at Atlanta Metropolitan College.

• $1 million in equipment for Georgia Perimeter College’s Alpharetta Academic Facility.

• $3.2 million to replace roofs at the Georgia World Congress Center.

• $2.73 million to design a new state judicial building.

• $6.4 million to renovate two downtown state buildings.

Cherokee County:

• $1 million for renovation of the R.T. Jones Memorial Library in Canton.

• $2 million to design and build the Northeast Regional Library in unincorporated Cherokee County.

Clayton County:

• $2 million for the Forest Park branch library.

• $2.1 million for design of a new science building at Clayton State University.

Cobb County:

• $19 million for laboratory addition to the science building at Kennesaw State.

• $3.7 million for equipment for the Engineering Technology Center at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta.

DeKalb County:

• $2 million for the DeKalb County Central Library and Processing Center.

• $2.2 million for design of an academic building at Georgia Perimeter College’s Dunwoody campus.

Gwinnett County:

• $2 million for infrastructure and utility improvements at Georgia Gwinnett College.

Hall County:

• $31.2 million for construction of an academic facility at Gainesville State College.

• $13.6 million to replace the Oakwood Diagnostic Laboratory Facility, Georgia Poultry Improvement Association in Hall County.

• $14 million to design and construct Don Carter State Park in Gainesville.

Others:

• $15.3 million for express buses and two new park-and-ride lots for the state’s express bus service.

• $26.6 million for a special collections library at UGA.

• $5.97 million to design, construct and equip a new central utility plant at the University of Georgia.