The Georgia Dept. of Transportation is increasingly confident that the reconstruction of fire-damaged Interstate 85 in downtown Atlanta will be completed by the agency’s target date of June 15, and for a total cost not to exceed $16.6 million.

GDOT Director of Construction Marc Mastronardi told reporters that the last of 61 prestressed beams fabricated at Standard Concrete Products’ Atlanta and Savannah plants were to be set in place on April 25. Marietta, Ga.-based contractor C.W. Matthews Construction began pouring the first of six deck spans the following day.