Annual report for fiscal years 1979-1981 [1981]

Table of Contents

Letter of Transmittal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. II

Introduction ........................................................................... I

The Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2

The Transportation Board

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The Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8

A Progress Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15

Budget Highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 19

The Divisions Report

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Personnel

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Public Information

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Systems Development

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Planning and Programming Division

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Preconstruction Division

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Construction Division

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District Reports

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Operations Division

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Administration Division

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Agency Summary

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Statement of Revenue and Expenditure

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Honora ble George Busbee. Governor State of Georgia State Capitol Atlan ta. Georgia 30334
Dear Governor Busbee :
I am plea sed to present the Georgi a Department of Transportat ion ' s Annual Repor t for Fi scal Years 1979-81.
The report is ent it1 ed "79-81. Dea 1i ng with Scarc ity ." Revenue from the per-gallon moto r fuel ta x began to fall dur in9 1979 and has continued almost unabated ever since. The support of you and the General Assembly in shifting the motor fuel sales tax to the Department and i n pass ing a bond issue for advance urban i nters ta te funding has enabled our wor k program to continue in some areas, wi t h the aid of sever al cost-cutt ing measures.
Georgia's or iginal i nt erstate system was opened much earlier t han anticipa ted because the Executive and Legi sl at i ve branches disp layed foresight and wisdom in providing advance fundin g for many rural segments of this tremendous highway system. The State has been reimbursed by the federal government for mo st of t his mo ney and a s imil ar re imbursement will be made for the urban inte rstate funding.
Some progre ss was made in restoring portions of the state highway system to a higher level of ser vice and i n rehabilitating many mi l es of off-system roads and br i dges . Additional re venue must be for thcoming, howe ver, if our fi ne highway syst em is to be protected from dete rioration.
Our appreciat ion to you and members of the General Assemb ly for your support and confi dence. which have enabled us to have one of the finest transportat ion systems i n the Uni t ed Stat es .
Thomas D. Moreland
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Commissioner Thomas D. Moreland, P. E.

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Transportation is indispensible to the quality of life for the people of Georgia.
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Introduction
Transportation is indispensable to the quality of life for the people of Georgia. Every year more than 40 billion vehicle-miles are logged on the state's roads; more than 44 million commercial airline passengers fly through the state; a 5,500 mile network of mainline railroad provides freight service to urban and industrial centers; and over 20 million tons of freight move through our ports and harbors.
Georgia's 104,331 miles of public roads provide the backbone of the state's transportation system . Of the 43.157 billion vehicle miles traveled annually on these highways , 28.376 billion (or over two-third s) are on the more than 18,400 miles of the State Highway System. The interstates, which make up about one per cent of the total mileage, see 26 per cent of all the miles traveled in a year. Considering only the State Highway System, interstates see 39 per cent of the vehicle miles traveled but are only6 percent of the System.
But highways are only part of the transportation framework of the state. Georgia has 107 airports open to the public, with nine having scheduled air service. In 1980,21 million people boarded planes in the state. Georgia's 500 miles of navigable waterways float 20 million tons of cargo annually and the railroads serve 593 communities, moving approximately 178 million revenue ton-miles of freight in 1980. During that year , almost 10 million persons rode urban mass transit each month in the state. Rural transit systems carried some 60,000 people per month. Overall transit ridership rose 21 per cent in Georgia during this period. Intercity buses provided service to a million patrons and traveled 17.3 million miles within the state during this time.
Because Georgians are spread over a large geographical area, they use more transportation energy than most areas of the country. Nationally, transportation consumes 25 per cent of all energy used, but in Georgia, it accounts for 35 per cent of the state's total energy consumption.
Georgians annually travel 26 percent more vehicular miles per person than the national average, using 14 per cent more gasoline tha n the average American. This places Georgia as the fifth highest state in the nation in gasoline use per person. During the

This report is dedicated to the employees of the DOT.
first nine months of 1979, gasoline prices rose some 40 per cent, to more than $1 a gallon, yet state travel declined only three per cent. Each family in the state averaged 5 to 10 trips per day on the public road system or on public transportation.
Responsibility for assuring that these modes work together in a systematic fashion rests upon the Georgia Department of Transportation. It strives to preserve the maximum mobility, while conserving energy during a time of dwindling financial resources. Essential to achieving this goal are over 6,000 employees who work for the Georgia Department of Transportation.
This report is dedicated to them.

The Organization
The Department of Transportation plans, constructs, maintains and improves the state's roads and bridges; provides air travel to state departments; provides airport and air safety planning and performs intermodal transportation planning. The department had 7,273 budgeted positions as of October I, 1981, but had only 6,279 positions filled as of September I, 1981.
State law, under Title 95A (The Georgia Code of Public Transportation, states that the Department of Transportation shall consist of the State Transportation Board, the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, a state highway engineer, a treasurer and "such subordinate employees as may be deemed necessary by the commissioner." This law also provides that the commissioner or deputy commissioner may serve as the state highway engineer as long as he is a "professional engineer registered in accordance with the provisions (of the law) and who (is) experienced in highway engineering."
To meet the challenge of providing more than five million Georgians and more than a million visitors annually with the best transportation system available, the DOT is organized into five divisions: Planning/ Programming, Pre-Construction, Construction, Operations and Administration and four support offices: Systems Development, Personnel, Engineering Services and Public Information.
Serving as the principal staff assistant to the commissioner, the deputy commissioner aids him in the overall management of the DOT, as directed by the commissioner. The assistant state highway engineer serves as the principal staff assistant to the state highway engineer and assists him in managing the engineering function of the department. The current commissioner, who is elected by the state transportation board, servesas the chief executive officer of the DOT as wellas the state highway engineer, a dual position he's held since 1975.
The Secretary-Treasurer, who also directs the Administration Division, serves as the financial advisor to the State Transportation Board, the commissioner and other offices of the department; disburses, protects and receives funds for the DOT and maintains the minutes and records of the Board meetings.

Responsibility for developing computer programs and systems for the DOT belongs to the Office of Systems Development. It also serves as a liaison with the Department of Administrative Services for computer services, and provides training for systems users.
Providing personnel administrative servicesand management, employee safety, general employee training and Equal Employment Opportunity support services is the responsibility of the Office of Personnel. The Office of Public Information provides information to employees, the public and news media and assists other offices.
The Planning and Programming Division maintains the official record of the State Highway System, evalutes the state transportation needs and plans, and develops and guides transportation improvements. Responsibility for locating, designing and purchasing rights of way for roads and airports belongs to the Division of Pre-Construction.
Charged with the duty of providing the departmental districts with technical advice on construction, the Construction Division also reviews the quality of construction within the department; makes recommendations to the state highway engineer on construction contracts and oversees the DOT's construction projects. The Operations Division sets the standards for maintenance operations. It also makes budget recommendations to the commissioner on the routine maintenance, betterments and resurfacing projects sponsored by the DOT and administers these programs. It also maintains bridge inventories and sets inspection standards.
The Administration Division provides accounting, auditing, air transportation and other general support services to the department's other operating divisions. Engineering Services provides project estimates, administers the Certification of Acceptance process and certifies that all necessary actions have been taken before contracts are let out to bid.

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St ate T ransportation Bo a r d

Co m missio ner & S ta te H igh wa y Eng inee r

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Deput y Co m m iss io ne r

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Ass ista nt State H ig h wa y Engi nee r

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Sec reta ryT rea surer
.. Serv e s a s financ ia l adviso r to th e St a te Transportat ion Board , th e Co m m issio ner and oth er o ff ic es o f the Depar tm ent
- Disbu rses, protects and rece ives funds for th e Department
- Main ta ins minute s and reco rds ' o r the State Board

.. Serves as princip al st aff assista n t to th e Comm issioner of th e Department and aids h im in th e ov erall man agement of the Department as d irect ed by the Comm isston er
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Offi ce of Syste ms Deve lopment
- Develops systems for t he Departm ent
- Pro vid es lia ison wi th the Depar tm en t of Ad m inistra t ive Ser vices
.. Prov id es tnin ing for syst ems u sers

Serv es as the pr inc ipal staff assist ant to th e St ate High way Engineer and ass ists h im in managing th e e ngine e ring funct ions of th e Depa rt me nt of Tra nsportati on
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Per sonnel Offi ce

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Public Info r ma t io n

- Prov ide s person nel ad m inis tr ation a nd managem ent, emp lo yee sa fet y, genera l em plo yee tra ining a nd Equal Employm en t Oppor tunity support service s for the Department

.. Provid es info rm at ion to th e public on t he ac t ivitie s o f the Department
- Pub lishes inter nal new slett er s

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P lan ning & P rogramming Divi sion

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Pre-C on struct ion Divi sion

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Oper at ion s D ivi sion

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Ad ministr a t io n Di vision

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Eng inee ring Se rv ices

.. Mainta ins th e o ff icial rec ord of t he St a t e Highway Syst em Evalu at es State tr an sportation needs
- Plan s, d evelops and guid es tr ansporta tion improvem ents

- Prep a re s d esigns and pro vtd es assista nce in pr eparing de signs fo r roads and a irports
.. Prepar es d esigns for all De partmenta l str uc tu res suc h as bridges and culv erts
- Pro vid es aeri al mapping serv ice s for th e Depart m en t
- Recomm ends pol icy for and coordinat es acq uisit ion of project rtghts-of way

Provid es d istr icts with tech nical advi ce o n construct ion .. Revi ew s qu al ity of co n struet ion Within th e Department .. Mak es reco m m end at io n s to th e St at e Highway Eng inee r on construction contracts .. Ove rsee s th e Dep artm ent 's co nstruc t io n projects

Sets stand a rd s for main t en an ce op eration s a nd for gen eral sup ervi sion with in the Dep art me nt .. Mak es budg et r eco m me ndations to th e Commiesio ner o n rout ine main terranc e. betterments a nd resurfac ing, a nd ad m irnste rs th ese pr ograms - Ma int a ins br idge invento ries and Sets insp ect ion standards

.. Provid es acco u n ting , aud it ing, a ir tr an spor tat ion a nd ot her gene ral sup po rt services to th e Dep artm en t ' s o t he r o pe rati ng Divisto05

- Prov id es pr oj ect est im at ing and admi nisters th e Certi f icati on of Acceptan ce pro cess
,. Cert ifies th at all nec essar y ac tk>ns have been tak en b efor e co ntra c ts are lei o u t to bid

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6. YOUNG H. LONGINO 7. THOMAS M. MITCHEL L B. JAM ES L . CONNER 9 . TROY SIMPSON
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The Transportation Board

A discussion of the DOT's organization would not be complete without an understanding of its governing bod y, the State Transportation Board , which has a member from each of Georg ia's 10 Congressional districts.
Created to provide general control and supervision over the DOT , the Board designat es the road s to be on the State Highwa y System, approves negot iated construction contracts, elects the commissioner, confi rms the appointment of the deputy commissioner, the state highwa y engineer , the treasurer and the assistant treasurer and approves all long-range plans and programs of the department.
Each member is elected by state legislators in his congressional district. Each serves a five-year term , with the terms staggered so that two members ar e chosen each year.
A majority of the Board constitutes a quorum for conducting busin ess, including the election or remo val of the commissioner. Any power of the Board (except where restricted by law) can be exercised by a majority vote of a quorum. Th is majo rity elects its
own chairman, vice-chairman lind treasurer. The first two officers must be Board members, but the treasurer may be a nonmember . All officers serve at the Board 's pleasure.
Board members d uring the triennium covered by this report were:

District One - J.O. Bacon

District Six - Young Long ino

District Two - Hugh Broome District Seven - Tom Mitchell

District Three - Frank Morast Dist rict Eight - Jimmy Conner

District Four - Bill Eva ns

District Nine - Troy Simpson

District Five - Peyton Hawes. District Ten - Tom Carr

District Five - Brad Hubbert.

