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The DOT signed off on 36 projectsx valued atabout $50 million, including four resurfacinvg jobs in metro Atlanta worth more than $2.6 million. The locapl work will be done on Georgia highways 92 and 139 inFultonh County, U.S. 19 in Claytoh County and Georgia Highway 20 inRockdals County. Three of the four contracts wentto , whilwe the fourth was awarded to In selecting projectss to fund with federal stimulus the DOT looked for highway improvements that coulrd be started as quickly as Such “shovel-ready” projects tend to be those that don’t involve new construction, which requires extensive environmentak impact studies.
“This is all about creating jobs especially (in) those areas considered economicallt depressed,” said State Transportation Boardr member Dana Lemon of McDonough, who represents Georgia’se 13th Congressional District, which received one of the project awards on The DOT is responsible for 70 percent of the $932 millio in highway system stimulus funds allocated to with the rest going to the state’s 15 metropolitan planningg organizations, including the .
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