At meetings on October 14 and 21, Mayor Lester Miller and the Commission approved six more contracts for road paving as part of Macon-Bibb County’s #PavingTheWay program. McLeroy, Inc., Professional Paving Services, and Atlanta Paving & Concrete Construction are being hired to repave 201 segments of road totaling 48.58 miles. Additional sections of road may be added later once the final costs are determined.
These six contracts are part of more than 160 miles of road identified by an in-depth road condition analysis as needing to be paved. Roads were identified through a scan of the more than 1,100 miles of county-owned and paved roads. Every segment was rated on a scale of 1-100, and roads were selected based on the following criteria:
- Roads rated 30 and below.
- Arterial and collector roads rated below 40.
- Connecting, nearby roads rated between 30 and 55.
- Well-trafficked roads in industrial areas.
“We identified the worst roads in our community and are focusing first on them, as well as roads that are heavily traveled every day,” says Mayor Miller. “There isn’t a part of our county that won’t have major improvements for daily travel.”
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