Peyton Ha.....es' term exp ired and he chose not to seek re-election. Brad Hubbert was elected to jill th is positio n d uring the 1981 General Asse mbly session.

inth District Vice-Cha irman Troy Si mpso n Box 629 Cornel ia. GA 30531
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Eighth District Chairma n Jimmy Conner Box 776 Ha zlehurst. GA 31539

First Dist rict J .O. Bacon Box 488 Pembroke. GA 31321

Second District Hugh D. Broome Donalson ville. GA 31745

Th ird District Fra nk Mor ast Jr. 1510 Dinglew ood Columbus. GA 31906

Fourth Dist rict William M. Evans S uite 608 Decatur Federa l Building 250 E. Pon ce de Leon Decatur. GA 30030
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Fift h District Bradl ey Hu bber t 2945 Stone Hogan Rd . Atlan ta . GA 3033 1

Six t h Dist rict Young H. Lo ngin o Bo x 37 Fai rburn . GA 30213

Seve nth Distr ict To m Mitch ell 1306 Unde rwood Rd . Dalt on , G A 30720

Te nt h Dist rict To m C. Ca rr 30 1 Mia mo la Ave . Sa nde rsville. GA 31082
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The Challenge

Th e department's emphasis during the early 1980's will be to maintain, rehabilitate and impr ove the state's existing transportation resources . The focu s is on highways, pub lic transportation , airways, rail , water and pipelines; and the effort will be directed toward moving more people and goods more miles more effecti vely, while mak ing the most of dw indling fina ncia l resources .
T he impact of th e oil crisis o n Georgia's tran sportat ion syste m has been three-fold . Drastic price increases , fuel-efficient vehicles and fuel sho rtages combi ned to bring the decrease in reven ues from the seven-a nd-a-ha lf cen ts per gallo n motor fuel tax to 2.8 per cent by the end of fiscal yea r 1981 . When FY'80 figure s are compa red with FY'79 revenu e co llections in this area , the re is a 4.4 per cen t decrease.
Sp iral ing prices for all petroleum products have taken their toll on the expenditure side of the equat ion, too . Motor fuel ta x dollars do not stretch as far , with highwa y resurfacing costs doubling over the last five years. For example, costs for
resurfacing one mile of the more than 18,000-m ile State Highway System reached $33 ,600 in fiscal yea r 1981, reflecting the escalating prices of asphalt and other pet roleum products.
Until the mid 1970's, motor fuel ta x revenues from the gallonage tax were growing at a rate commensurate with sta te needs . Since 1979, how ever , th ese revenu es ha ve declined . This revenue source alone has been unabl e to support th e man y program s essential to a good sta te high way system, includ ing an nual ma int enance, resurfacing, safe ty improveme nt s and capacity exp an sion s.
To strengthen the dedica ted high wa y revenue so urces, the Governo r wo rked close ly with th e General Assem bly a nd th e de pa rt ment to enact two legislat ive measures.
One converted what was formerly a three per cent sa les tax on the retail prices of motor fuels to a second motor fuel tax with revenues dedicated to road construction , ma intenance and improve ment. Th e oth er measure ea rmarked interest ea rn ings from investment of motor fuel fund s for highway use.

The department's emphasis in the 1980's will be to maintain and rehabilitate and improve the state's existing highways.

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In fiscal year 1981, these new earmarked revenues were used to supplant almost $36 million in state general funds and to offset declining collections from the gallonage tax.
While energy constraints cloud the future, there is little argument that motor vehicles will continue to be the dom inant transportat ion mode. For dail y pa ssenger mo vem ent , automobiles offer the most freedom of mobility. In Georgia there is often no alternative. Even when there is, the auto still offers the maximum in comfort and convenience.
A 25 per cent increase in traffic on the state's highways is projected to occur by 1990. Most of this would fall on the 18,000 mile State Highway System.
The interstate system has been a tremendous stimulus to Georgia's economy. The state's original interstate system was completely opened to the public in fiscal year '7 9 and 1-185 (Columbus to 1-85) opened in September 1979. Only a few connecting interstate segments, (added after the original system was established) remain to be completed. 1-575 (MariettaBallground) and 1-520 (Augusta) are currently under construction while right of way is being purchased for 1-675 (Atlanta). 1-420(Atlanta) is in the preliminary engineering stage . Finally, the modernization and reconstruction of Atlanta's freeways is the most recent major construction effort for Georgia's interstate system.
Georgia's original system was completed years ahead of schedule through the cooperative efforts of Governor George Busbee, the General Assembly and the DOT. Nationally, Georgia's interstate program is recognized as one of the most successful. As this system approaches completion, it is fitting to readdress the department's goals and directions for Georgia's transportation.
The interstate system is already beginning to experience congestion and to show the wear and tear of nearly 25 years of service. In fact, emergency rehabilitation is being required on some parts already where the damages caused by heavier and more frequent loads have been most severe . Maintenance and restoration is underway on the newer sections that are showing the effects of premature aging.
The DOT's approved 20-year Statewide Transportation Plan places a high priority on the maintenance and restoration of

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A 25 per cent increase in traffic on the state's highways is projected to occur by 1990. Most of this would fall on the 18,000 mile State Highway System.

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Georgia's intersta te system over the decade of the 1980's. This is only the beginning. The state's 18,000 miles of State Highway System could age and deteriorate rapidly in the future under the
heavier travel loads unless more action is taken. Currently, about 10 per cent of this system is resurfaced each yea r to fight deterioration. This may not be enough for the future because of the age of the roads and the impact of heavier truck loads.
But the problems are bigger than just surface wear. Estimates are that 360 miles of urban bypasses in 44 cities will be needed by the year 2000 to relieve urban congestion and improve traffic flow. Some 639 miles of roads on the State Highway System are projected to be so congested in the year 2000 that additional lanes will be required .
Safety measures are of prime concern. Since 1966, when Georgia ranked 48th among the states in highway safety, phenomenal strides have been made. Georgia now ranks in the top 15 states for highway safety. However, more safety improvements are needed , particularly at railroad grade crossings.
Off the state system there are more than 82,000 miles of roads left to local cities and counties to maintain . These need modernization urgently. More than 40 ,000 miles are still unpaved ; and more than 2,500 miles of these off-system road surfaces wear out annually.
Many Georgia cities and counties are neither financially nor technically able to sustain good road systems. However, these off-system roads, streets and bridges are vital to our freedom of mobility. Governor Busbee and the General Assembly recognized this critical problem and initiated the Local Assistance Road Program (LARP) in fiscal year 1978 to begin the rehabilitation and resurfacing of the off-system network .
Since LARP's inception three years ago, about 8,300 offsystem miles have been resurfaced and improved. This has been one of the most successful and well-received road programs for Georgia in the past 50 years. The department takes great pride in this much-needed local assistance program.
Reconstruction work on Metro Atlanta's Freeways is a mammoth undertaking.
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Working closely with the General Assembly and local governments, the DOT has determined the following priorities for its transportation programs:
*Protecting the transportation investment now in place is crit ical. The state's highways deteriorate about 50 per cent faster than they can be repaired . Many segments of Georgia's interstates are now more than 20 years old and are needing major repairs. Programs must be initiated and funded to keep the state's system in top shape.
*As much of the system as possible must be reconstructed to increase capacity and safet y. Building new roads on new locations is becoming increasingly difficult. Therefore, to accommodate the steadily increasing traffic volumes in an expedient and safe manner, Georgia's present facilities must be made to function better.

Many people in Georgia have had little experience with public transportation. If public transportation is vital to the state's cities, it is no less vital to our rural communities. Here , improvements are urgently needed to restore a balance in services. The department realizes that the high cost of private transportation has hit hard at certain groups - the elderly, the handicapped and the poor. Many rural Georgians (one in four) are left without a means of personal transportation. Add to this the cutbacks in private bus service (35 service stops to small towns in 1979), and the rural transportation situation begins to look very bleak for some.
The DOT's public transportation program is focused on achieving the state's energy conservation goals. The high cost of energy as it impacts the state's citizens is of great concern. Accordingly, Georgia is undertaking several major efforts to promote less energy-intensive transportation.

*Transportation systems at the local level must be improved and maintained to provide higher levels of service to rural and urban areas.
*Petroleum is essential to move people and goods. However, more efficient use of our automobiles and highways can produce an immediate and significant reduction in energy consumption. Increasing vehicle occupancy and observing the 55 mile per hour speed limit have vast potential for decreased gasoline consumption by automobiles. Also, ridesharing programs, high occupancy vehicle lanes and the development of commuter park and ride lots permit the existing highway network to be used more efficiently by the present automotive fleet.

* Finally, other modes of transportation must be upgraded to their greatest efficiency and be used where they will effectively serve the largest number of citizens. Public transportation in both urban and rural areas, third-level air carrier service , long-distance and short-haul bus service, railways and pipelines, all have important roles in maintaining our freedom of mobility.

The department's priorities are protecting the transportation investment, reconstructing the system as much as possible to improve safet y and capacity, improve local facilities , reduce fuel consumption and upgrade other forms of transportation.

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The state has also been selected as a project site for the National Ridesharing Demonstration. This selection will intensify the Georgia Ridesharing Program in the Atlanta area as well as statewide. As part of this total effort, Georgia developed an active van pooling program to encourage employers and employees to join vanpools.
But these efforts are still just beginnings . To make energy efficiency and congest ion-free streets a reality in urban areas and to keep a balance in transportation services in rural areas, more efforts need to be dedicated in the future to public transportation.
Convenient air travel is vital to the state's growing economy. Nationally, more than 80 per cent of all inter-city travel by common carrier is by air. In Georgia , more than 16 million passengers originate their trips on commercial flights annually. Growth in passenger travel and in general aviation operations is placing a heavy demand on Georgia 's public airports. Runways
Rehabilitation work, such as resurfacing, helps protect the state's transportation investment.

and taxiways, as well as navigational aids and support services, are hard pressed to keep up with this demand. As more overseas flights are added, this growth will accelerate even more. Large businesses and industries will be seeking prime locations along the international air corridors.
The state's air transportation network today consists of 107 public airports, with nine cities served by air carriers. Several smaller communities have commuter air service, and under the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, this service is expected to grow in the future.

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Inflation's Impact On Road Maintenance
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A Progress Report

During the three years covered by this report, the Geo rgia Department of Transportation continued its efforts to free the freeways , to rehabilitate the inte rstates and to help move more people and goods more miles with less energy and money.

A look at FY'79

After a grand slam of intersta te completion such as fiscal year 1978, subsequent years seemed quiet. During that year, the department opened all but one of the gap s in Georgia's original interstate system , and it opened that earl y in FY79 .
Of course the department didn't rest on its laurels during FY79. This was prohibited by the DOT's desire to provide quality transportation for all Georgian s and to sa tisfy the transportation needs of the sta te's ra pid economic develo pment.
Fiscal 1979 was a good year. The department made great progress toward completing its interstate connectors, rebuilding and rehabilitating the state's older interstate sections, hold ing the line on employment, and cutting back on administrative costs, so that it could put more mone y into the facilit ies and services expected by taxpayers.
During FY79 , the department completed eight-Ianing the northern quadrant of 1-285 from 1-75 north to 1-85 north. Also eight-laning of 1-75 no rth from just inside 1-285 no rthward to Allgood Road was finished during this time. 1-20 East was widened to six and eight lanes from Columbia Drive to Conyers and 1-20 West expansion to eight lanes from Hightower Road westward to State Route 6 was begun.
Local Assistance Road Program (LARP) projects totaled $27.3 million for cities and counties. In add ition, $4.8 million was added from DOT funds to Local Post Road projects to match $4.9 million in federal funds. This $37 million enabled the department to maintain or repa ir 1,871 miles of local roads and streets. Also $18.9 million in federal aid was spent on the Local Assistance Bridge Program. Another $7.5 million in state funds was added to this program, allowing the DOT to replace 190 bridges.

Thi s device, called a " moon bugg y" was designed by Georgia DOT employees and is used to sa w out the longitudinal and centerline joints.

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Dur ing FY'79, con trac ts were let for rehabilitating 197.26 miles of interstate at a cost of $38 million.
Continuing to serve all transportation needs during this period , the department implemented capital or operational improvement projects at 39 airports around the state. The 20 capital improvement projects cost a total of$2.7 million , with the sta te's portion totaling $500,000, with the remainder being federal or local funds . The 22 airport operational improvements cost almost $1.3 million , with about $1 million being stat e funds and the remainder local.
In FY 1978, the department produced the State Rail Plan. This plan enabled the DOT to identify the most critical branch lines in the state and set priorities for preserving them aga inst abandonment. The 1979 session of the General Assembly passed legislation allowing the department to apply for Federal Rail Revitalization Funds for financial assistance to railroads to improve these critical lines or to underwrite their losses until usage could be increased . As a result , the first rail line in the nation to be revitalized was done in Georgia on the Southern Railway line between Moultrie and Pavo at a cost of $850,000.

