The Georgia Department of Transportation announced it has awarded three roadway maintenance contracts and one construction contract for projects upcoming in Houston, Macon and Meriwether Counties.

The projects include:

• Houston and Macon Counties: Rehabilitation of 17 miles of roadway and shoulder on Georgia 26 beginning east of Stage Coach Road and extending west of US 41/Georgia 26. The contract was awarded to Reeves Construction Company of Macon, GA for $4 million. The work is expected to be completed in late summer, 2019. 

• Houston County: Resurfacing nearly 3 miles of roadway on Georgia 127 beginning east of Moody Road and extending east of Purdue Road. The contract was awarded to Reeves Construction Company of Macon, GA for $168,078. The work is expected to be completed in late summer, 2019.

• Meriwether County: Milling, resurfacing and single-surface treatment paving on 13 miles of Georgia 100 beginning north of US 27 ALT/Georgia 4 and extending to the Troup County line. The contract was awarded to C. W. Matthews Contracting, Co, of Marietta, GA for $4 million. The work is expected to be completed in late summer, 2019.

• Meriwether County: Construction of a bridge and approaches on Georgia 18 over the CSX Railroad. The contract was awarded to McCoy Grading, Inc. of Greenville, GA for $5.9 million. The work is expected to be completed in early spring of 2020.

The projects were in a bundle of 22 statewide construction projects awarded on October 5, 2018 and totaling $85,397,268. The awards bring the total amount for construction contracts for Fiscal Year 2019 to $276 million. Fiscal Year 2019 began July 1, 2018.