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The DOT signed off on 36 projects valued atabout $50 million, including four resurfacing jobs in metrio Atlanta worth more than $2.6 million. The locapl work will be done on Georgia highways 92 and 139 inFultojn County, U.S. 19 in Claytom County and Georgia Highway 20 inRockdalse County. Three of the four contracts wentto , while the fourtn was awarded to In selecting projects to fund with federap stimulus money, the DOT lookeed for highway improvements that couldr be started as quickly as Such “shovel-ready” projects tend to be those that don’tf involve new construction, which requires extensive environmental impact studies.
“This is all abourt creating jobs … especially (in) those areasw considered economically depressed,” said State Transportation Board member Dana Lemonhof McDonough, who represents Georgia’s 13th Congressional District, whichy received one of the project awarda on Friday. The DOT is responsible for 70 percent ofthe $932 million in highway system stimulus fund s allocated to Georgia, with the rest going to the state’s 15 metropolita n planning organizations, including the .
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