Downtown Atlanta freeway reconstruction work at Williams Street is part of the "Freeing the Freeways" program.

A look at FY'80
Like most other states, Georgia's financial crisis deepened . To help alleviate the problem, the 1979 General Assembly converted the three per cent sales tax on motor fuel to a road user tax. This prevented the energy economics of the times from completely overwhelming the DOTs efforts to keep the state mobile . Anticipation of this deepening funding crisis brought about a change in the department's direction. The major thrust began to improve existing facilities to increase their capacity and safety.
This thrust continued as 1-285 was eight-Ianed from 1-20 East to State Route 3 south of Atlanta. Design approval was sought to widen the section from State Route 3 to 1-85 south.
On September 19, 1979, the DOT opened the final 33.7 miles of 1-185, connecting Georgia's second largest city to the interstate system. The final section of this $83 million Columbus Connector opened just four years and two days after the groundbreaking.
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During this period, 1-20 West was eight-Ianed from Hightower Road westward to State Route 6 and work began on operational improvements on 1-20 West from Hightower eastward to Pryor Street in Atlanta.
Projects got underway on 1-85 North to expand this congested facility to eight lanes from Lenox Road northward to 1-285. Early in FY'80, work was begun on the Brookwood Interchange that cost $90 million.
The major reconstruction of the Williams Street Interchange got started during this period. This is the first step in the planned expansion to IO-Ianethe Downtown Connector (1-75/1-85).One lane in each direction will be a high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane.
In fiscal year 1980, the department let contracts for another 107.87 miles of interstate rehabilitation at a cost of$13. 7 million.
The successful LARP program continued through fiscal year 1980, when the department provided assistance to cities and counties to the tune of $28 million. In addition, the DOT added $10 million from the City/ County Contract funds to do more needed projects. With this $38 million, the department was able to repair or improve about 2,000 miles of local streets and roads.
Several bypasses were opened around the state during this time. These included the Albany East Bypass, the Athens East Bypass and the Moultrie Bypass. These are a part of360 miles of urban bypasses around 44 cities the state will need by the year 2000.
In continuing its emphasis on being a total department of transportation, the DOT implemented 38 capital or operational improvement projects at 52 airports around the state. One ofthe projects consisted of pavement markings at 18 airports. Eleven of these projects were let to contract by the DOT and 27 were accomplished with city/ county contracts. These improvements cost a total of $7.7 million. Of this amount, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funds totaled $5 million while state funding totaled $1.7 million. The remainder, almost $ I million, was local money. This did not include any airport work where no state funds were used, such as the Mid-field Terminal at Hartsfield International in Atlanta.
In response to the energy shortages, the DOT implemented a program called Georgia's Efficient Mobility (GEM) to assure
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that the state's citizens will continue to enjoy the mobility they need, no matter what the future may hold. The program involves such projects as park-and-ride lots around urban areas.
Georgia was chosen as the site of a federally funded ridesharing program and during this fiscal year the department made rapid strides in developing and marketing this program. It offers free computer-matching and marketing material to major employers around the state.
A look at FY'81
Motor fuel tax collections between July I, 1980 and June 30, 1981 were off some $7 million, or 2.8 per cent. The drop had continued over a 24 month period, with each subsequent month's collections below that of the previous year. Also obligational ceilings placed on Georgia's federal aid apportionments put limitations on the department's ability to let projects to contract. The DOT had to cancel its February 1981 letting due to a shortfall in federal and state transportation funding. The total for the 23 projects was estimated to exceed $100 million. Inflation sent asphalt prices up over 300 per cent since 1967. In 1981, the department saw asphalt prices jump 32 per cent in one 30-day period.
Despite these funding problems, the DOT completed several more sections of Atlanta's freeway system and had projects underway totaling about $300 million. This amount was for numerous reconstruction projects, such as those underway from Williams Street northward on the Downtown Connector and the relocation/ reconstruction work on the Northeast Expressway (1-85).
When it appeared that interstate enhancement projects would be deleted from the Interstate Cost Estimates, even for sections on which no interstate funds had been spent, the department acted quickly to avoid possible loss of these critical projects. It asked the General Assembly to approve the sale of$225 million in Advance Interstate Construction Bonds, so that it could get the most critical improvement projects underway before the expiration of the existing Surface Transportation Act. This

would obligate the Federal Highway Administration (FHW A) to pro vide the mone y for repa yment of the bonds' principal. Before the fiscal yea r was gone, $155 million of this amount had been sold - allowing the DOT to put the projects under contract as quickly as possible.
In FY'81 13.068 miles of interstate were placed under rehabilitation contract at a cost of $648,610 .
LARP projects amounted to $32 million, which helped improve or repair 1,900 miles of local roads and streets.
The DOT implemented 23 airport capital improvement projects costing $3.3 million. These projects included navigational aids or radio beacons in Dalton, Douglas, Macon, Carrollton and Sandersville airports. The state's share of this cost was $720,000, provided from the general fund. The DOT relicensed 113 airports and licensed five new ones.
Following the direction of the State Transportation Board,

the department sold most of the property purchased for the defunct 1-485. The DOT completed the sale of 245 pieces of property, receiving $5,984,099 .22. Also counter offers were accepted on 16 of the properties sold and 16 parcels on Virginia Avenue were held pending an exchange with the Atlanta Cit y School Board . (This transaction was completed very shortly after the close of the fiscal year.)
Heightened competition among contractors caused contract bids to be below the department's estimates by 10.6 per cent for the first part of 1981. During this time, the DOT received 30 per cent more bids per contract. Some of this was due to the economy and some of it was due to bid-rigging investigations.
To combat illegal bidding, the Georgia State Transportation Board, barred 21 contractors from bidding on projects for six months to two years.

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Budget Highlights

Total Expend itures by the department for fiscal year 1979 came to $606,370,027.49 and total actual expenditures for FY'80 came to $736,101,028.34 for a 26 per cent increase over the previous year . Actual expenditures for 1981 amounted to $660,899,912.82 for a 10 per cent decrease in actual expenditures.
Expenditures are categorized into vari ous activities. These are : Plann ing and Construction ; Ma intenance and Betterments ; Authorities; Facilities and Equipment; Adm inistration ; Air Transportation ; Inter-Modal Transfer Facilities and Harbor Maintenance. Planning and Construction and Ma intenance and Betterments take up the largest portion of the department's expenditures - both are more than 90 per cent of the total outlay, with Administration activities taking a distant third - around two per cent. The remainder of the budget is spread over the other act ivities.
Sawing out longitudinal joints prior to resealing is part of the rehabilitation work going on across the state.

Under the Planning and Con struction act ivity, the department plans , constructs, mainta ins and improves the roads and bridges of the State Highway system ; provides a long-range State MultiModal Transportation Plan and long-range plans for urban areas; maintains an approved Construction Work Program of priority projects ; develops detailed construction plans for highwa ys and airports to implement each year's anticipated projects; performs locat ion and environmental studies; conducts mapping and pho togrammetric surveys ; acquires rights-of-way necessary to construct and maintain highwa ys; supervises all construction and maintenance activities let to contract; provides quality control of materials used in construction and conducts research to improve planning and engineering procedures and techn iques.
Actual expenditures for this act ivity for FY7 9 a mounted to $424,735,035. 15 or 70 per cen t of the to tal expenditu re a nd $567,907,000.90, or 77 per cent in FY'80. Expendi tures for this ca tego ry amoun ted to $489,374,354.08 or 74 per cent of the to tal in FY'81.
Capital outlay, mone y paid to contractors, etc., in th is category amounted to $355,962,731.03, or 84 per cent of this acti vity's expenditures for FY79 and $497,652,512.17 or 87 per cent of th is portion's budget for fiscal year 1980. Expenditures in FY'81 for the Planning and Construction acti vity amounted to $417,254,016.14 or 74 per cent of the total expenditures.
Under its Ma intenance and Betterments activities, the department performs maintenance and repairs on roads and bridges of the State Highwa y System to preser ve the existing network and to improve its safety ; programs and supervises major reconstruction and resurfacing projects let to contract; performs certain heavy and specialized maintenance such as emergency repairs, spot improvements, and safety modifications; performs routine maintenance such as patching pavement failures , repairing shoulders, maintaining drainage, policing and mowing right -of-way, erect ing and maintaining warning and directional signs, inspecting roadside parks and rest

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areas; issues permits for special vehicles such as oversized and overweight carriers and enforces Georgia's special vehicle regulations.
Cost per mile to maintain the 18,394 miles of State Highway System roads in 1979 amounted to $2,516 per mile compared to $3,105 per mile in FY'80 and $3,282 in FY'81. Cost per mile to resurface on-system roads in fiscal year 1979 was $27,800 and $32,822 in FY'80 and $31,292 in FY'8I. On the off-system roads these figures were $15,994 in FY79; $18,274 in FY'80 and $16,912 in FY'8I. The department assisted local governments on 2,347 miles of road and 67 bridges in FY79; 1,589 miles of road and nine bridges in FY'80 and forfiscal year 1981 1,716 miles of road and 21 bridges.
During 1979 the department assisted local governments on 2,347 miles of road and 67 bridges in 1979 and 1,589 miles of road and nine bridges in 1980.

Monies appropriated for the department from the general fund came to $87,381,912 in fiscal year 1979; $77,041,025 in FY'80 and $42,678,865 in FY'81.
DOT's 1981 budget of some $406 million represented 12.6 per cent of the entire state budget. In FY'80 the department's budget of $341 million was 12 per cent of the total state budget and 12.6 per cent in 1979.
During calendar year 1980, the Department advertised 568 contracts and awarded 434 for a total of $383,134,663.94. It advertised 1,225 projects in 734 contracts in calendar year 1979 and awarded 575 contracts for 991 projects totaling $432,710,181.92.

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How The Department Spends Your State Tax Dollars 1981 Budget
By far the largest portion of the transportation tax dollar is allocated to road maintenance. Almost 60 per cent of all state transportation dollars are spent to maintain and rehabilitate onsystem state roads, off system county and city roads and bridges.
In addition, 10 per cent of each transportation dollar is matched with federal aid to Georgia highways. Every state dollar can yield up to nine dollars of federal money. Only three per cent of the tax dollars go toward administrative costs.

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Personnel

It is the responsibility of the Office of Personnel to serve the varied manpower and employment needs of the department. This includes providing assistance to all units within DOT in such areas as staffing, employee relations, organizational and management review, training and equal opportunity activities as well as general mail services, office equipment transfers and miscellaneous services.
Accomplishments achieved by the office during FY' 79 include continued negotiations with the State Merit System on the problems associated with the statewide reclassification study called the Hay Study. While the reclassification survey was implemented on July I, 1978, this office reviewed and coordinated individual appeals on classification with the State Merit System throughout the fiscal year. The department was successful in red ucing the detrimental effects on almost all of the employees who were to be ad versely affected by the reclassification survey.
During this period , the Personnel Office enhanced and broadened the department's career counseling service to include de velopment and distr ibution of a Career Information Guide for employees. More than 1,000 employees received individual counseling sessions about their career opportunities within the department.
This office developed the personnel section of the department's Manual of Guidance which outlines various procedures used in personnel matters. The office also developed the department's own service awards program, recogniz ing career employees who have more than 34 yea rs of service.
Since this period was characterized by declining revenues and reduced staffing, the office vigorously conducted training courses with emphasis on improvement of job skills and increased productivity. For each of the past three years , more than 150 different training programs were offered to department employees. The academy approach to training, initially used in the DOT's Maintenance Foreman Training Program, was expanded for resident engineers, project engineers, and maintenance area managers. To date , all maintenance foremen ,

In-house training became increasingly important as funds became scarcer and scarcer.

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maintenance area managers and resident eng ineers have completed these academies. Also the department implemented an Engineering Technician and Drafter Training Program in conjunction with numerous area vocational-technical schools throughout the state. Also during this period , several professional engineering seminars were conducted in an effort to improve the technical expertise of the department's professional employees.
The Personnel Office worked closely with the Federal Highway Administration on EEO matters. Several offices within the department were reviewed to assure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Also, approximately 200 contractor compliance reviews were conducted to determine compliance with EEO and MBE regulations. An updated and comprehensive Minority Business Enterprise Program was developed and implemented which resulted in a significant increase in minority firms participating in construction and other programs.
Particularly noteworthy is that the percentage of minority DOT employees has continued to increase du ring this period and is at a record level, even though the tot al wo rkforce has been significa ntly reduced .
The Office of Personnel continues working with the Georgia Department of Labor in an effort to take full advantage of grants available under the Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA). During this period , the employment of approximately 350 CETA employees throughout the state allowed the department to use more of its sta te revenues for other transportation purposes.
Finally, this office devoted a great deal of time and effort during FY' 81 in preparing for the department's con version to a statewide automated personnel and pa yroll system. The system , known as Personnel and Accounting and Control System (PACS), was fully implemented by the DOT on July 1,1981.

