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September 10: The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced construction is scheduled to begin on the two highway projects in Northeast Georgia funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). One of those projects is in Forsyth County.  

State Route (SR) 9 will be resurfaced from the Fulton County line to just north of SR 20 in Cumming. Work will occur at night from 8 p.m. overnight to 5:30 a.m. the next morning, as weather permits. Flaggers will stop traffic and then pilot vehicles will lead motorists through the work zone. Work will occur Sunday through Thursdays. Crews will begin work on this 9.8 mile long resurfacing project Monday, September 14 if weather permits. The estimated construction cost is $1.9 million. The completion date for the project is April 30, 2010, but work is expected to finish this calendar year.  

C W Matthews Contracting, Inc of Marietta is the contractor on this project.  

Georgia DOT is responsible for 70 percent of Georgia’s $932 million in highway system ARRA funds. Georgia DOT has created a Web page (www.dot.ga.gov/gastimulus

) devoted to stimulus activities to provide specific program information and promote transparency of the process.  

All selected ARRA stimulus projects are fully funded by the federal government; no state or local matching funds are required.