CHAMP proves popular and successful in SW Georgia

GDOT Press Release: TIFTON – Coordinated Highway Assistance and Maintenance Program (CHAMP) operators logged more than 9,000 incidents in the program's first year of operation in southwest Georgia. The Georgia Department of Transportation launched CHAMP last…

Cook and Lowndes Counties: Expect lane closures as…

Georgia Department of Transportation Press Release: An Interstate 75 shoulder maintenance project that is about to get under way will require intermittent single lane closures. Contractor Wall Asphalt Services Inc. of Carrollton will be working…

GDOT SW district prepping for winter storm Inga

Georgia Department of Transportation: TIFTON – Southwest district Georgia Department of Transportation crews will begin pre-treating bridges and overpasses at 9 p.m. today in advance of winter storm Inga. Pre-treating will begin in the District's…

Shoulder widening projects set to begin on multiple…

GDOT: Georgia Department of Transportation maintenance service contractors are scheduled to start two-foot shoulder widening projects in several counties in the coming weeks, which will require lane closures. All the projects consist of widening shoulders, filling…

A gift to travelers? Georgia suspends construction closures

By: Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- Think of it as a gift for holiday travelers in Georgia. The Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia's transportation department has suspended construction-related road closures on interstate highways. The suspension also…

Atlanta > Georgia DOT Launches New Website

ATLANTA – Beginning Monday, March 16, users of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) website will experience something new – a redesigned, clear and concise website that is easy to navigate not only on computers,…

Valdosta > Semi Strikes GDOT Vehicle on US…

VALDOSTA -- Three Georgia Department of Transportation employees were transported to the hospital Wednesday afternoon as a precaution after a tractor-trailer struck a state buffer vehicle, which resulted in a chain reaction crash. The crash…

Valdosta > Schools Observe Georgia Walk to School…

VALDOSTA -- J.L. Newbern Middle School guidance counselor Jennifer Williams was worried when she learned an eighth grade student had walked to school several times. She’s all for students walking for the health benefits, but…