An Equipment Operator School was one of several courses developed in-house.
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Office of Public
Information
Communicating with the department's various publics internal and external - falls primarily to the Office of Public Information.
This is done through a formal network of news releases, newsletters and media liaison as well as informal means such as answering telephone and letter inquiries about the activities of the DOT.
Other means of communicating with the public are speeches and slide presentations. Major slide presentations done during this period include, "Freeing the Freeways," "Georgia DOT vs. the Monster in Heart Pine Pond" and "Georgia's Wildflower Program."
The electronic media support capability, especially for radio, was greatly improved. First, a DOT news network was established, whereby cooperating radio stations around the state would broadcast items prepared by this office about the DOT. To supply the more than 30 stations in the network with broadcast-ready tapes, a recording studio was built in the General Office Building. An experienced staff member operates the complex equipment. This studio also permits high quality taping for slide presentations.
Another cost-effective step during these three years was to have the department's newspaper, The Georgia DOT News, printed on newsprint by a private printer on a low-bid basis . This step reduced costs, improved quality, allowed use of color and provided readers with more timely news through monthly publication, rather than bi-monthly.
A camera was installed in the office to produce art economically for printing. This camera also allowed the office to increase its audio-visual productions in a facility built in conjunction with the recording studio.
This office continued its normal duties of news releases and keeing the news media informed of DOT activities. It also keeps the general public informed by writing speeches for others and giving speeches and other presentations to diverse audiences.

'ext page: top left - The Wildflower Competition continued to promote beautiful highways with the help of the Garden Clubs of Georgia, Inc. Top right: Harry Murph)', Public Information Director - Bottom photo: A fire in a peat bog on 1-75 caused dense smoke killing several motorists. The department worked long hours to put it out.
The Telephone Pioneers, Dixie Chapter, installed bluebird boxes on 1-20 between Augusta and Atlanta and with the DOT's help, bluebirds are making a comeback.

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Office of Systems
Development
Established in 1972, the Office of Systems Development directs the dat a processing serv ices withi n the depa rtment. Since the reorganization in 1972, OS 0 has served as a liaison between the DOT computer users and the Department of Administrative Services. Since 1977, this office has operated the DOT data center, which now includes a PD P-I I / 70 computer, a digitizer (device for converting information into X-V coordi nates to be used by the computer) and two off-line automatic plotters.
During fiscal yea rs 1979, '80 and '8 1, several significa nt developments occu rred. DOT and DOAS agreed to transfer transportation-related data processing functions to the DOT , except those which conern fiscal operations. T he first step in this agreement saw 16 people transferred to the DOT as key-entry operators in January I , 1981.
DOT's plott er ca pa bility, i.e. the a bility to genera te com puterdrawings, was significa ntly upgrad ed by the add ition of an offline CatComp Model 1055 drum plotter with a paper width of 36.7 inches and a small, on-line CalComp M odel 1012 that uses pap er II inches wide. The se add itional plotters complement the Xynetics M odel llOO aut omatic drafting equipment that can plot on paper 42 inches by 57 inche s, al read y insta lled .
The DOT minicomputer, originally installe d in 1977, has been upgraded to hold more information - measured in bytes. Originally, it had a 265 K bytes core memory and 88 M bytes disk storage; aft er upgrad ing it has a 1,536 K bytes core and 762 M bytes disk storage.
To assist the de partment in using the com puter services more effecti vely, 17 local terminals have been provided in seven offices in the General Office and a network has been set up where three remote locations in the metro Atlanta area are served by two co mpu ter printers an d 10 additional CRT (cathode ray tu be) terminals. Dial-up printing ter mina ls are a lso loca ted at two district offices - Gainesville and Thomaston - and at the Avondale maintenance facilit y.
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Office of Programming

Primarily responsible for managing the Construction Work Program to get the maximum use of the department's limited resources, the Office of Programming ma intains all federal funds ' balances and prepares and processes the necessary documents for gaining authorization of funds for project implementation.
During these three years , this office handled increased paperwork and record keeping caused by the federal spend ing restraints imposed by obligation controls. However, the office effectively met its responsibility and when several discretionary fund ing programs were init iated by the federal government, it was instrumental in acquiring more than $300 million from these programs for Georgia because of its capability to have active projects on file.

Office of Policy Planning

Traffic improvement projects, like this one on the Tu sten Street Extension and R .R. under pass in Elberton, make for safer tra vel.

The Office of Policy Planning primarily functions as a research and management support team . Besides pro viding technical assistance to the commissioner and the board on federal and state legislation, the office continues its role in the developm ent and assessment of a nnual goa ls, preparati on of the Governor's Polic y Statement and coordi nati on of the Polic y Committ ee. Some major polic y conside rations have includ ed finan cial analyses, acceleration of highway projects, liqui fied ,petroleum motor fuel con versions, DOT board a nd legislative questionn aires, route numbering syste ms, gaso hol, a lterna tive work hours, twin trailers and energy-efficient mobility.
From fiscal year 1979 to 1981 , the office expanded its role as an information resource group. It da ily reviewed and distributed the Federal Register and national current events and professional publications. In 1980, a weekly current event s newsletter, In Brief, was launched to br ief management on pertinent news items and information. Other publications ha ve been produced to conve y the department's financial situation. These are: " F unding Alternatives for a Changing Transportation System" ( F ACT S- 1980) and "Tran sportation Financing in Georgia: A Turning Po int" in 1981.

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Office of Statewide Planning

The Office of Statewide Planning develops and maintains a co m pre hensive , sta te wid e, 20-year tra ns porta tio n p lan ; identifies tra nspo rta tion improve ment pr ojects for the DOT's Construction Work Program and designates the state and federal-aid routes and urban area boundaries throughout the state.
Designa ting the State Highwa y System, the federal -a id routes and the urban bounda ries is necessa ry for clarifying the funding sources for construction and maintenance work. Administering the U.S .-numbered routes serves to make travel on the main interstate corridors easier for the motorists. Th is office identifies improvement projects for the Construction Work Program th rough studies using the Statewide Transportation Plan.
During the period of FY' 79 - FY' 81, 42 corridor studies, 16 urban sketch plans, two regional studies and two site-spec ific stud ies were completed by this office . In order to achieve co ordination between the department and Georgia's area planning and development commissions, a planning ag reement was established between the two groups.
Sinc e the adoption of the 20-year Statewide Transportation Plan in 1978, the office initiated several act ions to refine and ext end the plan in major transportation corridors. Also a method was de veloped to identify, assess and rank the railroad/ highwa y grade sepa rat ion needs in an effort to deal with the severe congestion and delay problems in the state caused by these crossings. A railroad crossing improvement program result ed from thi s study.
In response to the growing demand for transportation improvement s at Georgia's po rts , several studies focu sed on developing an inventory of the state's ports and waterway facilities and identifying the impact of water transportation on oth er sectors of the state. These studies also identified the long rang e port and waterwa y need s in the sta te.
Current ly a study is being completed of the na vigation clea ran ce and marine tra ffic in Sa vann ah's Harbor. T he out come will eva lua te the optimal clea ra nces fo r overhead bridge river crossi ngs wit h a cost- versus-benefits a nalysis of their effects on marine traffic a nd ups tream shipping activities.

Dignitaries open a stretch of the Lawrenceville Connector.
Urban Systems Planning Section
During these th ree fiscal years , the high point of the transportat ion planning process has been to see the implementa tion of major capital investments that are part of the urban and urbanized transportation plans. A vivid example is the reconstruction of the freewa y system in metropolitan Atlanta.
A major update of the regional transportation plan was begun for the Atlanta metro area during 1980 and is designed to coinci de with the 1980 cens us. In ot her transportation studies, the tra nspo rta tion plan is und ergoing a valida tion proc ess designed to determ ine the degree of updating, if an y, that will be requi red of each transportation planning proc ess.
Through its 18 continuing transportation stud ies, the Urban Systems Planning Section participates in the DOT's GEM (Georgia's Efficient Mobi lity) program which emphasizes the planning and identifying of fuel efficient projects and strategies, such as High-Occupancy-Yehicle (HOY) lanes , park/ride lots and others.

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Bureau of Public Transportation

Transportation officials opened the first Railroad rehabilitation project in the state between Moultrie and Pavo,

R esponsib ility for the department's public transportation programs falls on the Bureau of Public Transportation. T hese programs encompass a multitude of activit ies including inte rcity a nd local bu s transportation, ridesharing, railroads, waterwa ys and pa rk / rid e lots. In each of these activitie s, t he DOT pro vide s short and long range transit planning assistance , ma rketing su rveys, state grants for technical, capital and demonst ration programs, and managerial and ope ra tions a ssistance to local operat ors .
Significant ac complishments in the public transportation program incl ude the rehabilitation of the 14-m ile ra il line be tween Pa vo a nd Moultrie. Also th e depa rtment ha s a second rehabilitation project underway to rehabilitate 12 miles be tween Perry and Fort Valley. In the area of intercit y bus ser vice, th e d epa rt ment was instrumental in initia ti ng new ser vice along Ga . 5 fro m McCa ysville south to Atlanta.
Waterwa ys activity is largel y ce nte red on the Sa vannah Harbor where th e DOT provides general funds to the local ass u rer fo r port ma intenance and dredging. In addition to th is, t he d epa rtment has committ ed sta te fund s to bu ild the King's Island Turning Basin, which will a llow Sa vannah Harbor to ser vice larger sh ips .
The park/ ride activity has increased in importance with a goal of 20 lots built or under construction by the end of 1981. In th is area , the Georgia Rid esharing Program, an employer -oriented program providing information to potential ridesharers, has been successful in the Atlanta and coastal areas, and is being expanded statewide.
The DOT's public transportation bus program in small urban and rural areas has provided mobility for many Georgians. During early 1980, the 177 buses in 105 Georgia counties provided an average of more than 60 ,000 trips per month. The department's work in public transportation for areas with less than 200 ,000 has been to serve as the administrator of federal monies for public transportation. Assistance in this area has helped the cities of Albany, Athens, Augusta , Macon, Rome and Sa vannah .

