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Albany commission approves downtown streetscape change order that adds lighting and design alternates; city’s share of poles cost about $420,000

Albany City Commission · January 27, 2026
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Summary

The commission adopted a resolution to accept change order No. 3 to the downtown streetscape project (a GDOT grant-funded project), which adds design alternates and a lighting schematic; a GDOT photometric review increased the pole count to 212, adding an estimated $2,120,000 in construction costs, of which the city’s share was cited at about $420,000.

The Albany City Commission on Jan. 26 approved change order No. 3 for the downtown streetscape project, a component of a downtown master-plan implementation funded in part by a Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) T grant the city won in 2019.

Project staff (Miss Gaskins) summarized the change: the original grant scope included seven streets and two alleyways, and change order 3 would add two alternate sidewalk treatments (a…

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