Characterizing 2017 as an “eventful” year for the Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) would be an understatement. For starters, the agency oversaw a 532-contract construction portfolio valued at $4.8 billion; made significant progress on its largest-ever highway project, the $834-million Northwest Corridor Express Lanes; broke ground on major interchange reconstructions in Atlanta and Macon; and punctuated a new focus on bridge upgrades with the agency’s first application of accelerated bridge construction, a 56-hour installation of a structure in the state’s northwest corner.
In addition, GDOT prepared to launch an $11-billion congestion relief program of megaprojects called the Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP), one of several facets of a 2015 transportation funding measure that provides the agency with as much as $1 billion annually in dedicated project dollars.