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Planning Data Services Section
Th e responsibility of Planning Data Ser vices is to document the locati on s, length and characteri stics of exist ing road s to mea sure the system's usage and to provide general maps and various transportation statistics.
An extensive counting program is conducted to provide vital travel sta tistics. These statistics come from periodic and con tinuous count op erations that reflect hourly and seasonal va ria tions. This informat ion is sum ma rized on the Annual State Traffi c Flow Map published by thi s sectio n.
A Highwa y Pe rformance Monitoring System was imple mented in 1979 . T his system co nsists of 1,746 sections of road s, selected at ra nd om , which co mprise the higher functional road syste ms. T hese sections are being continuously monitored for ca pita l improvements and co nstructio n co sts, as well as the occur rence of accid ent s that res ult in personal injury.
Cou nty a nd city ma pp ing co ntinues to be upd ated regularly by th is group. Also the 1981-82 State Aero na utics Chart ha s been co mplete ly redesigned a nd red rawn. A sta te airport directory, a state rai l system ma p a nd the officia l sta te highway map are also prod uced by t his sectio n.
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Bureau of Aeronautics
The Bureau of Aeronautics' activities include statewide planning, individual airport master planning, airport development, airport operational improvement, air service development, airport inspection and licensing, and the publication and distribution of state aeronautical charts and airport directories.
Planning assistance through the Federal Aviation Administration's Planning Grant Program provides funds for site-specific airport planning that documents existing and future airport needs. DOT assistance provides 50 per cent of the nonfederal share of each planning study. Inaddition, the department provides a full 50 per cent of planning costs when federal funds are not available or when the project is not eligible. during fiscal years 1979 through 1981, 10 planning projects were funded with $73,482 from state funds. Local funds of $73,482, along with $279,097 of FAA funds, produced $426,062 in airport planning efforts.
Two programs, the Airport Development Program and the Airport Approach Aid Program assists local airports with certain capital improvement projects and approach-aid installation. Under the Airport Development Program, 57 development projects were funded with $1,870,000 in state funds. Local funds and $8,487,896 from the FAA brought the total cost of airport development projects to $12,226,096.
In FY' 81, the Georgia legislature approved and funded a new Airport Approach Aid Program (AAAP) which provides 75 per cent state funding assistance to selected publicly owned airports for the installation of a "LOCALIZER" instrument approach facility. State funds amounted to $300,000 for four projects and local funding supplied the remaining $100,000.
The Airport Operational Improvement Program (AOIP), to insure the state's investment in the publicly owned airports, provides 75 per cent assistance in addressing priority maintenance needs such as repair or resurfacing paved airport surfaces, repair or replacement of airport lighting systems, navigational aids, drainage structures and for clearing/ grubbing of trees on airport property to provide safe approaches. The program provides 100 per cent funding assistance for the re-

marking of runways and taxiways. Fifty-five (AOIP) projects were funded with $3 million in state funds. Local funds amounting to $920,144 brought the total cost of these projects to $3,920,144. One of the 55 projects was a statewide re-marking project which included 18 airports.
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Office of Road and Airport Design
The Office of Road and Airport Design is respons ible for all plans , from the original survey notes to the final plan stage, for federal-a id, interstat e and most four-lane state-aid highway projects outside the limits of larger cities. Plans are also made for projects using federal-aid urban funds in smaller cities.
During FY' 79, this office designed 49 miles of new location roadway and bridge projects at a cost of $38.6 million; 289.3 miles of roadway improvement projects at $34.5 million; two interchanges at $7.2 million; energy-saving lighting projects at $400,000; eight site designs for safety rest areas, park/ ride lots and truck weighing stations at a cost of $12.7 million .
In fiscal year '80, this office designed projects for 41.3 miles of new location roadway and bridges for $81.2 million ; 195.2 miles of roadway improvement for $75.9 million; 123 bridge-widening and replacement projects for $55.4 million ; four interchanges at $7.2 million; 5.I miles of energy-saving lighting projects for $400,000, and 15 sites for rest areas and truck weighing stations for $18.8 million.
For fiscal year 1981 , the office designed projects for64.8 miles of new location roadway and bridges totaling $106.2 million; 255.8 miles of roadway improvement projects for$114.2 million; 145 bridge-widening and replacement projects for $46.8 million; three interchanges for $2.6 million; 13.9 miles of energy-saving lighting projects for $300,000 and five truck weighing stations, rest areas and park/ ride lots for $10.7 million.
During the three years covered by this report the Office of Road and Airport Design designed over 150 miles of new location roadway and bridges totaling over $200 million.
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The Office of rban and Multi-Modal Design designed 140 proj ects for over $700 million with the greatest achievement being the design of the recon struction of Atlanta's expresswa ys from Williams St . to Cha mblee Tucker Rd.
Office of Urban and Multi-Modal Design
T he Office of Urba n and Multi-Mod al Design is responsible for preparing con struction plans for highwa ys in larger urban ar eas and designing and planning mass transportation projects such as rapid rail systems, busways or combined multi-modal systems . This office is also responsible fo r engineering liaison with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and for reviewing MART A plans that affect DOT's facilit ies.
Thi s office designed 70 projects for a total of $354 ,309,000, which includes 30 projects in FY' 79 for $66,100,000,23 projects in FY '80 for $128 ,144,000 and 17 projects in FY '81 for $160 ,056 ,000 .
The greatest achievement for this office during the per iod was designing the reconstruction of Atlanta's expressway system from Williams Street to Chamblee Tucker Road . With the exception of four projects in the Bro okwood Interchange area, the entire length was let to contract for a total cost of $264,960,000, not includi ng right-of-way.
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Office of Bridge and Structural Design

A total of 499 bridges were designed by the Office of Bridge and Structural Design for a total of70,259 linear feet at a cost of over $190 million.

The Office of Bridge and Structural Design prepares plans for the various structures required for a transportation system. These include br idges , light and sign standards and minor structures, such as reinforced concrete reta ining walls.
A total of 499 bridges were design ed du ring the thr ee-year period for a total of 70,259 linear feet for $190 ,350,000. Thi s includes 26,509 linear feet on 184 bridges for$40 ,511,000 in 1979, 32,979 linear feet on 207 bridges for $73 ,536,000 in 1980 and 10,771 linear feet on 108 bridges for $76,303,000 in 1981. The relatively low footage and higher costs is due to the complicated intersta te rehabilitation projects.
Significant achievements include designing slurry wall construction in the Williams Street Interchange in Atlanta. This is an innovative first for Georgia . Also the construction of the state's first permanently anchored wall on 1-75/85 was designed by this office.

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Office of Location

The Office of Location is responsible for conducting engineering feasibility studies, performing environmental analyses of projects and writing environmental reports, performing project planning studies to determine traffic and distribution, performing economic justification and capacity studies, producing topographic maps, aerial photography and photogrammetric data studies necessary for project development, conducting public hearings, performing field surveys and obtaining photogrammetric earthwork measurements for determining earthwork quantities.
The project location and services bureau of this office produced 2,104 miles of corridor and final location studies in FY'81; 1,502 miles of these studies in FY'80 and 457 miles in FY79. Among these projects were Corridor "Z," the Appalachian Development Highway System, Murray Road Extension in Augusta, widening of Buford Highway in Gwinnett County, the Torras Causeway in Brunswick, McCaysville Bypass, Redmond Road in Rome, North Dalton Bypass, 1-75 in Monroe County, Waycross Railroad Grade Separation, Camp Creek Parkway in Atlanta, Cairo to Thomasville and Richard Russell Parkway in Warner Robins.
In fiscal year 1981 100 cost estimates were prepared, 133 in FY'80 and 118 in FY79. Fifty public hearings or informational meetings were conducted by this group during the three-year period.
Environmental analysis cleared over 600 projects during this time. The major ones among them were the Downtown Connector in Atlanta, Corridor "Z," Augusta Railroad, Torras Causeway between Brunswick and St. Simons Island, 1-675 in Atlanta and Brookwood Interchange Improvements in Atlanta.
Traffic analysis completed 1,286 regular and special projects during the three years. These projects were used for the design of urban and rural highways, roads and bridges, input data in preliminary engineering studies, capacity analysis studies, environmental impact statements, air and noise studies, safety justification reports, scheduling priorities, preliminary cost estimates, feasibility studies and roadway network calibrations for urban areas.

Project Analysis Bureau conducted over 3,600 analyses and reviews during this time. The Control Surveys and Mapping Bureau completed 57.7 per cent of the state's geodetic control marking; conducted 2,397 miles of horizontal and 1,833 miles of vertical control surveys; mapped nearly 300 miles by photogrammetric techniques covering 47,188 acres; completed 864 map sheets covering 38,840 acres; flew 767 hours to obtain 20,755 exposures and processed over 114,000 square feet of photographic film and paper during the three fiscal years.
Research and Quantity Control Bureau targeted and controlled earthwork totaling over 24,446,281 cubic yards.

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Office of Right of Way

The principal function of the Office of Right of Way is to acquire land required for the construction and maintenance of highways under DOT jurisdiction. The office maintains complete records on all deeds, easements, condemnations, contracts, title information and fiscal transactions related to right-of-way acquisition.
Other major responsibilities include the disposal of surplus property improvements and land remnants purchased in conjunction with right of way acquisition, the administration of the relocation assistance program for persons or businesses dislocated as a result of right of way acquisition, and the administration of the outdoor advertising control program which affects advertising signs located adjacent to primary and interstate highways.
During the period covered by this report, 4,534 parcels of land were acquired with a total expenditure of 5104,980,962.00.

Year Fiscal 79 Fiscal 80 Fiscal 81

No. Parcels 1579 1489 1466

Expenditure 519,489,446.00 535,356,444.00 550,135,072 .00

The major portion of right of way acquisition during this period has involved the Appalachian Development Highway, upgrading of the interstate system in the Atlanta Metropolitan area, the proposed Columbus to Brunswick highway and 1-675 south of Atlanta between 1-75 and 1-285.
In addition to the acquisition activities, the Department disposed of more than 200 parcels of property that had been acquired in the late 60's and early 70's for the now defunct 1-485 project. These parcels were appraised by staff appraisers to determine current market value and then offered back to the original owners, with 134 parcels being repurchased by the original owners and 97 parcels being sold at public bid. Also, 22 parcels were deeded to the City of Atlanta for use as parks in exchange for equivalent property needed by the Department for freeway expansion.
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Office of Construction
The Office of Construction establishes construction quality standards and ensures that these standards are met.
Projects accepted by this office in 1979 included 70 interstate projects for $112,405,475; 249 other federal-aid projects for $66,135,987 and 693 state-aid projects for $80,515,773. County, city and maintenance projects totaled 817 for $28,253,881.
In 1980, there were 63 interstate projects completed for $153,549,844; 202 other federal-a id for$69 ,838,405 and 567 state aid projects for $72,123,055. County, city and maintenance projects completed totaled 882 for $48,08I ,230.

Office of Contracts Administration
The Office of Contract Administration is responsible for placing alI DOT construction projects under contract and authorizing payments for continuing construction projects. DOT construction contracts are let either by competitive bidd ing to private contractors or by negotiating with city and county governments.
During Calendar Year 1979, this office ad vertised 1,225 projects in 734 contracts and a warded 991 project s in 575 contracts for $432,710,181.92. For the next yea r, 568 contracts were ad vertised and 434 were awarded for a to tal of $383,134,663.94 .

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Office of Materials and Research

The Office of Materials and Research is responsible for the administration, policy formulation and technica l advice on qualit y co nt ro l of con struct ion mat er ial s, ge ote c h n ica l enginee ring and transportation-related research. Th is office performs these du ties through three burea us: Mater ials an d Tests , Ge ot ech ni cal Engi neeri ng an d Research a nd Developm ent.
During the th ree fiscal years covered by this report, the Mat erials and Tests Bureau inspected and approved 40,500 tons of reinforcing steel, 290.5 million gallons of bituminous materials and 2,259,976 gallons of paint. In add ition , it nondestructively tested 9 ,615 feet of welds on highwa y structures; certified 400 welders to be qualified to do DOT work and completed 432,268 mate rials tests on various projects in the field and at the central and six branch laboratories. Also material certificates were issued to 5,606 highway projects after completion of a materials aud it on each project.
The Geotechnical Engineering Bureau completed 338,846 feet of soils borings and 10,909 feet of rock borings while conducting soil surveys and bridge foundation studies.
The Research and Development Bureau administers and conducts the DOT's formal research and development program. Research efforts are carried out to help solve current and longra nge problems and provide needed information for decision mak ing. Most of the research is conducted by the bureau and other department units, but several projects are done through contracts, primarily with Georgia Tech .
The R&D Bureau is organized into three branches: Pavement and Physical Research, Materials Research and Operations Research .
Pavement and Physical Research conducted research on a wide variety of topics , including concrete pavement overlays, crushed stone base course performance, rubber-asphalt to rehabilitate flexible pavements, spr inkle mix pavement construction , rehabilitation of concrete pa vement , . waterproofing membranes, Portland cement concrete shoulders, and improved load transfer in existing jointed concrete
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The Materials and Tests Bureau inspected and approved 40,500 tons of reinforcing steel, 290.5 million gallons of bituminous material and over two million gallons of paint.

