Politics & Government
More Than $28M Will Be Used To Resurface Gwinnett County Roads
Gwinnett County will work with the state department of transportation to fund resurfacing of more than 108 miles of roadways.
GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — More than $28 million will be used to resurface 108 miles of county roads in Gwinnett County, according to a news release.
The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners awarded this week E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc., the contract through the County’s 2017 SPLOST program. The Georgia Department of Transportation will fund a quarter of the contract cost.
“We value our partnership with the Georgia DOT,” said Gwinnett Transportation Director Lewis Cooksey in the release. “State funding allows our SPLOST dollars to stretch farther, in this case to pave more roadways.”
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Every year Gwinnett transportation employees document roads in need of resurfacing. With nearly 2,700 centerline miles of roadway, it takes close to 30 months for staff members to assess pavement conditions on all the County-maintained roads, the County said. That pavement data is used to identify the roads in most need of resurfacing. Gwinnett will resurface just over 108 centerline miles of roadway this year.
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