Villa Rica council authorizes application for GDOT CMAC grant for downtown streetscape

Sep 22, 2026

Council unanimously authorized submission of a GDOT Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAC) grant for a downtown streetscape project (PI00197777), citing a total project figure of $5,397,000 with a federal request of about $4.3 million and a local match of $1,079,502.87.

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City Public Works Director Josh Smith explained that the city was approached by a Georgia Department of Transportation representative about a CMAC grant opportunity and that the grant would support construction-phase dollars for a downtown streetscape project listed as PI00197777. "CMAC stands for congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program," Smith said, describing eligible activities including intersection improvements, roundabouts, traffic-signal upgrades and ITS systems.

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