Post by daycab on Dec 4, 2011 13:32:55 GMT -5
$73 million contract awarded for Jimmy Deloach Connector to Port of Savannah
December 3, 2011
ATLANTA – The Port of Savannah’s long-anticipated “last mile” project - the Jimmy Deloach Parkway Connector – moved closer to reality today as the Georgia Department of Transportation awarded a $73 million contract for its construction.
The Deloach Connector will serve truck traffic movements between the Port’s main gate and Interstate Highway 95 and will reduce current truck congestion on State Route 21. As many as 10,000 trucks access the Port daily and that number is expected to increase substantially in years to come.
Ports Authority and State Transportation Board officials have said the new roadway is critical to improving Port access and growing the state’s logistics industry.
“This is as important as any project the department has begun since I’ve been on the transportation board,” said chairman Rudy Bowen. “The economic impact of this project will be huge for Savannah and huge for all of Georgia.”
The project calls for the design and construction of a new limited access, median barrier-separated, four-lane highway between S.R. 307/Bourne Avenue and the Jimmy Deloach Parkway. The 3.1-mile roadway will be built east of and roughly parallel to S.R. 21.
It is scheduled to be completed in December, 2015. Construction will be by Archer Western Contractors, LTD, of Atlanta, for $72,772,000.
December 3, 2011
ATLANTA – The Port of Savannah’s long-anticipated “last mile” project - the Jimmy Deloach Parkway Connector – moved closer to reality today as the Georgia Department of Transportation awarded a $73 million contract for its construction.
The Deloach Connector will serve truck traffic movements between the Port’s main gate and Interstate Highway 95 and will reduce current truck congestion on State Route 21. As many as 10,000 trucks access the Port daily and that number is expected to increase substantially in years to come.
Ports Authority and State Transportation Board officials have said the new roadway is critical to improving Port access and growing the state’s logistics industry.
“This is as important as any project the department has begun since I’ve been on the transportation board,” said chairman Rudy Bowen. “The economic impact of this project will be huge for Savannah and huge for all of Georgia.”
The project calls for the design and construction of a new limited access, median barrier-separated, four-lane highway between S.R. 307/Bourne Avenue and the Jimmy Deloach Parkway. The 3.1-mile roadway will be built east of and roughly parallel to S.R. 21.
It is scheduled to be completed in December, 2015. Construction will be by Archer Western Contractors, LTD, of Atlanta, for $72,772,000.