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Southeast Georgia road work weekly traffic interruption advisory April 19-25

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April 18, 2025

Southeast Georgia road work weekly traffic interruption advisory April 19-25

The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced continued construction and maintenance work across Southeast Georgia, scheduled from Saturday, April 19 through Friday, April 25, with motorists advised to expect delays and exercise caution in work zones.

Georgia Department of Transportation continues essential road work throughout Southeast Georgia. As a result, work on construction and maintenance projects will continue Saturday, April 19 through Friday, April 25.

All work subject to change due to weather or other factors. Motorists are cautioned to reduce their speed while traveling through work zones, pay attention and watch for workers.

Traffic interruptions are listed below by interstates, categories, and counties.

Interstate 95

I-95 North at FL State Line                           Camden County
St. Marys River Bridge (FDOT) Repairs
Overnight Lane Closures in FL & GA

I-95 SB & NB at MP 90 – 91                            Chatham County
Northbound & Southbound Left Lane Closure
Pouring Concrete Footer for Signs
Nightly Single Lane Closure
12/05/2024 – 4/29/2025

I-95 @ Crooked River                                    Camden County
Bridge Maintenance/Rehabilitation
Laurel Island Pkwy (Exit 6) to Hariett Bluff Rd (Exit 7)
Nightly Lane Closures 7pm – 7am thru June 2025

I-95 SB & NB at MP 85 – 112                         Bryan/Chatham County
North & Southbound Outside Lane Closures
Concrete Work for Sign Improvements
Nightly Sunday – Saturday 7pm – 7am
November 10, 2024 – April 30, 2025

I-95 NB Ogeechee River MP 90 – 91 Chatham County
Northbound & Southbound Lane Closure
Bridge Maintenance Rehabilitation
Nightly Weekend Single Lane Closure Friday – Monday 9pm – 6am
Continuous Shoulder Closures – Currently on I-95 Southbound
2/21/2024 – 4/30/2025

Interstate 16

I-16 Under Chatham Parkway Bridge          Chatham County
MP 163.5 – 161.5
Nightly Single Left Lane Closure 6pm to 5am
Bridge Jacking, Structural Repairs, Deck Replacement
3/1/2025 – 5/10/2025

I-16 Over Chatham Parkway Bridge             Chatham County
MP 47.42 – 47.72
Nightly Single Left Lane Closure 6pm to 5am
Temporary Traffic Stoppages, Flagging Operations & Lane Closures
Bridge Jacking, Structural Repairs, Deck Replacement
3/1/2025 – 5/10/2025

I-16 at Milepost 111-138                                 Bulloch County
Bulloch/Candler Line to Bryan/Bulloch County Line
Nightly Lane Closures 7pm to 6am
Repairing Concrete Pavement and Striping

I-16 Milepost 94-111 Candler County
Candler/Emanuel line to Bulloch/Candler Line
Nightly lane closures from 7p.m. till 6a.m.
Repairing concrete pavement and striping

I-16 EB & WB at MP 120 to 160 Chatham & Bulloch County
From Nevils Denmark Rd to I-95
Daily Lane Closures 8am to 6pm
Preconstruction Activity (Geotechnical Drillings)
4/7/2025 – 5/5/2025


Bridge & Road Closures with Detours

Antioch Church Rd Over Surveyors Creek    Clinch County
Bridge/Roadway Closed for Bridge Replacement
Scheduled to Close February 17 to August 2025
Detour via US 441, US 84, Jamestown Rd, Antioch Church Rd.

Birdford Lake Rd                                 Tattnall County
Bridge/Road Closed for Storm Damage Repairs
Detour via US 301, E. Hencart Rd, John M. Brewton Rd

Post Rd                                                            Jeff Davis County
Bridge/Road Closed for Bridge Replacement
12/2/24 – 6/22/25
Detour via Pine Level Church Rd, SR 19, Ira Graham Rd, Brantley Rd, Philadelphia Church Rd, Taylor Rd

Rayonier Rd at Spring Grove Rd                 Wayne County
Roundabout Construction
Roundabout Open and in Final Alignment
Daily Shoulder Closures and Traffic Pacing
Expected Completion 2^nd Quarter 2025

Bridge Construction, Rehabilitation, and Maintenance

US 84/SR 38 at Doctors Creek                      Long County
From Maple Road NE to Austin Lane SE (MP.0 to 2.00)
WB Bridge Replacement Project
On-site Detour Begins Thurs., Aug. 8
WB Median Crossover Detour
Signal Lane Traffic in Both Directions on Eastbound Bridge

US 84/SR 38 at Satilla River                           Pierce/Ware Counties
Northside of Bridge Closed to Traffic for Replacement
Signal Lane Traffic in Both Directions on Southside of the Bridge

SR 38/US 84 @ Little McMillan Creek     Wayne County
Median Crossover Detour with Lane Closure
7/28/24 – 4/3/26


