ATLANTA – State Representative Timothy Barr (R-Lawrenceville) today announced that the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has awarded Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant (LMIG) funding for several construction projects in Gwinnett County to improve local roads and bridges. The 2020 LMIG funding has a combined total of more than $12,066,700.
“Over the last several years, the Georgia Department of Transportation has reaffirmed its commitment to House District 103 by pouring its resources into projects that meet our growing community’s needs,” said Rep. Barr. “As the Gwinnett and Hall County areas continue to experience incredible population growth, I know that GDOT will continue serves as a great partner to implement projects that keep our citizens safe, as well as encourage new opportunities for families and businesses to thrive.”
One of the upcoming projects includes resurfacing SR 20 from CR 105/Laurel Drive to SR 316; this resurfacing project’s estimated letting is 2021 Q2. The second project will widen SR 211 from CS 1274/Pinot Noir Drive to SR 347; this project’s estimated letting is 2022 Q3.
Rep. Barr also provided updates on current projects across the Gwinnett area. The project on I-85 at SR 324 is being overseen by the Gwinnett County DOT and has been cleared of trees; the construction of a bridge at this location is 50 percent complete and has beams being set; drainage is also being worked on. Additionally, a project on Spout Springs Road from I-985 to Union Circle is in Phase 1; this project has been cleared of trees, utility relocations is under way, major grading has begun, as well as installing drainage pipes; this project is 17 percent complete as of the end of April 2020.
Furthermore, Rep. Barr announced that multiple GDOT projects, including several widening projects, are complete or nearly completed. A project on I-85, which was north of Old Peachtree to Hamilton Mill Road, is 100 percent complete and closed out. The widening of I-85 from I-985 to north of SR 53 is nearly completed; all lanes are open to traffic open from I-985 to SR 211; the Flowery Branch Road bridge over I-85 is still under construction and paving is still underway between SR 211 to SR 53. A widening project of SR 347/Friendship Road from McEver Road to Lake Lanier (into the Lake Lanier Islands) has completed Phase II, and the project’s contractor is currently closing out and performing cleanup of this project. A widening project on SR 13 through the city of Rest Haven to SR 347 is starting final asphalt surfacing, which will open two lanes in each direction; this project is 82 percent complete as of the end of April 2020, and the completion date is July 13, 2020.
For more information on the GDOT’s Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant, please click here.
Representative Timothy Barr represents the citizens of District 103, which includes portions of Hall and Gwinnett counties. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 and currently serves as Chairman of the Code Revision Committee. He also serves on the Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and on the Health & Human Services, Motor Vehicles, Small Business Development, Game, Fish & Parks, and Natural Resources & Environment committees. He is a member of the Working Group on Creative Arts & Entertainment.
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