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GDOT Heads Up SR I-275/SR 407 Resurfacing Project By Brenda Ruggiero CEG CORRESPONDENT
“The project is unique in the fact that it involves micro-milling of one-and-one-quarter inches of asphalt to provide a texture suitable for use as a temporary riding surface or immediate overlay. This surface can be left unpaved for one day. This has never been done on an interstate project before.”
Near Atlanta, a resurfacing project headed by the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) is well under way and scheduled for completion on Dec. 31. The $10,898,313 contract was awarded to E.R. Snell Contractor Inc., Snellville, Ga., and is funded by the state. It involves I-285/SR407 at Ashford Dunwoody Road (CR 1764), extending to Chamblee-Tucker Road. It also includes bridge decking and joint Mark D. McKinnon seals. Georgia DOT According to Mark D. McKinnon, Atlanta regional media coordinator of Georgia DOT, notice to proceed was given on May 24, 2011, but the contractor did not begin work until July 7. He noted that DOT project personnel includes eight people. The contractor also will have a milling crew with six people and an asphalt paving crew with 11 people and 24 dump truck operators to start. Work will be completed on one lane first. “The project is unique in the fact that it involves micro-milling of one-and-one-quarter inches of asphalt to provide a texture suitable for use as a temporary riding surface or immediate overlay,” McKinnon said. “This surface can be left unpaved for one day. This has never been done on an interstate project before. The micromilled area has to be completely The project is unique in the fact that it involves micro- milling of one-and-onesee DOT page 2
quarter inches of asphalt to provide a texture suitable for use as a temporary riding surface or immediate overlay.
The $10,898,313 contract was awarded to E.R. Snell Contractor Inc., Snellville, Ga., and is funded by the state.
DOT project personnel includes eight people. The contractor also will have a milling crew with six people and an asphalt paving crew with 11 people and 24 dump truck operators to start.