2 Con ten ts Co11" (" ~ ~"ner's Message .................................................... 5 Transportation Board ............................................. 6 Organizational Chart .................................................. 7 History o....000000..........................0............o 8 Departmental Divisions Planning and Programming .00...........0.00............................ 14 Pr~c:e>rts;trllc:tie>ll ................................................................. ~4 Construction .................................................................... ~~ Op~rClti<>llSt ......................................................................... ~~ Operations - Districts .......o0...0.0.......0. o0........................... 34 ~dmillis;trCltie>rt ................................................................... 4~ Special Staff ...................................................................... 45 Developmental l-ligh\A/ay ...oooo 5() I=illClJlC:~ f;~ 3 Published By the Department of Transportation Offices of Public Information and Policy Planning 4 FROM THE----------------------------------~ COMMISSIONER Honorable Joe Frank Harris, Governor State of Georgia State Capitol Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Governor Harris: It is my pleasure to present to you t~e Georgia Department of Transpor' - ;,..- ~ 4 n'1wl Report for Fr_ Year 1984. The Department met many challenges du riny FY 84, and I feel that we hove provided for the most critical transportation needs of our state's citizens during the year. During FY 84, the Deportment resurfaced 1,305 miles of highway, - - - -- - - - -- -- Hal Rives State Highway Engi neer joint sealed 112,433 linear feet of bridges, pointed 127 bridges, and let to contract 572 projects valued at $397,874,516. All of this was accomplished without an mcreose in the resources provided to the Deportment. Because of the failure of Congress to approve the Interstate Cost Estimate we did not have the $250 million in In terstat~ funds expected to be available for reconstruction and rehabilitation on Georgia's Interstate System The Deportment's dedicated staff has continued to provide Georgia with a fine transportation system, and I am extremely proud of the accomplishments outlined in this report. Without the leadership and support of our excellent Transportation Boord these accomplishments would not hove been possible. The Department looks forward to the challenges of the coming year, and we appreciate the continued support of yourself, the General Assembly and the people of Georgia in improving the state's transportation system. Daniel 0. Kelly ~~ Secretary-Treasurer 5 STATE TRANSPORTATION BOARD The State Transportation Board consists of ten members, each representing one of Georgia's congressional districts . Elected by a majority of a General Assembly caucus from each Congressional Distric-t, each Boa rd member serves a five-year term, with terms alternated so that two members ar~ elected each year. Each member represents .-he transportation interests of r-is district in policy and fu nding ma;ters. The Board's other supervisory dut,~ ... i~. ::fude: electing the Commissioner, approving the appointments of other de, artmental personnel, designa ting roads on the State Highway S ystem, and approving negotiated construction contracts and DOT long-range programs. The Board elects it" own Chairman , Vice -chairman, and Treasurer, all of whom serve at the Board's pleasure. J. 0. Bacon, Vice Chairman First District Bradley Hubbert, Fifth District Hugh D . Broome Second District Jimmy Conner Eighth District Ninth District Tom Mitchell, Seventh District 6 ORGANIZATIONAL c ART-------------------------------~ a I I Governor ... ~~-- People State Trans portation Board I Commissioner I I I General Assembly I Engineering Services I IJ State Hig hway J Engineer Deputy Commissioner I J Secretary/ Treasurer [ I Systems Development I I Office of Personnel I Public Affairs I Group I Planning & Programming Division Director of Planning & Programming I Office of Programming Preconstruction Division Director of Preconstruc tior J H Bridge & Structural Design I Construction Di vision Director of Construction I Office of Construction I Operations Division Director of Ope ratio ns I Office of Maintenance I Administration Division Sec retary/ Treasurer J Audits & Fiscal Procedures H Office of State Aid ~ I Office of Planning Planning Data r ervices Bureau Bureau of Plan Development H .I Public Transportation Location Environmental Assessment Office of Right of Way Road & Airport Design Urban & MultiModal Design Bureau of Aeronautics Policy Planning Group Contracts Administration Materials & Research Prequalification Group Offic e of Traffic Engineering & Safety General Accounting Office of Ut il ities Permits and Enforcement General S upportJ Services i Office of Air Transportation Eq uipment Management Field Districts: Dist. I Gainesville Dist 2. Te nnille Dist. 3 Thomaston Dist. 4 Tifton Dist. 5 Jesup Dist . 6 Carters vi lle Dist. 7 C hamblee 7 HISTORICAL NOTES----------------------------------~ Evolving from almost a century of State and Federal legislation and several revampings, the Georgia Department ofTr"lnsportation has develop~d into th~-state's largest 3itd most recognizable public works organization. These changes and decisions provide a view of how the Department, and transportation in Geo rgia, hav e developed into what they are today. Until 1891, road building in Georgia had not proceeded very effectively, especially outside of the larger municipalities . An 1891 legislative act was the first to establish a legal body to buy equipment and pay daily wages for road building. However, it was 1916 before Georgia's highway system was on the road to development. During that year Congress passed the Federal Aid Road Act. The Act's main purpose was to appropriate funds to the states for use in road building. Any state using such funds was obligated to form a Highway Department; therefore, the State Legislature created the Georgia Highway Commission. Members of the Prison Commission, the State Geologist, the Dean of the College of Civil