Ga. Officials Gear Up To Fix Aging Infrastructure Network
Georgians will soon be driving on smoother roads and safer bridges. Lawmakers recently approved about a billion dollars of new money to repair Georgia’s aging infrastructure.
“What we saw this legislative session was something very spectacular. Something we haven’t seen probably since the 1970s,” said Natalie Dale, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Transportation.
That something, Dale said, is a major financial commitment from the state.
“We’re well past potholes in Georgia. We’ve got pavement that’s unraveling, where you you’ve got the top surface level crumbling. It’s a safety issue on our roadways.”
New gas taxes and fees on hotels and electric cars are expected to bring in more than $900 million per year for GDOT. Lawmakers appropriated another $100 million in bond money just for bridge repair.
Dale said basic maintenance projects will come first. Then GDOT will consider expansion projects that could ease congestion.
“It’s really important we stabilize the decline in our roadways before we move to the bigger and better things we can do with this money but it certainly frees up money down the road,” said Dale.
GDOT is currently moving ahead on about 30 resurfacing projects in metro Atlanta alone and about 25 bridge repair projects statewide.
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