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DOT to resume work on express lanes

By Pat Fox
Dec 30, 2010

The Georgia DOT will resume work Monday on HOV lanes on I-85 in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties.

Crews will resume work with lane closures in both directions day and night as weather permits.

The I-85 Express Lanes Project includes installation of 16 miles of fiber and signage along I-85 between Chamblee Tucker Road and Old Peachtree Road and along Ga. 316 between I-85 and Riverside Parkway. The total cost of the project is $11.7 million.

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