pavements. In addition to conducting research , this branch is responsible for obtaining skid resistance and other data on pavements, coordinating the collection of data on road roughness and conducting pavement evaluation and condition studies.
The Materials Research Branch was involved with several significant projects, including improvements of surface treatment construction, maintenance practices for Portland cement concrete pavements, pavement delineation, epoxy injection of bridges to increase strength, retaining wall pressures and mo vement s and evaluation of truck weighing eq uipment. Oth er work involved polymer concrete overla ys and pol ymer impregnation of bridge decks , cathodic protection for bridge decks, sulfur extended asphalt and pavement recycling . Another major responsibility is evaluaring new products for potential use in the department.
The remaining unit in the Research and Development Bureau is the Operations Research Branch. The activities of this branch involve such things as evaluating wrong-way movements on freeway ramps, evaluating the preconstruction process, improving grassing techniques, developing the use of herbicides to control vegeta tion, and developing a land-use model and statewide highway network. Of special interest were projects dealing with highway costs allocations, evaluating vending machines in rest areas, energy conservation and intercity bus transporta tion.
A special program of this bureau is directed at technology transfer, which is concerned with keeping departmental personnel updated on the latest de velopm ent s in highwa y technology. Efforts in th is area involve hold ing wor kshops, seminars, demonstrations, training programs and publ ishing a R&D newsletter. Topics covered during this period included grassing, asphalt plant mixes , quality assurance, welding inspection, bridge decks, concrete pavement rehabilitation, herbicides and noise analysis.
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Gai nesvi lle ( D ist rict One) Department of Transportation Bo x 1057 Ga inesville, GA 3050 1
Te n nille (District Two) D epartment of Transp ortatio n Box 8 Te n nille. GA 3 1089
T ho masto n (D ist rrct T hree) D ep a rtment of T ra ns po rta tio n Bo x 711 Th oma st on , GA 30286
T ifton (Dist rict Four) Departm ent of T ra ns po rta tion 7 10 West S eco nd S t. Ti ft o n. GA 31793
Jesu p (Dist rict F ive) D e pa rtmen t of T rans po rta tion Bo x 1158 J esu p, GA 3 1545
Ca rte rsvil le (District S ix) Department of Transportation Bo x 10 Ca rters ville, GA 30120
Atlanta (District Se ven ) D epa rt ment of Transportation 502 5 'ew Peachtree R oad Cha m blee. G A 303 41

District One

The Gainesville District covers 21 counties in northeast Georgia: Walton, Oconee, Clarke, Madison, Elbert, Hart, Franklin, Jackson, Barrow, Gwinnett, Forsyth, Hall, Banks, Dawson, Lumpkin, White, Habersham, Stephens, Union, Towns and Rabun.
District One opened several projects to traffic during these three years.
On Nov. 18, 1980, 18 months after construction began, a mile and a half of the Blairsville Bypass in Union County was opened . This four-lane flush median highway cost over $2 million per mile.
On Oct. I, 1980, this district opened 13.6 miles of Ga. 365 between Ga. 52 in Hall County and Ga. 15 in Habersham County. It also completed two truck weighing stations on 1-85 in Franklin County. Operating two shifts per day, the stations weighed more than 600 vehicles per day.
Motori sts along Ga. 365 in Hall and Gwinnett counties appreciated the work done by District One maintenance people . Pavement faulting resulted in an uneven surface on the outside lanes of this four-lane facility. District One solved the problem by grinding the top of the pavement to provide a level surface. Using special equipment, the crew ground 19 of21 miles between Interstate 85 and Ga . II .
A long-term problem in Elberton was solved when the department opened the Tusten Street Extension and Railway Underpass to traffic. Prior to the project's construction, which was a joint city-state-railroad project, all the railroad crossings were at grade. Heavy rail traffic effectively cut the town in half for hours each day, causing traffic congestion, delays for emergency vehicles and dangerous crossing situations. The new street and underpass largely relieve this problem, vastly improving traffic safety and efficiency in Elberton.
District One's grading and paving crews also have joined . forces to answer a pressing transportation need in the Georgia mountains. Ga. II in Lumpkin and Union counties has long
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Lewis Canup - District Engineer
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The last section of Ga. 400 was opened to traffic in 1981.

been an important business and tourist route, but the winding, two-lane facility across Necl's Gap couldn't adequately meet the increasing traffic demand placed upon it. A passing-lane construction program greatly increased safety and efficiency.
District Maintenance Forces completed a concrete rehabilitation program on Portland cement concrete highways in northeast Georgia. Along 1-85, the Cornelia Bypass, and Georgia routes 365 and 400 , crews stripped and cleaned all transverse and longitudinal pavement joints and resealed them with a new silicone-based material. At the same time, slab edge s are being sealed with a rubberized asphalt compound. Thi s program will extend pavement life and decrease the incidence of maintenance problems in coming years.
District Two

District Two (Tennille) covers mideast Georgia and has 28 counties: Dodge, Bleckley, Laurens, Treutlen, Emanuel, Jenkins, Screven, Burke, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington, Wilk inson, Baldwin, Hancock, Warren, Glascock , McDuffie, Columbia, Richmond , Lincoln, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Greene, Putnam, Jasper, Newton, Morgan and Oglethorpe.
The Tennille District saw 2,330 miles of construction projects begun or completed during the period that totaled $105 ,385,401 .27. Of these construction projects, District Two is especially proud of three. These three include the reconstruction of Washington Road /I-20 interchange in Augusta, and the construction of railroad overpasses in Millen and Tennille.
Reconstruction of the Washington Road /I-20 interchange began in the spring of 1980 and by late fall 198I was approximately 65 per cent complete. Reconstruction of this interchange was warranted because each of the two 1-20 exit ramps were located within 200 feet of two different local service road intersections with Washington Road. As a result of these conditions, it was common for traffic to be backed up the entire length of the exit ramps and onto 1-20. The interchange reconstruction will provide access and safety benefits by relocating one local service road 865 feet east of its present intersection with Washington Road and relocating the other 375 feet west of its old position with this road.

Co nstructio n work on passing lan es in North Georgia continued to improve capacit y and sa fety on the sta te's roads.
George Lyons - District Engineer

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The Millen railroad overpass was opened to traffic in October 1980. Prior to construction of this overpass, 75 per cent of the city's total area was divided into eastern and western portions by the Central of Georgia railroad tracks. Train blockages not only hampered and endangered the safety of the local and general travelling public, but also created a condition where there was no other feasible east-west route for emergency vehicles. The eastwest access now provided by the Millen railroad overpass will serve to eliminate previous tragedies caused by emergency vehicle delays, the most significant of which were the deaths of five children by fire.
The Tennille railroad overpass was opened to traffic in June 1981. This overpass serves as an optional spur to the existing Ga . 15 at-grade crossing. Approximately 40 to 50 trains blocked this state route every 24 hours before the construction of this overpass. Now traffic is relieved of this delay and safety is
increased.

At the beginning of FY '80, a Public Transportation Planner position was assigned to the Second District. Since that time, one park-and-ride lot has been completed and another one is under construction. Also, preliminary engineering has been authorized for three additional park-and-ride sites and preliminary planning is underway for 10 additional locations.
This unit also coordinates with local non-profit organizations to plan transportation for the elderly and handicapped. The public transportation unit helps local organizations administer a fleet of 17 small buses and has processed applications for 15 additional vehicles. It activated rural transportation projects in six Tennille district counties, completed data collection for every inter-eity bus station and flag stop in the district, and contracted
a ridesharing program to the Central Savannah River Area Planning and Development Commission and the AugustaRichmond County Planning Commission.

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District Three

Juan Durrence - District Engineer
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District Three (Thomaston) covers midwest Georgia and has 32 counties. These are Carroll, Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Troup, Meriwether, Spalding, Henry, Butts, Pike, Lamar, Monroe, Jones, Harris, Talbot, Upson, Crawford , Bibb , Twiggs, M uscogee, Marion, Taylor. Peach, Houston. Chattahoochee, Stewart, Webster, Sumter, Schley, Maco n, Doolyand Pulaski.
During the three-year period , the Thomaston District comp leted 673 construction contracts for 3,143 miles at a cost of $159 million . Construction supervision costs averaged eight per cent of the contractors' earnings.
Some major accomplishments included widening and reconstruction projects in the City of Macon on Shurling Drive (Ga. 49) and Columbus Road. These two major traffic arteries had exceeded their capacity as two lane facilities. In FY '80 the major accomplishment of the district was completing and opening to traffic 40 .89 miles of 1-185 between LaGrange and Columbus. This segment of interstate linking the metropolitan Columbus area with 1-85 to the north at LaGrange cost $83 million. Major accomplishments during fiscal year 1981 were the comp letion of more than 48 miles of interstate rehabi litation on 1-75, including an asphaltic overlay, all of which was done under traffic at a tota l cost of $13 .25 million. Also the beginning of the con struction on the first segment of the Columbus North Bypass and the first segment of the Montezuma Bypass got under way.
District Four

Cecil Pearce - District Engineer
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District Four (Tifton) covers southwest Georgia and has 32 counties. These are Quitman, Ra nd olph, Terrell, Lee, Crisp, Wilcox , Clay, Calhoun, Dougherty, Worth, Turner, Ben Hill, Coffee, Irwin, Tift, Colquitt, Mitchell, Baker, Early, Miller, Seminole, Decatur, Grady, Thomas, Brooks, Cook, Lowndes, Echols, Lanier, Berrien, Atkinson and Clinch.
Notable accomplishments in this district included the rehabilitation of 14.1 miles of Southern Rai lroad's PavoMoultrie line. This project, the first of its kind in the nation,
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Construction activities for the three-year period totaled 677

projects for 2,158 miles for $62,118,770. The engineering cost for

supervision relative to the contract amounts came to a 6.7 per

cent average for the calendar years 1979 thru August 1981.

A fire in the Heart Pine Pond (Bay) peat bog along 1-75 in

Cook County in early 1981 caused four traffic fatalities due to

the smoke and fog, but the district maintenance forces worked

long hours to prevent further tragedy from happening. Before

putting out the fire, more than 13,000 man-hours were spent at a

cost of more than $204 thousand . Later in the year, another fire

broke out in the same area, but due to the department's quick

action in putting it out, no fatalities or accidents occurred.

District pre-construction activities included scheduling 59

projects for letting in 1979; 36 in 1980 and 31 in 1981. During this

period, seven environmental documents were completed,

including Corridor "Z" from Tifton to Pearson.

The district constructed four park-and-ride lots and delivered

three mini-buses for the elderly/ handicapped program.

For FY '79, '80 and '81, Tifton's right-of-way section

purchased 332 parcels of land, prepared deeds and plats for 343

county contract projects, certified right-of-way on 320 county

contract projects, assisted local governments in acquiring right-

of-way under federal guidelines on 55 projects and certified 196

LARP projects. The district also purchased 92 non-conforming

signs, removed 1,597 illegal signs, 99 of which were on the

interstate, and removed 120 non-conforming signs without

compensation to sign owners.

Horizontal drilling on steep slopes reduced the incidences of mudslides, particularly in the mountainous areas.

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Preventive maintenance (above) and recycling asphalt (right and bottom left) conserved the department's financial resources.

Below: Grinding work preserves the investment of funds and effort in keeping the state's highways at a high service level.

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District Five
District Five (Jesup) covers southeast Georgia and has 24 counties in its territory. These are Ware, Charlton, Camden, Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Bacon, Wayne, McIntosh, Appling, Jeff Davis. Long, Liberty, Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Bulloch, Chandler, Evans, Tattnall, Toombs, Montgomery, Wheeler and Telfair.
During the three years, 1,855 miles of construction or reconstruction projects were completed at a cost of $93 million paid to contractors.
Significant projects started or completed during this period included a number of multi-Ianing projects in Savannah. One was for 4.9 miles of four- and five-lane construction on Ga. 307 linking 1-16 with the Savannah Municipal Airport and the Georgia Ports Authority facilities. Also construction on more than two miles of four and five lanes on Derenne Avenue in Savannah were completed or under contract and work on 7.7 miles of Ga. 21 beginning at 1-95 and extending close to the city limits of Savannah was done.
Construction of the Telfair interchange over 1-16 was begun and will provide a connector route between US 80 and US 17.
Other rnulti-laning work done or started in the district includes 6.6 miles beginning at 1-16 and extending north toward Statesboro; 4.6 miles of US 280 between Lyons and Vidalia, 6.2 miles on US 82 between Waycross and Blackshear, 2.3 miles on Ga. 196, 1.5 miles on Ga . 119 in Hinesville and 13 miles on Ga. 40 between Kingsland and St. Marys. An overpass over Plant Avenue and Seaboard Coastline Railroad in Waycross was constructed.
One of the highlights of the district's maintenance section, in addition to the routine work, was the production in its own plant of asphalt used to resurface 142 miles of roadway and 66,000 square yards of parking areas.
During fiscal year 1981, 102 estimates were prepared for city / county contracts and 66 LARP projects. Over the past three years, 319 city / county contract estimates and 207 LARP estimates were prepared and submitted to the General Office .

The district's public transportation program blossomed into a multi-faceted program in 1981. Under the Section 16b2 program, the district delivered 10 vehicles to non-profit organizations in 1979, another eight in 1980, and two on a lease agreement in 1981. There were 30 vehicles in operation under the 16b2 program and one van under the Section 18 program.
The accomplishments of the Jesup district were completed with II per cent fewer employees.
Ted McKenzie - District Engineer
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District Five did a large amount of asphalt recycling work.

