Expect road work delays in Lee County on U.S. 82
Work will also impact ramp at Lee/Dougherty County line
By Cindi Cox
LEESBURG — Several DOT-funded road improvements are in the works for Lee County in the coming weeks, including a project to resurface a little more than five miles of U.S. 82/Georgia 520.
That project will include ramps at the Lee/Dougherty line. It is currently ongoing and will impact traffic.
Reeves Construction Co. is working from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday resurfacing the main route. Drivers should expect single-lane closures.
Reeves will also mill, remove the top layer of asphalt, and pave the ramps at the Lee/Dougherty county line from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Sunday. The work will require an overnight closure of the impacted ramp, but it will reopen during the day. Drivers will be directed by detour signs when a ramp is closed.
Lee County co-manager Christi Dockery said the U.S. 82 roadwork is a Georgia Department of Transportation project that calls for resurfacing from the Terrell County line to east of Dawson Road.
The reason for the resurfacing is deteriorating pavement, Dockery said.
The total construction cost of the project is $3.5 million, and the work is expected to be finished by the end of the year.
“We are very fortunate to have had so many DOT road projects funded and approved over the past couple of years,” Dockery said, adding that the county received word last week that GDOT has approved a road-paving job for Highway 19 from Georgia 32 in Lee County up to the Worth County line.
“Last year, we were able to resurface Highway 19 to route 133, which is a vital roadway from the Marine base to Lee County,” Dockery said.
Road improvements in Leesburg utilizing GDOT funding are also ongoing. City Manager Bob Alexander said on Thursday that workers are finishing the widening of U.S. 19 in front of City Hall and the downtown train depot.
“That is currently under construction,” he said. We expect it will be finished next month.”
As for the city’s train depot, Alexander said work is underway on the parking lot, which will eventually have more than 30 parking spaces. Workers have also begun remodeling the interior of the depot, which will feature offices and public meeting spaces.
Alexander said Leesburg was also recently notified that DOT has approved a resurfacing project for Georgia 32, which is expected to take place in the spring of 2018. The city will use Local Maintenance Improvement Grant funds to cover 70 percent of the costs involved in resurfacing Carolyn Avenue, Jayne Avenue and Cathy Street. The city will pay the remaining 30 percent.
Alexander said Leesburg officials recently accepted a bid of $85,736.31 from Oxford Construction Co. to do that work.
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