Roadway roundup: Georgia set to suspend lane closures for holiday

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – To assist accommodate increased site visitors because of the Memorial Day weekend, the Georgia Division of Transportation will droop most construction-related lane closures from midday Could 27 to five a.m. Could 31. 

The division reminds vacationers to train warning as crews should work close to highways, and security considerations might require some long-term lane closures to stay in place.

Memorial Day weekend site visitors is taken into account to be one of many state’s heaviest journey instances.

Vacation site visitors is anticipated to be highest Could 27, with reasonable site visitors Could 28 and Could 31, and lightweight site visitors Could 29 and Could 30.

Relaxation space to be closed Tuesday and Wednesday

HARLEM, Ga. – The remaining space positioned off eastbound Interstate 20 close to mile marker 181, often called Relaxation Space 62, is scheduled to be closed Tuesday and most of Wednesday for electrical upkeep. 

Work is anticipated to be full by 7 p.m. Wednesday, when the ability will reopen to the general public.

Thunder over Evans occasion will have an effect on site visitors

EVANS, Ga. – Columbia County needs to tell the driving public of short-term closures within the Evans Towne Middle space for this yr’s Thunder over Evans occasion.

Antebellum Manner will likely be closed to all site visitors till midnight Friday, And Evans Towne Middle Boulevard will likely be closed to all through site visitors from midday Saturday till midnight.

Columbia County short-term lane closures

• There will likely be intermittent, short-term lane closure on Jones Touchdown Court docket attributable to utility set up at Jones Touchdown Court docket and Evans to Locks Street from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday to June 3.
• There will likely be a short lived lane closure on Malone Manner on the intersection with Furys Ferry Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Could 27.

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