Engineering at the University of Georgia, and the Professor of Highway Engineering at Georgia Tech composed the Georgia Highway Commission. The Commission began the Georgia highway program through contracts with engineering firms, who surveyed, planned, and supervised the work. By 1919, 8 UE HIGHWAY seventy -five federal aid projects in 64 counties had begun. Jn 1917 and 1918, many Georgi3o counties ,_ approved bond issues to provid.e funds for road building. Without the revenue from these bonds, Georgia would have been unable to match federal aid allotments, thus jeopardizing the future of the state's highway system. By an act of the General Assembly in 1919, the State Highway Board was created. It consisted of three members appointed by the Governor. The major accomplishments of this board included the compilation of the first state system of highways (a "county seat to county seat" system) the creation of the Department's first Division arrangement, and the initiation of its first budgeting system. Most of the Department's budget has come from the motor fuel tax created by the General Assembly in the Gas Tax Law (1921). The 1924 General Assembly amendment to the Gas Tax Law greatly increased the Highway Department's funding by raising the tax from 1/gallon to 3/gallon to be collected from motor fuel distributors. One-third of this tax was to be distributed to counties for use on public roads, one-third was to be used by the State Highway Department for constructing the State Aid System of Roads, and the final one-third was also to go to the Highway Department. In 1929 the General Assembly again increased the motor fuel tax 9 with 5 of the 6 tax delegated only curbed construction, but on the road system resumed. to highway funds (4 to state, also led to the decay of the Georgia's state highway 1 to county.) Also in 1929, the road s-'ystem due to lack of system included nearly 7,000 General AssemblY. _authorizeq maintenance . miles on the federal aid system the State Highway Board to In 1943, the State Highway and over 6,400 miles of add to the state system as it Board was abolished by the secondary roads. Another sign preferred, with no addition of General Assembly and the of progress came as work on more than 500 miles at once. State Highway Department A tlanta's 32-mile expressway was created. The Department ~ system began in 1946. In 1937, the Post Roads functioned under the authority Division was organized to of a state highway director, a Once. :.t~ain , in 1950, the allow the state to receive funds state highway commission and organ ization ex perienced to improve secondary roads. a treasurer. A 12-pers o n change . T he General In 1938, all public roads in the advisory commission was set Assembly esta blished the state were made a part of the up with members selected three-man highwa y board, state system. This gave the from the ten congressional thus abolishing the position of Highway Department the legal districts and from two state-at- state highway director and the right to specify "State Aid large posts. 10-member commission. Roads." From 1939 to 1942, The Federal Aid Act of 1944 Georgia Act number 333, the Works Progress Adminis- was enacted to designate an passed in 1955, established tration (WPA) spent $14.4 interstate system . Funding Georgia 's portion of the million to assist Georgia in under this act would be on a interstate system. In 1957, the building over 3,200 miles of 50-50 matching basis by state state began buying rights of roads and more than 300 and federal governments. way for the system and two bridges . Therefore, in 1949 the years later the state's first Road construction in the General Assembly raised the interstate marker was unveiled state declined sharply during gas tax from 6 to 7 to raise on I-75. World War II. A freeze on revenues to meet the matching A 1963 act of the General funds, lack of materials and requirements. Assembly abolished the State shortages of manpower not During the late forties, work Highway Board. The agency Primative road-building methods often made the task long and tedious. 10 From the early methods of building roads sprang the multi-lane highways of today. began operating under a new A major accomplishment in The Local Assistance Roads title, the State Highway highway safety by the Georgia Program, begun in 1978, was Department. Membership on DOT came in the mid - instituted to help cities and the board was increased to seventies as the state moved counties with r~d resurfacing ten , with one member from a ranking of 48th projects. The establishment of representing each congress- nationally in safety in 1966 to Park and Ride Lots was ional district. the top 15 by 1976. The DOT in i tiated to encourage The agency experienced instituted a program of safety carpooling, thereby reducing another change under the modifications and improve- traffic and conserving energy. Executive Reorganization ments from 1970-1975, To provide adequate Act of 1972 . The State thereby correcting an transportation in the future, Highway Department was estimated 70% of traffic the current "Freeing the abolished, with all powers hazards noted before the Freeways" program has been being passed to a new agency - safety drive began. instituted to modernize and the Georgia Department of In 1976 , the State reconstruct the Atlanta Transportation. The DOT also Transportation Board system. gained some of the duties of adopted a statewide airport several other state agencies plan to guide the Department The changes, decisions, and including the functions of the in aviation. Also, amendments developments made in the last State Department of Air were passed to allow the DOT century affected transporta- Transportation , functions to plan, support, supervise and tion in Georgia and the state's concerning aviation from the operate all railroad, air, water, Department of Transporta- Department of Industry and and public transportat ion tion. In continuing to improve Trade , and the functions processes. transporta ti on in Georgia , concerning public transpor- The late seventies/ early efforts have been made to tation from the Department of eighties brought several new improve the Department as Reve nue . By a 1973 developments to transporta- well . This Annual Report is an amen dment , the State tion in Georgia. The "Year of account of activities within the Highway Board's name was the Interstate," 1977, saw the Department and of our efforts ch a nged to the State openings of Interstates 20, 75, during Fiscal Year 1984 to Transportation Board. 