Mayor Miller and Commissioners will hold a press conference on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the progress being made in an historic investment in road improvements. The press conference will be livestreamed at www.facebook.com/maconbibbcounty

“For too many years, there were never enough funds made available to care for our aging infrastructure, leading to potholes, sinkholes, collapses along the sides, and failing pavement,” says Mayor Miller. “Now, thanks to the SPLOST, the Commission and I intend to put an historic amount toward correcting that mistake.”

In March 2025, the voters of Macon-Bibb County approved the renewal of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), which means 50 million dollars can be made available for the next phase of Paving the Way – the county’s road repair, maintenance, and restriping program – with even more coming from the General Fund and state Local Maintenance & Improvement Grants (LMIG). In the first round of Paving the Way, nearly $15 million was allocated from the general fund, SPLOST, and LMIG. The amount allocated in the first round was already nearly five times more than used in previous years.

“The condition of our roads has become one of the top priorities for our community, and I join with people in their frustration with uneven pavement, potholes that rattle your car, and stripes you can’t see at night,” says Mayor Miller. “That’s why we made sure people knew this would be at the top of our list when it came to this next SPLOST, and it’s the first project we’re moving forward with.”

To prepare for the next phase of Paving the Way and historic funding levels, the county has completed a scan of more than 1,100 county-owned paved roads to rate their condition and determine which are the worst and should be addressed first. That data is expected back in June.

“Since we began the Paving the Way program, we have used a data-driven approach to fix the worst roads first, and we are about to have a re-evaluation of all our roads to help prioritize and speed up that process,” adds Mayor Miller. “This amount of effort will take the work of many crews and companies, and we will be discussing Monday how we are going to make that happen.”