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District Six
District Six (Cartersville) covers northwest Georgia and includes the 16 counties of Haralson, Paulding, Polk, Floyd, Bartow, Cherokee, Pickens, Gordon, Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray, Fannin and Gilmer.
During the period covered by this report, the district personnel had been reduced by 14.2 per cent. However, the distict met its heavy workload because of its dedicated employees, many of whom worked outside their normal duties whenever possible. The district also reduced its mileage by 23 percent and increased the usage and reliability of its vehicles by implementing the department's preventive maintenance program.
Training received major emphasis in the Cartersville district. A total of 139training programs were used by the employees who spent 27,528 hours learning better and safer ways to do their jobs.
Construction projects let to contract in the Cartersville district totaled $262 million for this period. Federal-aid projects amounted to $204 million and state-aid projects totaled $58 million. Some 3,473 miles of roadway (state and local) were included in the construction effort.
Major construction projects underway or completed included the Appalachian Development route through Cherokee, Pickens and Gilmer counties for $40 million, the 1-575 route in Cherokee County for $37 million, the Rome-to-Calhoun (Ga. 53) route for $23 million and the Dalton-to-Chatsworth Highway (Ga. 52) for $5.4 million.
The cost of engineering supervision for this construction effort averaged 6.5 per cent for this period.
While the construction residencies adopted the team concept for doing work, the district maintenance section initiated the motor pool concept for equipment management in December 1978. Since that time the total number of pieces of equipment in use in the district has been reduced by 10 per cent. This was achieved without any reduction in the amount of work completed. During this period, the people in the maintenance units were reduced 21.6 per cent. Personnel from construction and survey units have been temporarily used in certain

maintenance operations, such as herbicide application. Maintenance crews in this district have rehabilitated 365.23
miles of roadway using asphaltic concrete resurfacing, surface treatment and slurry or fog seal at a cost of $2.1 million. In addition, 59,350 tons of routine maintenance asphaltic concrete leveling were placed. The equivalent of 94,512 acres of roadside
grass were mowed. Chemical mowing was increased, resulting in a savings in reduced mechanical mowing of approximately $44,000 a year. The roadside enhancement program was started near the end of this period and is expected to generate additional savings by further reducing mechanical mowing.
The Permits and Enforcement Unit placed two permanent, computerized weigh stations into operation on 1-75 in Catoosa County and operated one mobile van scale team on 1-20. Seven mobile teams, with portable scales, operated throughout the district.
District public transportation programs were started in September 1978. The district administers the program in Cobb and Douglas counties, in addition to the 16 counties that make up the district. To provide the area with increased mobility, there are now 14 mini-buses and 10 vans operating under various city and county agencies. Total capital outlay for these vehicles was approximately $389,000. The City of Rome Transportation System has received some $204,000 in operational assistance funds and $18,000 was directed to smaller city and county operations. Two park-and-ride lots are under construction in the district and under the Section 18 Program, technical studies contracts totaling $10,265 have been awarded in this period.
Designs were completed on 70.7 miles of roadway, which includes 56 bridge projects - of which 19 were LAB projects seven passing lane projects and 42.5 miles of new and reconstructed roadway.
The district right-of-way section acquired 985 parcels of land and its Outdoor Advertising Control Unit permitted 168 signs which conformed to the law and 452 signs were identified as being non-eonforming. This unit was successful in having 472 illegal and non-eonforming signs taken down.

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John Wade Jr. - District Engineer

Vending machine sa les, in rest areas, brought in overS300 ,OOO in two years .
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District Seven
District Se ven ( Atla nta) cove rs th e six metro Atlanta counties of Clayton, Rockdale, DeKalb, Fulton, Douglas and Cob b.
The Atlanta district completed 454 construction projects totaling $220 ,018 ,046 .95 for 1,389.5 miles. 1n addition , there are 12 active projects with a total construction co st of $374 ,895,843.89 . These figu res inelude th e reconstructio n of 1-20 West from 1-75/ 85 to S. R. 6. 1-85 or th from Willia ms Street to 1-285. 1-285 East from 1-75 sout h to 1-85 nort h and 1-575 from 175 to Ga . 92 .
District right -of-way peopl e acq uire d 1,194 parcels of la nd and provid ed relocat ion a ssistance for 207 famil ies and 125 bu sinesses whi ch wer e d isplaced by construction. T ra ffic and sa fety completed 291 traffic st ud ies, invest igated 656 fatal accidents and issued 864 dri vewa y permits. Th e district design sectio n completed construction plans for 39 proj ects tot aling 20.8 miles. The federa l a nd sta te portion amounted to $9,33 2,06 1. Loc at ion surveys were co mpl eted fo r 126 miles of co nst ruction projects and six pa rk-and-ride lot s. Envi ro nme nta l d ocuments were co mpleted on 20 projects, 16 of which were br idge sites, includi ng on e ove r th e C ha tta hoochee River a t Johnson Ferr y Road , on e maj o r inte rsta te wid ening and o ne on a n intersta te frontage road relo cation proj ect.
District Seven (Metro Atlanta) completed 454 construction projects totaling over $220 million for 1,389 miles.
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Office of Maintenance
During the three years covered by this report, the Office of Maintenance continued its Portland cement concrete rehabilitation work on the interstate system. District maintenance and contractors' forces were busy undersealing, grinding, shoulder-joint sealing. pavement joint sealing and overlaying selected sections of deficient interstates.
DOT forces ground 1,875,545 square yards of concrete pavement. sealed 3.995 shoulder-miles of shoulder joint sealing and sealed 4,535,091 linear feet of pavement joints over the three years. This type of work is designed to arrest the pumping of the slabs and restore the interstate Portland concrete paving to a higher service level.
By the end of fiscal year 1981, approximately95 percent of the entire system was at Service Level Three - that is. sealed completely, including shoulders, transverse and centerline joints; no loosely pumping pavement; a smoothness rating of 500 or lower, and no routine maintenance problems.
The department increased its activity in sealing the roadway to extend pavement life. DOT forces completed 1.287 miles of bituminous surface treatment seal. or emulsified asphalt slurry seal during these three years.
The office prepared and let to contract projects for widening or resurfacing, or both, of2,797 miles. Resurfacing only totaled 2.236 mile s. widening and resurfac ing. 421. and widening onl y. 139 mile s.
The 560 miles of widening. or widening and resurfacing, are designed to increase the operational efficiency of sections of the state highway which have been identified as having narrow pavement or unpaved shoulders.
Over the past three fiscal years, the department began a preventive maintenance program for its equipment. This will include a statewide equipment pool.
Since 1976, the department has chemically retarded grass growth to reduce mowing costs, the most costly activity of routine maintenance.
Using this program, the DOT decreased to two mechanical mowings a season by using two chemical mowings on the

interstate syste m and selected other state routes. Chemical mowing costs $6 .36 an acre compared to $11.80 per acre with mechanical mowing. a saving of $5.44 an acre.
A re-inspection of bridges on local road systems began in February, 1981, with an estimated completion date of September. 1981, to provide a more intensive and expanded county bridge inventory. Information on the bridges' conditions and ratings, and recommendations about replacement or rehabilitation will be recorded in this inventory. From this list, the more critical bridges are replaced or rehabilitated as funding becomes available.
Director of Operations Allan Childers.

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Office of Traffic and Safety
Responsibility for seeing that existing and proposed roads meet the latest safety standards falIs upon the Office of Traffic and Safety. This includes issuing permits for traffic signals and right-of-way control; conducting speed zone studies; analyzing accident records; performing design; operational and traffic control reviews; authorizing projects of eliminating roadside obstacles and high hazard areas, and working on primary urban safety and state-aid safety projects. Railroad improvement projects have long been a concern of the department, as well as planning safety features of bridges.
Other responsibilities include establishing logo signs to advertise business locations to the traveling public on interstates.
RUSH is a motorist-aid system using citizen band radio users to report problems on the highways. RUSH , an acronym for Radio Users Send Help, is coordinated by this office.
This office issued 630 traffic signal permits and 3,232 right-ofway control permits during these three years. Also during this time, it made 1,672 speed zone studies and analyzed 503,910 accidents in which 178,783 injuries were involved and 4 ,514 deaths. When FY 79 is compared to FY '8 I, a two per cent decrease in fatal accidents is evident.
Total design, operation and traffic control reviews, to assure compliance with the latest safety standards, amounted to 2,646 reviews done by the office during this time . It authorized I I roadside obstacle removal projects, 56 high-hazard location elimination projects, 70 urban primary safety improvements and 37 state-aid safety projects. More than 300 railroad improvement projects were undertaken by this office and 445 interstate sign requests were granted. FY '80 was the busiest year for logo signs when 16 such signs were requested. In fiscal year 198I, the office completed seven bridge safety plans.
RUSH supplied assistance to 20,917 people in 79 ; 25,975 in 'SO and 16,312 in '81.
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Office of Utilities

The Office of Utilities coordinates utility and railroad matters between the DOT and the owners of the utilities and railroads. This office is responsible for developing and administering polic y, procedures and regulat ion s relative to highwa y-utility matters. Thi s office furn ishes guidance to the division s of preconstruction, construction and operations and the seven districts on railroad and utility adjustment, relocations, encroachments and billings.
During the preconstruction phase of a project, the Office of Utilities assures that arrangements are made for the relocation or adjustments of utilities which may be in conflict with highway construction projects. Whe re the utility or railroad owner is entitled to reimbursement for the relocation/ adjustment, this office prepares contracts in the forms of agreements which allow eligible owners to be reimbursed for the actual cost of their work .
During this three year period , this office executed 365 utility agreements totaling $13,831,000 and 397 railroad agreements totaling $18,017,964. This office also instigates change orders to cover reimbursable work overruns, which totaled some $1.257 million.
The Office of Utilities reviewed and processed some 745
payment bills for work done by railroad and utilit y compa nies totaling $20 million .

Permanent Weigh Stations on the Interstates allow Permits and Enforcement officers to check all trucks without slowing down traffic by using weigh-in-motion scales at specially designated stations.

Office of Permits and Enforcement
The Office of Permits and Enforcement enforces the weight and dimension laws governing large vehicles on the state's high ways. Th is includ es issuing perm its for over-dimension trucks and mobil e hom es.
This office issued 44,824 permits for 14-foot wide mobile homes; 105,819 for 12-foot wide mobile homes and 243,121 for oversize / overweight permits.
During FY 79 , 23 enforcement officers completed the Georgia Peace Officers mand at e school, the following yea r, 18, and in 1981,23.
Four permanent weigh stations opened on the interstates and nine semi-portable weigh stations went into operation during 1981 .

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Office of General Support Services
This office establishes internal purchasing procedures, records management criteria and inventory and warehousing rules and regulations. It participates in and directs the activity of budget preparations and monitors the activities of each unit to maintain control of budgeted fund expenditures.
It is active in management of the department's equipment, specifically working with shop managers to reduce the costs of equipment repairs and maintenance. This function is being achieved through improved warehousing operations and the implementation of a cannibalization program which relies on used parts from non-repairable equipment. A monitoring system has been installed to control labor costs and new purchases of such items as tires and batteries. Statewide purchasing contracts have improved cost savings and lead time has been reduced on purchases which puts equipment back into operation sooner.

A major emphasis still exists on the preventive maintenance program. This program instills in the equipment operator a need to maintain and operate equipment efficiently. This program has had a major impact in reducing equipment failure. To further enhance equipment management, an office of equipment management has been created in the Division of Operations and these functions will be consolidated there. There also have been changes made in the petroleum usage system so the department can monitor and control fuel usage.

