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GDOT says hurricanes Helene, Debbie cost about $200 million; 719 traffic signals damaged
Summary
At a Georgia House Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Georgia Department of Transportation officials outlined storm response from hurricanes Helene and Debbie, estimating roughly $200 million in routine-maintenance impacts, 3.2 million cubic yards of debris, hundreds of damaged traffic signals and extensive bridge and sign work.
Commissioner McMurray, Georgia Department of Transportation commissioner, told the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee that Hurricanes Helene and Debbie produced widespread damage that he estimates will cost about $200 million to address within GDOT’s routine maintenance budget.
The estimate matters because, McMurray said in his presentation, “that hurricane Helene number and, actually, hurricane Debbie combined was a little over $200,000,000,” money the agency says is needed to cover emergency repairs, debris removal and signal and sign replacement.
McMurray said GDOT has been working on multiple response fronts: debris removal, traffic-signal repairs, sign replacement and infrastructure/bridge inspections. He told the committee the agency had collected about 3,200,000 cubic yards of debris as of two days before the hearing and at the storm’s peak was…
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