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College Park’s Buffington Road infrastructure improvements on way

Work in the College Park area will include road widening.
Work in the College Park area will include road widening.
By Leslie Johnson
Dec 27, 2016

The Georgia Department of Transportation recently executed professional service contracts for planning the design and construction of bridge and road widening work on Buffington Road in College Park, according to the city manager’s newsletter. The cost for the work is being determined.

Engineering firm Amec Foster Wheeler got the nod to develop and present a project timeline. Present schedules have construction starting in 2020.

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