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GDOT details storm response, damage and amended‑FY25 requests; estimates $200 million in storm costs
Summary
The Georgia Department of Transportation told the Senate subcommittee it has spent months responding to Hurricane Helene and earlier storms, estimating nearly $200 million in non‑labor infrastructure and contracting costs and requesting supplemental state funding in the amended FY25 budget.
The Georgia Department of Transportation on Monday described extensive storm and winter‑event damage, emergency response efforts and supplemental budget items in the agency’s amended FY25 request, telling the Senate subcommittee the total non‑labor infrastructure and contracting cost related to recent storms is approaching $200 million.
Commissioner’s summary: The agency said it staged staff and equipment ahead of Hurricane Helene, executed large‑scale bridge and road inspections after flooding from Hurricane Debbie and instituted an extensive debris‑removal and infrastructure repair effort after Helene. The presenter said crews inspected roughly 120 bridges after flooding in the Debbie event and that at State Route 169 in Tattnall County a culvert was washed away, a new bridge design…
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