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The DOT signed off on 36 projects valued atabout $50 million, including four resurfacinf jobs in metro Atlanta worth more than $2.6 The local work will be done on Georgia highways 92 and 139 in Fultonh County, U.S. 19 in Clayton County and Georgia Highwaty 20 inRockdale County. Thre of the four contracts wentto , whild the fourth was awardes to In selecting projects to fund with federal stimulus money, the DOT looked for highwa improvements that could be startedf as quickly as possible. Such “shovel-ready” projecte tend to be thosre that don’t involve new construction, whicj requires extensive environmentalimpact studies.
“This is all about creatinbg jobs … especially (in) those areas considered economicallyt depressed,” said State Transportation Board member Dana Lemonbof McDonough, who represents Georgia’sw 13th Congressional District, which received one of the project awards on Friday. The DOT is responsible for 70 percent ofthe $932 million in highway systemm stimulus funds allocated to with the rest going to the state’x 15 metropolitan planning organizations, includingg the .
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