The Georgia Department of Transportation handed out another round of construction contracts — about $85.7 million across 10 projects — at the State Transportation Board’s January meeting, with awards finalized in early February.
One extra project that had been sitting in the “deferred” pile since November also got the green light.
As usual, the work went to the lowest qualified bidders. Georgia DOT said the previously deferred project was awarded Feb. 5, with the rest awarded Feb. 9.
The biggest single construction job is a roughly $38.5 million widening and reconstruction of about 1.6 miles on State Route 211, from Pinot Noir Drive to State Route 347 in Barrow, Gwinnett and Hall counties. That contract, plus four other construction projects, totals about $61.8 million — roughly 72% of the funding in this batch.
On the resurfacing side, the largest job is about $6.8 million for nearly 15.8 miles on State Route 2 in northeast Georgia, from the Towns County line to east of State Route 15 in Rabun County. That contract and four other resurfacing projects total about $23.9 million, or the remaining 28%.
The deferred project that finally moved involves rebuilding an interchange at U.S. 29/State Route 316/State Route 8 at Dials Mill Road and Dials Mill Extension in Oconee County. Georgia DOT said the work includes building a bridge and approaches over State Route 316 and is valued at about $25 million.
Georgia DOT said bids for the Design-Bid-Build projects were received Jan. 23. The agency also noted that the January awards bring Georgia’s fiscal 2026 construction contract total to about $1.82 billion since July 1, 2025, including Transportation Investment Act work, Design-Bid-Build projects and locally administered jobs.
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