Ga. DOT awards 22 stimulus program contracts

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The state Department of Transportation has awarded another 22 projects to be paid for by the federal stimulus.

The projects are worth $57 million, according to Georgia DOT, and construction should begin next month.

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They include a repaving project on 20 miles of I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties, traffic light upgrades on Old Alabama Road in Fulton County, pedestrian upgrades on Memorial Drive in DeKalb, and others.

he awards are on top of $119 million’s worth of projects already awarded, and an estimated $250 million’s worth that will be awarded within a few weeks, according to DOT.

Altogether Georgia is scheduled to get $932 million in road money and $144 million for mass transit.

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