Resurfacing

SR 38/US 84 and Old Sunbury Road                Liberty County
From Joseph Martin Rd to Old Hines Rd
Daily/Nightly Lane Closures for Installation of Median
Sunday – Friday 7pm – 6am

SR 119/Taylors Creek (MP 23 to MP 24)      Liberty County
From SR 119 at Taylors Creek
Intermittent Flagging Operations for Bridge Construction
Pavement Operations
Temporary Traffic Stoppages, Flagging Operations & Lane Closures

SR 169 Wayne/Appling Counties
From Sunset Blvd to SR 121
Temporary Traffic Stoppages, Flagging Operations & Lane Closures
Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm
Expected Completion by 8/31/2025

SR 27                                                              Telfair County
From Tom Haley Rd to Pond Rd
Daily Lane Closures for Asphalt Resurfacing
Monday – Saturday 7am – 7pm
3/24/25 – 5/31/25

SR 56                                                               Montgomery County
From George Davis Rd. to Mark Burns Rd.
Daily Lane Closures for Asphalt Resurfacing
Monday – Friday 7am – 7pm
4/14/25 – 6/30/25


Other Traffic Interruptions

DeRenne Ave                                                 Chatham County
From Abercorn St to White Bluff Rd
Installation of New Concrete Medium & Minor Signal Improvements
Daily WB & EB Lane Closures Monday – Sunday 9am – 3pm
1/28/2025 – 4/30/2025

SR 25/Burnsed Blvd                                       Chatham County
US 80/Burnsed Blvd and SR 25/Brampton Rd
Road Widening, Asphalt Leveling & Paving Operations
Daily Lane Closures

US 80/SR 26/Ogeechee Rd                           Chatham County
From Victory Dr to Tremont Rd (MP 16.27 to MP 18.00)
Utilities Work Needed from Liberty Pkwy to Horizon Pkwy
Road Widening/Paving Operations/Bridge Demolition
Bridge Construction Over CSX Railroad
Daily Lane Closures

US 80/SR 26/Ogeechee Rd     Chatham County
From Westgate Blvd & Plymouth Ave (MP15.79 to MP 16.11)
Closure Needed to Install /Replace existing traffic signals & poles
Daily Lane Closures 9 am to 3 pm

SR 119                                                             Effingham County
SR 119 at Honey Ridge Road Intersection
Daily Lane Closures with Flagging Operation for Addition of Turning Lane at Intersection
Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm, Saturday & Sunday 7am – 7pm
4/4/2025 – 4/30/2025

SR 25                                                              Glynn County
Yacht Road to SR 99
Daily Lane Closures with Flagging Operation
Monday – Friday 9am – 4pm and 6pm – 7am
Expected Completion 3^rd Quarter 2026

US 17/SR 25 AT SR 99                                   Glynn County
Roundabout Construction on US 17/SR 25 at SR 99
Roundabout Open and in Final Alignment
Daily Shoulder Closures and Traffic Pacing

SR 99                                                              Glynn County
Roundabout Construction on SR 99 at Buc-ee’s and
Exit 42 Interchange
Roundabout and Travel Lane Alignment Changes
Daily Shoulder Closures and Traffic Pacing
Expected Completion 4^th Quarter 2025

SR 4/SR 520 Ware County
N. Nicholls St. to Stephenson St. (MP 20.64 to 21.17)
Repairing Concrete Pavement and Striping
Weekend Lane Closures 7pm Friday to 6am Monday

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Georgia politicians react along party lines to Minneapolis ICE officer shooting, killing US citizen

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Georgia politicians react along party lines to Minneapolis ICE officer shooting, killing US citizen

Local groups plan to protest around downtown Atlanta Thursday evening after a Minneapolis woman was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent this week. Reactions from Georgia politicians on the killing have been divided.

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Stacey Abrams rules out 2026 bid for Georgia governor

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January 8, 2026

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Stacey Abrams rules out 2026 bid for Georgia governor

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Two-time Democratic nominee says she’ll focus on fight against ‘authoritarianism’ instead.

Former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks at the Georgia State University Convocation Center in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, for a Kamala Harris campaign rally. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Stacey Abrams won’t be on the Georgia ballot in 2026.

The two-time Democratic nominee for governor definitively ruled out another run for Georgia’s top job this year, saying Thursday she’ll instead continue her work fighting what she sees as the nation’s lurch toward authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.

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Georgia Republicans move to scrap state income tax by 2032 despite concerns

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Georgia Republicans move to scrap state income tax by 2032 despite concerns

ATLANTA — Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply cutting state funding for education, health care and other services.

Georgia on Wednesday became the latest state to launch a bid to abolish its personal income tax, with Republican leaders in the Senate backing a proposal to zero it out by 2032. This year, Georgia’s personal income tax is projected to collect about $16.5 billion, or 44% of the state’s general revenue.

