GDOT Makes Progress Repairing Signs in East-Central Georgia
Augusta, Ga. - The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) finished repairing all red series signs in District 2 (east-central Georgia) on Wednesday.
Hurricane Helene damaged about 20% of the stop and yield signs across our district. We believe the storm damaged a similar number of yellow and white series signs, which is where Georgia DOT's focus will turn on Thursday.
Our entire signal workforce will continue assisting Richmond County on Thursday with traffic light repair. One crew will be at the district office in Tennille building signal heads. Five crews will be in the field helping with signal repair, including a crew from District 3 (west-central Georgia) and three contracted crews.
Georgia DOT is making progress repairing two traffic light sites destroyed by Hurricane Helene. We have raised poles at United States 1/State Route 4 and State Route 78 in Wadley and at State Route 26 and State Route 31 in Dublin. Work is expected to be complete at those sites by the end of the week. Three signals also need to be completely rebuilt in Wrens.
26 Georgia DOT maintained traffic lights are non-operational across the district due to power loss. This does not include non-operational traffic lights in Columbia and Richmond Counties, which are maintained by the county instead of Georgia DOT. We strongly encourage drivers to obey Georgia traffic law, which requires you to stop at non-operational traffic lights.
Crews finished clearing debris Wednesday at the Georgia Welcome Center on Interstate 20 near the South Carolina state line. It remains closed because of power and water issues.
Paving started Wednesday on State Route 86 on the Laurens/Treutlen County line, which has been closed because of a road washout. We still have more work to do before we can open the road, but we expect to have this route open to traffic in the coming days.
Work began Wednesday on State Route 296 in Jefferson County between Warrior Trail and United States 1/United States 221, which is closed because of a road washout. We anticipate it will take less than a week for the contractor to finish repairing the route.
Georgia DOT maintenance crews will continue riding interstates and state routes across the district on Thursday to move debris further away from the edge of the road, allowing more room on the shoulder. Crews are primarily focusing on interstates and high priority state routes. As utility companies make progress restoring power across the area, Georgia DOT crews are returning to sites where debris has been wrapped up in power lines. Because of safety, we must wait for the utility company to respond before handling the debris.
We continue to ask drivers to limit all non-essential travel to help our Georgia DOT crews perform their work quicker and safer.
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