Next month, the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) is upgrading to a new version of the Georgia Driver Record and Integrated Vehicle Enterprise System (DRIVES). This upgrade will update with the latest technological advances and ensure […]
Update A 27-year-old man from Atlanta died on Wednesday morning, Dec. 2, 2020, when he failed to stop at the stop sign at Good Hope Road and struck a tree. Cpl. Cal Barton with Georgia […]
There were 24 road fatalities recorded in Georgia over the Thanksgiving weekend, including the death of a 46-year-old Dacula resident in a motorcycle accident that occurred on Nov. 27 just after 6:30 p.m. According to […]
WINDER, Ga., – On Monday, November 30,2020 crews with Georgia DOT will begin a patching project along State Route 211 in Barrow County. Crews will close a single lane 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday […]
Drive Alert. Arrive Alive. Atlanta, Ga. – To ease Thanksgiving traffic congestion statewide, Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) announced today the suspension of construction-related lane closures on heavily traveled interstate highways and state routes from 6 […]
Major Mobility Investment Program (MMIP) project to provide mobility improvements in Jackson County ATLANTA, GA – The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) has announced the ceremonial groundbreaking of the I-85 Widening, Phase 2 project. This project […]
Barrow County… Winder, Ga., – Traffic will be moved over to the newly constructed lanes between Patrick Mill and State Route 8 /Atlanta Highway on Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. Crews will work to flag traffic during the […]
The Georgia Department of Transportation announced that the City of Monroe is one of the 17 cities included in an award of $821,163 in the 2020 Roadside Enhancement and Beautification Council (REBC) Grants (formerly known as […]
DACULA, Ga.,- A cable barrier project on State Route 316 will continue through three counties, Barrow, Gwinnett and Oconee, increasing safety for the corridor. This project will add a three strand cable barrier system in […]
WINDER, Ga.,-Tonight at 8 p.m. traffic will be controlled on the State Route 53 bridge over the Mulberry River by a temporary traffic signal. This signal will be in effect every weekend beginning Friday nights […]
Highway 11 is currently closed between Mt. Paran and Pleasant Valley Road due to a tree down on a car. Walton County Fire Rescue reports there are no injuries as a result.
GAINESVILLE, Ga.,-Since March 2020 when Governor Brian P. Kemp declared the executive order for Georgians to remain socially distant, Georgia DOT went virtual with public meetings. Now, citizens can visit the proposed project websites housed […]
BETHLEHEM, Ga., – On Thursday, the additional ramps on the east side of the State Route 316 (SR 316) at State Route 81 (SR81) interchange will be opened to traffic. Crews will begin working to open […]
Outside of COVID-19, little has caused as much consternation in the City of Monroe than the roadworks on Church Street. The controversy kicked off in March when the City Council announced plans to install center-island […]
WINDER, Ga., – On Thursday morning crews with the Georgia DOT will shift traffic on State Route 316 over by six feet. to the inside of the highway. This shift will allow construction of all four […]
BETHLEHEM, Ga., – On Tuesday Georgia DOT will partially open the new State Route 316 interchange at State Route 81. Traffic will shift onto the new State Route 81 overpass bridge over State Route 316 and the current […]
BRASELTON , Ga.,– Next week, bridge construction activities on Interstate 85 (I-85) at the bridges over Mulberry River will require double-lane closures on the Interstate in both directions. On Wednesday and Thursday nights (September 23, and 24) I-85 north […]
Update WCFR Assistant Chief Craig League reported just before 4 p.m. that Highway 81 was back open following earlier hydraulic fluid spill. Initial story Walton County Fire Rescue is on the scene of a hydraulic […]
If you’re driving through Gwinnett County over the next month, you may want to be sure your driving habits are good, safe ones. Gwinnett County Police Department announced Friday that, starting Sept.14, 2020 and running […]
Update Georgia State Patrol report that by 6 p.m. on Labor Day, 18 people had died on Georgia roads over the Labor Day travel weekend. This is almost double the 10 fatalities reported on the […]
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