Local contractor to begin $1.9M roadwork in Macon-Bibb’s Paving the Way program

Between 2020 and now, the county says 45.539 miles of road have been repaved.

UPDATE (8/26/25): Macon-Bibb County has announced the second package of roads to be paved as part of the 36.18 miles put out for bid in July.

The county says work should begin within a few weeks and that more roads could be added “once the final costs are determined.”

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ORIGINAL STORY (8/19/25):

MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Macon-Bibb County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved hiring an independent contractor to handle the next phase of the county’s Paving the Way program, according to a county news release.

According to Macon-Bibb County, Professional Paving Services, LLC, a local business, submitted the lowest bid of $1,896,165 out of eight contractors. The contract will be paid with Local Maintenance & Improvement Grant (LMIG) funds and the 2018 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

“We are moving forward even faster with our Paving the Way program, and I expect to see major improvements on these roads beginning in in the next few weeks,” Mayor Lester Miller said. “The condition of our roads is one of our community’s top priorities, and we are putting more money toward it than ever before.”

The first projects cover nearly nine miles of roadway and are expected to begin within 10 days, the release said. County officials say the work is part of the 36.18 miles of resurfacing projects put out for bid in July, with additional sections to be added later once final costs are determined.

Roads for this round were selected through a Roadbotics study of 1,100 miles of county-owned roads that ranked them on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the worst. With the completion of this phase, nearly all roads rated 3 and higher will have been addressed, the release said.

Earlier this year, StreetScan rescanned all county roads, ranking them on a scale of 1 to 100. Officials said that study identified 459 roads totaling almost 130 miles and $44 million in costs for future paving.

“We identified the worst roads in our community and are focusing first on them, as well as roads that are heavily traveled every day,” Miller said. “There isn’t a part of our county that won’t have major improvements for daily travel.”

The first round of Paving the Way earlier this year allocated nearly $15 million from the General Fund, LMIG and SPLOST. Between 2020 and now, the county has repaved 45.539 miles of road, according to the release.

Work in this phase includes Chadwick Court, Bay Street, Riggins Mill Road, Churchill Street, Hillcrest Avenue, Sharon Drive, Fulton Mill Road and dozens of other neighborhood and connector streets across the county.

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