Gwinnett OKs $31.8 Million for SR 20 Widening

Gwinnett Commissioners on Tuesday (May 7) approved the latest phase of the widening of State Route 20 in the Sugar Hill area.

According to a news release, the last remaining two-lane section of SR 20 in Gwinnett will be widened, from Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to Burnette Trail in Sugar Hill.

Gwinnett purchased right of way and easements from about 200 properties using state and federal funds, and will also oversee the state-funded construction, according to the release. The project is expected to take about three years.

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Work will include alignment, widening, curbs and gutter, traffic signals, sidewalks, retaining walls, asphalt paving, and utilities work.

C.W Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. submitted the lowest of five bids at $31.8 million.

The Georgia DOT recently awarded a separate contract to build a new four-lane bridge for SR 20 over the Chattahoochee River to improve traffic flow between Sugar Hill and Cumming. Planners expect traffic to increase along this corridor from 30,000 vehicles per day to 50,000 over the next 20 years, according to Gwinnett officials.

“It is a tremendous vote of confidence and a compliment to the experience and skill of the county’s transportation staff and our contracted partners that GDOT has allowed us to take the lead with this project,” Board Chairman Charlotte Nash said in a news release. “I am also grateful to GDOT for generously funding the project and providing relief for drivers on this heavily traveled road.”

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