Atlanta
(2008-09-12)
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"Absolutely enjoy it for a moment; it's a nice smooth ride," says Crystal Paulk-Buchannon, spokeswoman with the Georgia Department of Transportation. She says G-DOT could have prolonged the paving over two summers, working just a couple of hours at a time, late at night. Instead, the state chose to do it on weekends,despite the traffic mess that caused.
For completing the project early, paving company E.R. Snell will get a thousand-dollar a day bonus up to a million dollars.
"At this time we're still working on the details, but they seem to be eligible for their entire bonus," Buchannon says. S
Buchannon says the pavement should hold up for about a decade.
Jim Burress, WABE News. © Copyright 2009, WABE
