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Expect Traffic Delays This Weekend For Paving

Posted: 2:07 pm EDT May 29, 2009Updated: 9:55 pm EDT May 29, 2009

Drivers should expect heavy delays this weekend along Interstate 20 in DeKalb and Rockdale counties.

The Georgia Department of Transportation says crews will continue a resurfacing project between state Route 138 and SR 124.


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The project, which runs from 9 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday, will close two westbound lanes from SR 138 in Conyers to SR 124 (Turner Hill Road).

Crews plan to pave the six-mile stretch, weather permitting.

“The weather has not cooperated with us the last few weekends, but I think we’ll make some good progress this weekend,” said DOT District Construction Engineer Mickey McGee.

The $12.2 million project resurfacing and restriping project is scheduled to be completed in the fall.

Additionally, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, a paving project on 14th Street will shift traffic from the northern side to the southern side between Williams Street and Crescent Avenue. As a result, two lanes will be closed at a time on Spring Street.

Signs will be posted to alert drivers of the work zone area, so it is important for motorists to use caution when traveling through a work zone.

Fines are doubled for speeding in a work zone.

Georgia DOT urges travelers to call 511 for updated information about this project. Drivers may also access live traffic cameras 24/7 on WSBTV.com.

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