The push is driven by politics. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, the Republican who leads the state Senate, has made eliminating income taxes a centerpiece of his 2026 campaign for governor. State Sen. Blake Tillery, a Vidalia Republican who led a committee to abolish the tax, is among candidates to succeed Jones as lieutenant governor.

“This is the first vote that we are going to get to take to address affordability,” Tillery said.

But it’s unclear if the proposal will pass. Georgia House Republicans may want to continue nibbling away at the tax in smaller bites, preferring a “measured” approach. Republican House Speaker Jon Burns of Newington said Wednesday that his big 2026 goal is to eliminate property taxes for homeowners, but said he’s willing to consider the Senate plan.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, serving his last year, has been cool to total elimination of the income tax. He declined to comment Wednesday on the Senate plan, but spokesperson Carter Chapman said Kemp wants “to continue lowering taxes and putting more money in Georgians’ pockets as he has throughout his term.”

The state’s Democratic minority opposes the move, saying it would mostly benefit high earners and the state needs money to provide services.

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) holds a pre-session press conference to discuss his priorities for the 2026 legislative session, at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: AP/Matthew Pearson

Multiple GOP-led states seek tax cuts

Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi and Missouri have all set goals to abolish the personal income tax, joining eight other states that don’t tax personal income. Eight other states besides Georgia are cutting personal income tax rates this year, according to the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C., group generally skeptical of higher taxes.

“We’ve seen a lot of states cut their income tax rates in the last four or five years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic and coming out of it,” said Aravind Boddupalli, senior researcher at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Supporters say cuts help a state compete for new residents and businesses, pointing to growth in Texas and Florida, two states without personal income taxes.

“Your income tax is a tax on productivity,” said Manish Bhatt, who studies state taxes for the Tax Foundation. “If you are taxing productivity, you are potentially losing out on economic gains.”

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) holds a pre-session press... — Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) holds a pre-session press conference to discuss his priorities for the 2026 legislative session, at the State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: AP/Matthew Pearson

Front-loading cuts for lower earners

Georgia has already been cutting income taxes, taking what was once a top income tax rate of 6% and lowering it to a 5.19% flat rate. Republicans broadly support a further cut for individual and corporate taxpayers to 4.99% this year, worth an estimated $800 million in foregone tax revenue.

The Senate plan would then freeze the corporate rate and focus on individual tax cuts. It proposes in 2027 to exempt the first $50,000 of income for a single person or $100,000 for a married couple, up from $12,000 and $24,000 now.

Faced with Democratic criticism about affordability, the big increase in exempt income is central to Republicans’ own arguments about how they can make money stretch farther. About 70% of Georgians reported less than $100,000 of taxable income in 2024, according to state figures.

“It is a plan that gives benefits first to hardworking families,” Tillery said.

The initial rate cut, plus the exemption proposal, would lower Georgia revenue by $3.8 billion in its 2027 budget year. Tillery says the state could pay by using surplus tax revenue and shifting back to paying for capital expenditures through borrowing instead of cash. But those moves probably wouldn’t cover the foregone revenue even in the first year, much less $13 billion more in cuts to get to zero.

Tillery said revenue should be bolstered by trimming business income and sales tax breaks, saying legislators should reduce “corporate welfare.” But lawmakers and Kemp have balked at curtailing those measures in recent years.

Some tax cuts backfired

Tax cuts haven’t always been a political bonanza. In Kansas, after Republicans under Gov. Sam Brownback cut income taxes steeply more than a decade ago, voters revolted at budget cuts and lawmakers imposed multiple tax increases to cover persistent budget shortfalls, including restoring some income tax cuts. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly won her first term in 2018 by framing the race as a referendum on Brownback’s policies.

“State income taxes are only bad if you fundamentally don’t believe that the services, the public investments that state governments provide, are worth anything,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow with the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy .

In Missouri, Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe and GOP legislative leaders have made phasing out the state’s income tax a top priority for the session starting Wednesday. They’re looking to expand sales taxes to services which currently are untaxed to help offset lost revenue.

“We want to do this in a smart, efficient way that’s not going to have the state go off some sort of fiscal cliff,” Missouri House Majority Leader Alex Riley told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

But expanding sales taxes could fall more heavily on poorer taxpayers. The liberal-leaning Georgia Budget and Policy Institute estimated that if Georgia doesn’t expand its sales tax, the combined state and local sales tax rate would have to rise sharply from the current 7.42% to recover revenue losses.

All that leads to questions about income-tax elimination plans, even from Republicans. Burns, the Georgia House speaker, said he’s “open” to any plan that benefits Georgians.

“But we’ve got to have the details, and it has to work,” Burns said. “We need to make sure we can continue to do vital services — health care, public safety, education, all the things we talked about.”

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