Dear Editor,
Some five weeks ago, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) opened the bids for the first phase of the Hwy 44 widening project. This phase is for the northernmost 2.4 miles in Greene County and the bids came in at around $30 million, or about $13 million per mile.
These bids were 25% higher than expected. The Phase 2 bids, which is the rest of Hwy 44 in Greene County, are sched…