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Three Lilburn streets to be resurfaced this month

Lilburn will use their 2021 Local Maintenance Improvement Grant funds for the repair and resurfacing of various city streets. (Courtesy Garrett Paving)
Lilburn will use their 2021 Local Maintenance Improvement Grant funds for the repair and resurfacing of various city streets. (Courtesy Garrett Paving)
By Jillian Price
June 20, 2022

The city of Lilburn announced Wednesday it has accepted a bid from Garrett Paving Company of Athens to resurface portions of three city streets for more than $233,000. Joy Lane, Bridgewater Drive, and Nantucket Drive will be resurfaced starting this month. Weather permitting, the project is expected to be completed in November.

Funding for this project is coming from the Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant, a state program that provides funding to cities based on factors including total population, and the 2017 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, the announcement said.

On June 16, the city also opened bids to resurface an additional 2.3 miles of city streets. The additional resurfacing projects will be funded through the American Rescue Plan Act. The resurfacing includes filling in cracks, patching, replacing speed humps and crosswalks.

Affected streets are:

About the Author

Jillian Price covers local news for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She is a graduate of Baylor University and the University of Texas at Austin. She joined the AJC in 2022 and mainly covers Gwinnett County cities.

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