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Office of General Accounting
This office is responsible for receiving, recording and disbursing all the funds for the department. It made several operational improvements during this period. It changed the check writing, bank register and payable register methods to increase disbursement capability; adopted the state's personnel/ payroll system with on-line data entry and improved transaction handling; adopted a new method for handling preliminary engineering (PE), right-of-way (ROW) and construction engineering accounts for state-funded projects to reduce the computer data entry costs and to free unexpended fund balances for more projects, and installed a semi-monthly federal-aid billing cycle to increase the department's interest return on federal funds received.
Also, General Accounting provided all types of reports to all areas of the department regarding expenditures and funds availability.
Office of Audits and Fiscal Procedures
This office's units are internal audit, external audit and fiscal procedures. The first performs all types of audits within the DOT organization. It is responsible for auditing all federal programs administered by the department. Its primary goal is to provide an objective independent examining and reporting function to the DOT's top management.
External audits principally performs costs and contract audits of railroads, public utilities, consulting organizations, and other outside parties. Its primary purpose is to assure that the department is billed and pays only for eligible costs and expenses as provided in each contract.
Fiscal procedures develops fiscal procedures and internal control mechanisms to insure the department consistently accounts for and disburses funds in accordance with existing laws, rules, regulations, policy and procedure manuals of an accounting and general nature for the department.
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Office of Air Transportation
This office is responsible for the state's aircraft fleet operation and maintenance. Several years ago, the fleet was substa ntia lly sta nda rd ized and serv ice has been improved . Part of th is improvement was the result of the acqui sition of a new jet aircraft. Standard op erating policies and procedures have been implemented for levels of service, aircraft and pilot utilization , and safety requirements. A bulk fuel servicing facility has been installed which has enabled the department to counter rising fuel

co sts. In FY '79 , this office flew 3,402 passengers 1.219,611 miles and
received $263 ,278 from the various sta te a gencies. In FY '80, 3,554 pa ssengers were flown 1.330.116 miles for $279,660 and in FY '81 , 3.336 pa ssen gers were flown 1,257,489 miles for $3 28 ,278 .

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A Comparison Of Effective Gasoline Tax Rates
Georgians pay a lower tax rate for use of their roads than drivers in all the other southeastern states, except Arkansas. In fact, Georgia's trucking industry pays the lowest effective tax rate of the southeastern states analyzed.
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Declining Fuel
Consumption

2.79 billion gallons of gasoline

Transportation financing in Georgia has been relatively healthy in the past. During the early 1970's, motor fuel consumption produced adequate revenue to cover rising maintenance and construction costs. However, since mid-1979, rapid increases in the cost of motor fuel have resulted in drastic reductions in consumption. Decreased consumption yields lower revenue for transportation expenditure needs. The decline in motor fuel tax revenue, combined with sharp rises in maintenance and construction costs and future reductions in Federal outlays, heightens the need to review Georgia's Transportation funding situation.
The Georgia Department of Transportation has always depended predominantly upon the motor fuel tax for its base revenue. Unlike other state agencies, the Department receives only about 3% of its revenues from the State's general fund. Soaring gasoline prices caused Georgians to use only 2.94 billion gallons of gasoline in 1980--wellbelow the 1979 level of3.24 billion gallons. This decline of almost 10% in gasoline use resulted in significant motor fuel tax revenues declines. Higher oil prices and more fuel-efficient automobiles are expected to further reduce consumption and to exacerbate Georgia's current transportation funding problem.
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3.24 billion gallons of gasoline

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AGENCY SUMMARY

OBJECT/FUND SOURCES
Personal Services Regular Operating Expenses Travel Motor Vehicle Equip.
Purchases Publications & Printing Equipment Purchases Computer Charges Real Estate Rental Per Diem, Fees & Contracts Telecommunications Capital Outlay Authority Lease Rentals General Obligation Bonds Grants to Counties Grants to Municipalities Airport Operational
Improvement Airport Development Airport Approach Aid Mass Transportation Grants Harbor Maintenance
Payments
Total
Less Federal Other
Less Governor's Emergency Funds

EXPENDITURES FY'79
$97,670,841.84 32,204,110.46 1,656,415.96
4,913,946.23 472,033.20
2,816,197.54 I ,080,846.01
746,643.00 12,157,157.04
888,170.57 420,046,728.99
24,636,593.74 3,732,758.23 9,317,013.00 9,317,000.00
1,173,872.79 485,323.71
-0-
1,437,788.18
250,000.00
$625,004,040.49
156,733,009.78 158,894,855.82
13,963.00

EXPENDITURES FY'80
$104,035,589.41 38,450,767.03 1,611,836.02
2,171,146.69 594,964.36
2,722,043.48 1,128,912.65
874,426.75 10,532,901.02
1,046,104.89 540,071,155.63
25,174,100.88 3,735,423.87 9,317,013.00 9,317,000.00
1,231,850.95 626,817.68
-0-
1,142,987.03
950,000.00
$754,735,041.34
275,886,222.44 182,303,526.32
72,000.00

State Funds

$309,362,211.89

$296,473,292.58 72

EXPENDITURES FY'81
112,000,099.43 41,152,410.97
1,357,562.97
971,161.61 601,731.13 2,213,124.71 1,094,806.34 942,959.00 7,644 ,850 .38 1,130,534.68 451,960,672.99 24,948,876.50 3,729,773.38 9,317,013.00 9,317,000.00
1,141,059.76 669.121.29 295,780.00
8,195,387.68
850,000.00
679,533,925.82
261,327,473.03 77,042,193.62
23,976.24
341,140,282.93

Department of Transportation Statement of Revenues & Expenditures
From July 1, 1978 to June 30, 1979

Revenues - Budget Funds
General Appropriations
Gas Tax Revenues: General Operations Authority Rentals Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Advance Interstate - Matching Federal Aid

13,398,864.00 28,369,353.00 95,896,748.00 94,070,822.00
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Non-Gasoline Tax Revenues: Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Inter-Modal Transfer Facilities Air Transportation Harbor Maintenance

17,200,000.00 12,280,587.00 2,224,730.50
393,095.50 250,000.00

Supplemental Appropriations Gasoline Tax Revenues Non-Gasoline Tax Revenues

5,892,164.32 45,716,500.00

Governor's Emergency Fund
Federal Apportionments ABC Program Interstate Highway Planning Survey Miscellaneous

76,450,750.46 133,694,544.71
1,553,921.56 66,857,106.08

Income from Federal Grants Sales & Service to Other State Agencies
State Aircraft Rental Fees Income from Sale of Surplus Property

1,850,012.00
266,498.42 113,049.58

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231,735,787.00
32,348,413.00 51 ,608,664.3 2
14,000.00
278,556,322.81 379,548.00

Sales & Service - Other Sales of Plans & Proposals Sale of Maps Other Revenues Retained - Misc. Sale of Permits - Billboard Advertising Sale of Permits - Oversize Vehicles Overweight Assessments Other Revenue - Misc.
Revenue & Earnings Retained - Other Cash Participation by Georgia Hwy. Authority Cash Participation by Bond Authorities General Obligation Bond Fund Revenues Cash Participation by Counties Cash Participation by Cities Cash Participation by Others Contract Participation by Counties Contract Participation by Cities Contract Participation by Railroads Contract Participation by Others
Budget Transfer Revenues - Other States Transfers of Revenue Collections
Interest earned from Deficiency Judgements Sales - Misc. Other Revenue Collections
Total Revenues
Expenditures General Operations Authority Rental Payments Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Total Expenditures Total Available Revenues
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109.859.60 30.810.36 205.747,47 35.114.00 1.564.900.00 346.677.29 2.790.152.56
397.894.32 220.737.02
-0-
1.323.071.01 15,456.778.04
589.993.70 ( 105.899.04)
-0-0-0-
20.052.762.29 28.369.351.97 130.726.175.79 412.830.919.75

5.083.261 .28
17.882.575.05
-0-
619,458.583.46
591.979.209.80 27,479.373.66

Department of Transportation Statement of Revenues & Expenditures
From July 1, 1979 to June 30, 1980

Revenues - Budget Funds
General Appropriations
Gas Tax Revenues: General Operations Authority Rentals Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Advance Interstate - Matching Federal Aid

14,051,953.00 28,909,526.00 104,840,466.99 106,709,569.00 14,839,849.00

Non-Gasoline Tax Revenues: Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Inter-Modal Transfer Facilities Air Transportation Harbor Maintenance

12,194,587.00 31,133,521.00
2,589,907.00 409,538.00 950,000.00

Supplemental Appropriations Gasoline Tax Revenues Non-Gasoline Tax Revenues
Governor's Emergency Fund Federal Appropriations
ABC Program Interstate Highway Planning Survey Miscellaneous Advanced Federal Interstate

-0-
20,446,472.0 I
80,341,151.98 190,521,167.35
4,814,677.80 72,219,996.63 109,278,545.23

Income from Federal Grants Sales & Service to Other State Agencies
State Aircraft Rental Fees Income from Sale of Surplus Property

270,840.00 207,451.91

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269,351,363.99
47,277,553.00 20,446,472.0 I
72,000.00
457,175,538.99 2,183,193.00 478,291.91

Sales & Service - Other Sales of Plans & Proposals Sale of Maps Other Revenues Retained - Misc. Other Revenues Retained - Vending Machines Sale of Permits - Billboard Advertising Sale of Permits - Oversize Vehicles Overweight Assessments Other Revenue - Misc.
Revenue & Earnings Retained - Other Cash Participation by Georgia Hwy. Authority Cash Participation by Bond Authorities General Obligation Bond Fund Revenues Cash Participation by Counties Cash Participation by Cities Cash Participation by Others Contract Participation by Counties Contract Participation by Cities Contract Participation by Railroads Contract Participation by Others
Budget Transfer Revenues - Other States Transfers of Revenue Collections
Interest earned from Deficiency Judgements Sales - Misc. Other Revenue Collections
Total Revenues
Expenditures General Operations Authority Rental Payments Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Total Expenditures Total Available Revenues
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171,343.39 35,826.52 389,621.01 127,181.80 40,695.00 1,754,130.00 686,020.07 2,584,148.43
252,808.06 51,249,14
4>-
I ,807,243.88 532,966.49
1,762,042.34
4>4>-
(130,103.49)
4>-
4>4>4>-
19,627,785.03 28,909,524.75 120,118,324.70 557,582,395.94

5,788,966.22
4,276,206.42
4>-
807,049,585.54
726,238,030.42 80,811,555.12

Department of Transportation Statement of Revenues and Expenditures
From July 1, 1980 to June 30,1981

Revenues - Budget Funds
General Appropriations
Gas Tax Revenues: General Operations Facilities & Equipment Authority Rentals Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Advance Interstate - Matching Federal Aid

II ,677,590.00 3,435,157.00 28,680,151.00 161,981,688.00 131,595,552.00 14,839,849.00

Non-Gasoline Tax Revenues: Administration Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Inter-Modal Transfer Facilities Air Transportation Harbor Maintenance

60,187.00
-0-
4,532,229.00 3,347,843.00
483,202.00 850,000.00

Supplemental Appropriations Gasoline Tax Revenues Non-Gasoline Tax Revenues
Governor's Emergency Fund Federal Apportionments
ABC Program Interstate Highway Planning Survey Miscellaneous

2,018,766.14 24,088,404.86
(57,600,046.64) 158,311,787.46
144,839.50 13,280,658.04

Income from Federal Grants Sales & Service to Other State Agencies
State Aircraft Rental Fees Income from Sale of Surplus Property

365,309.84 409,168.13

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352,207,987.00
9,273,461.00 26,107,171.00
24,379.00
114,137,238.36 5,986,951.00 774,477.97

Sales & Service - Other Sales of Plans & Proposals Sale of Maps Other Revenues Retained - Misc. Other Revenues Retained - Vending Machines Sale of Permits - Billboard Advertising Sale of Permits - Oversize Vehicles Overweight Assessments Other Revenue - Misc.
Revenue & Earnings Retained - Other Cash Participation by Georgia Hwy. Authority Cash Participation by Bond Authority General Obligation Bond Fund Revenues Cash Participation by Counties Cash Participation by Cities Cash Participation by Others Contract Participation by Counties Contract Participation by Cities Contract Participation by Railroads Contract Participation by Others
Budget Transfer of Revenue - Other States Transfers of Revenue Collections
Interest earned from Deficiency Judgements Sales - Misc. Other Revenue Collections
Total Revenues
Expenditures General Operations Authority Rental Payments Maintenance & Betterments Planning & Construction Total Expenditures Total Available Revenues
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238,965.42 32,705.71
772,804.09 190,519.80 272,786.00 1,979,873.00 693,565.20 2,072,714.38
(168,828.59) 19,586.73
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567,097.06 3,630,111.88
483,884.77 (12,500.00)
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..()..()..()-
23,086,630.73 28,678,649.88 119,290,972.45 465,415,380.94

6,253,933.60
4,519,351.85
..()-
519,084,950.78
636,471,634.00 (117,386,683.22)