DOT updates Highway 44 widening plans

The Georgia Department of Transportation has posted on its website revised maps for two sections of the controversial widening of Georgia Highway 44, including the Putnam County stretch from Harmony Road to the Lake Oconee bridge. But don’t expect any big surprises.

The overall project will widen the existing two-lane road to four lanes from Harmony/Old Phoenix Road to just north of Interstate 20 i…