GDOT awards $173M in Construction Contracts for June

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded 54 construction contracts for statewide projects totaling $173,927,084. The largest single investment contract, worth $19.5 million, was awarded to E. R. Snell Contractor, Inc. The company was hired to resurface 3.56 miles of concrete on I-285/State Route 407 in Clayton and Fulton counties. This resurfacing project extends from the west end of the airport tunnel to US 29/State Route 14. This contract, along with 24 other resurfacing contracts, represents 54% or $93.5 million of the awarded funds.  The second-largest single investment contract, $19.5 million, was awarded to Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC. The company was hired to construct a little over a mile of a bridge on US 41/State Route 11/State Route 49 over Rocky Creek, Rocky Creek Overflow, Tobesofkee Creek and Tobesofkee Creek Overflow in Bibb County. This contract, along with one other bridge construction contract, represents 12% or $20.3 million of the awarded funds. The remaining 34% or $60 million is allotted for additional safety, construction, widening reconstruction, and bridge rehabilitation projects at various locations across the state.  The June awards bring the total construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2019 to $843 million. Fiscal Year 2019 began July 1, 2018.