On Tuesday, August 19, Commissioners unanimously approved hiring an independent contractor for road repaving and resurfacing services. This is all part of the Paving the Way program and the first of the 36.18 miles of roads for repaving that were put out for bid in July.

“We are moving forward even faster with our Paving the Way program, and I expect to see major improvements on these roads beginning in in the next few weeks,” says Mayor Lester Miller. “The condition of our roads is one of our community’s top priorities, and we are putting more money toward it than ever before.”

Out of the eight contractors that submitted RFPs, local business Professional Paving Services, LLC’s bid met the guidelines and came in with the lowest price. The contract is for $1,896,165 and will be paid from Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant (LMIG) and the 2018 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds.

Work on these almost 9 miles of road (listed below) should begin in the next 10 days. Additional sections of road may be added later once the final costs are determined.

Roads for this round were selected through a Roadbotics study of all 1,100 miles of county-owned, paved roads that ranked them 1-5, with 5 being the worst. With these 36 miles of roads repaved, nearly all roads rated 3 and above will have been touched.

Earlier this year all 1,100 miles were rescanned by StreetScan, ranking them 1-100, and giving the county a more comprehensive understanding of the need. From that rating, a set of criteria was applied and 459 roads totaling almost 130 miles and $44 million were identified for the next rounds.

“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 Miler. “There isn’t a part of our county that won’t have major improvements for daily travel.”

At the Commission Meeting on August 5, Mayor Miller presented the list and let the Commission know funding would come from the General Fund, LMIG, and SPLOST. Macon-Bibb is currently grouping those roads by proximity and preparing those groupings to be put out to bid.

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. Between 2020 and now, the County repaved 45.539 miles of road.

Road From-To Length (miles)
Chadwick Court Chadwick – Cul-De-Sac 0.09

Chadwick Trail Bowman Road – Chadwick Drive 0.15

Conway Drive Senora Place – East Dead End 0.04

Conway Drive Senora Place – Wera Place 0.04

Eastwick Court Chadwick Drive – Cul-De-Sac 0.07

Eastwick Place Chadwick Drive – Cul-De-Sac 0.11

Glen Hill Court Forest Hill Road – Cul-De-Sac 0.08

North Haven Drive Primrose Walk – North Haven Way 0.04

N. Pine Knoll Court N. Pine Knoll Drive – Cul-De-Sac 0.04

Tiffin Court Tiffin Circle – Cul-De-Sac 0.04

Bay Street 7th Street – 6th Street 0.15

Cason Street Spikes Street – South Dead End 0.04

Chappell Street Cynthia Avenue – Broadway 0.07

Cherry Street 3rd St. Outbound – 3rd St. Inbound 0.02

Giles Street 3rd Street – 3rd Street 0.02

Melvin Place Trammell Avenue – Roy Avenue 0.08

Melvin Place Roy Avenue – Dorothy Avenue 0.08

Melvin Place Dorothy Avenue – San Carlos Drive 0.08

Sheraton Drive Inwood Drive – End Of R/W Pvmt 0.29

Toombs Street Holloway Street – North Dead End 0.02

Turpin Street 9th Street – Railroad Signs 0.05

Creekwood Drive Meriwood Drive – North End of R/W 0.02

Meriwood Drive East R/W end to West R/W End 0.15

Queens Drive Masseyville Road – Kings Park Circle 0.11

Riggins Mill Rd. Augusta Avenue – RYDC Driveway 0.06

Riggins Mill Rd. Brunswick Avenue – Augusta Avenue 0.09

Riggins Mill Rd. RYDC D/W–Herbert Smart Airport Rd 0.12

Riggins Mill Rd. Brunswick Avenue – Cordele Avenue 0.10

Austin Avenue Austin Place – Mary Drive 0.16

Churchill Street Ernest Street – Bankston Avenue 0.04

Churchill Street Bankston Avenue – Buena Vista Drive 0.06

Churchill Street Helon Street – Ernest Street 0.04

Churchill Street Brentwood Avenue – Buenavista Drive 0.13

Churchill Street Helon Street – Bailey Avenue 0.08

Churchill Street Bailey Avenue – Willow Lane 0.08

Florence Avenue St. Claire Street – Atherton Street 0.07

Gledhill Street Bailey Avenue – Berkner Avenue 0.20

Greenview Ave. Hillcrest Avenue – End of Paved R/W 0.04

Hillcrest Avenue Ernest St. – Hillcrest Ind. Blvd. 0.04

Hillcrest Avenue Napier Avenue – McKenzie Drive 0.04

Hillcrest Avenue Hillcrest Blvd. – Mary Drive 0.21

Hillcrest Avenue Hillcrest Road – Carroll Avenue 0.32

Sharon Drive Hallwood Circle – Mimosa Drive 0.04

Sharon Drive Mimosa Drive – Burton Avenue 0.07

Sharon Drive Hallwood Circle – Hallwood Circle 0.14

Sharon Drive Hallwood Circle – Edna Place Road 0.06

Sharon Drive Macon Avenue – Radio Drive 0.08

Sharon Drive Radio Drive – Bailey Avenue 0.26

Shaw Drive Mary Drive – Austin Avenue 0.17

Winifred Way Burton Avenue – Berkner Avenue 0.24

Bobby Court Cul – De – Sac to Cul – De -Sac 0.12

Bobby Drive Hartley Bridge Road – Bobby Court 0.07

David Coley Road Lindy Coley Road – West Dead End 0.04

Elkan Avenue Greenleaf Drive – Hillside Drive 0.06

Liberty Church Rd. Vinson Road – White Pine Drive 0.18

Lindy Coley Road David Coley Road – North Dead End 0.04

Mikado Avenue Putnam Street – Toombs Street 0.18

Putnam Street Houston Avenue – Mikado Avenue 0.28

Rhonda Drive Nowell Drive – Regina Drive 0.09

Thomas Street Houston Avenue – Broadway 0.31

Berkshire Drive Winston Drive – North Dead-End Gate 0.03

India Avenue Ballard Drive – Ballard Drive 0.02

India Avenue Ballard Drive – Ballard Place 0.06

Maple Street Jessamine Street – Violet Street 0.04

Pine Avenue Violet Street – Rose Street 0.05

Pine Avenue Rose Street – School D/W (72 Ft. N) 0.01

Violet Street Pine Avenue – Walnut Avenue 0.05

Winston Drive Westbury Drive – Greenwich Place 0.16

Winston Drive Berkshire Drive – Westbury Drive 0.05

Winston Drive Greenwich Place – Berkshire Drive 0.16

Gadson Drive John Kennedy Dr. – John Kennedy Dr. 0.06

Gadson Drive John Kennedy Dr. – Vinson Robeson Dr. 0.11

Fulton Mill Rd. Skyhawk Circle – Hartley Bridge Rd. 1.91