AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Drivers in Richmond County can expect new construction on several busy roads. The Georgia Department of Transportation awarded multiple contracts for projects on Interstate 520, Mike Padgett Highway and State Highway 88. E.R. Snell Contractor Inc. will handle a $2.18 million project to make operational changes at Interstate 520/Bobby Jones Expressway Exit 7 at Windsor Spring and Peach Orchard roads. Augusta’s Engineering Department has released an updated construction schedule for the Broad Street Improvement Project. Plans call for widening the eastbound I-520 exit ramp onto Windsor Spring Road to add two eastbound through lanes and a dedicated left-turn lane. Peach Orchard Road northbound will be restriped to create a dual left-turn lane onto the I-520 westbound entrance ramp. Crews will also add a right-turn lane on Windsor Spring Road southbound for traffic entering I-520 westbound, plus a new left-turn lane for traffic coming off I-520 westbound onto Windsor Spring southbound. The state has set an Oct. 31, 2027, completion date for that work. E.R. Snell also won a $2.74 million contract to resurface more than four miles of State Route 56, also known as Mike Padgett Highway, between Tobacco Road and Peach Orchard Road. That project is scheduled to be finished by June 30, 2027. A Georgia mother and Army veteran has built a free app she hopes will give parents and service members a single place to find safety resources. Another Richmond County…
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