85, and 95 in their entireties. "Make DOT Better." 11 The success of each mode of transportation is dependent on the function of the other systems. This dependency requir-es the DOT to d o~elop , maintain, and oversee a satisfactory transportation system throughout the state. Currently, the state has 269 general aviation and air carrier airports. Scheduled air service is available at eleven of the 121 public airports. Of the remaining 148, six are military airports, while 142 are restricted for private use. The state's more than 5,000 miles of railroad provide mostly for freight movement across the state. The DOT's major role concerning railroads is to plan and protect the state's rail system. The DOT supports the growth and development of the state's major ports, which are located in Brunswick and Savannah. These ports allow Georgia to import and export goods and are essential to the state's commerce and economy. The state's 105,437 miles of public roads provide the most popular channel for traveling in the state. Of this total, about 18,000 miles are designated on the State Highway System. Georgia's Interstates total more than 1,200 miles. The state's remaining public road mileage (almost 87,000 miles) comes under the authority of local municipalities and counties. 12 To fulfill its purposes and to meet the transportation needs of Georgia, the DOT is organized into five divisions: Planning and Programming, ?reconstruction , Construction, Operations, and Administration. The Planning and Program ming Division develops plans and gathers information, enabling a ;Jroject to be moved into the state's overall transportation plan. ?reconstruction then pe rforms the activities necessary to construct the project fro m a plan. In lending technical advice and supervising projects, the Construc tion Division monitors the project to insure its quality. The Operations Division works to maintain and improve the State Highway System to make roads safer and more serviceable. As part of the Operations Division, each of the seven District offices is organized the same as the Department and is responsible for the transportation projects within its area. The Department's fiscal management is the responsibility of the Administration Division. 13 Director James D. McGee Office of Planning John S. Hassell, Jr. Engineer Bureau of Planning Data Services Jack Williams, Chief Bureau of Plan Development Robert E. Bowling, Chief Office of Programming Drew A. Brown, Engineer Bureau of Aeronautics Luke Cousins, Chief Bureau of Public Transportation James L. Stanley, Chief Office of State Aid Nancy Rosser, Chief 14 The Division of Planning updated to reflect the stimulating commerce, and and Programming has the expecte d i ncreases in by reducing personal responsibility of developing population and economic transportation costs. To project concepts and activity in the state by the year continue. this service, $1.8 distributing work in an effort 2000. A major emphasis in this billion will be needed over the to accomplish DOT goals, plan is place d on the next 20 years to reconstruct objectives a nd tasks. In accomplish in g its purpos e, this Division analyzes current transportation conditions, future transportation needs reconstruction of a substantial portion of the Interstate system to provide additional highway capacity needed by the late 1980's and 1990's. and maintain the Interstate system. Even with the vitally important Interstate system, the roads of the state highway and ways to meet these needs. Another central element is an system serve as the basic link e co n omic development for mobility and accessibility h ig h way program for throughout the state. Planners Plan Development Bureau The Plan Development Bure au dev elops and maintains a comprehensive 20year statewide transportation plan; maintains a cooperative, comprehensive and a continui ng (3- C) planning process in each of 10 urbanized areas (population over 50,000), including the Atlanta metropolitan region; th e reconstruction of approximately 25 percent of the state's primary highways to multilane standards. Under this program, over 2,538 miles of high quality multilane highways would be provided to serve access needs for growth and development in rural Georgia where employment and personal income have traditionally lagged behind now estimate that during the next 20 years, $8.3 billion will be needed to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and repair this system. Without an adequate state highway system, access to Interstates, as well as to areas not served by Interstates, would be drastically impaired. It is because of this that each of these improvements will be carries out detailed urban urban levels. beneficial to the state. But transportation studies in 10 Although Georgia currently perhaps the most noticeable other urban areas; conducts has a quality Interstate system, benefits will be from the regional and sub-area studies proper improvements and construction of a major four- of transportation corridors maintenance procedures must lane economic developmental and identifies transportation be undertaken to keep the highway system. improvement projects for the system serviceable. One of the The Department began DOT's Construction Work main factors responsible for making Georgia's citizenry Program. the growth of Georgia is aware of a pressing need in During Fiscal Year 1984, Interstates. The Interstate 1984 - the need for a better four program elements of the 20- system serves Georgians by lane system to bring economic year statewide plan were improving accessibility, development to areas without adequate access . While developmental growth has brought prosperity to some areas of Georgia, much of the state remains relatively poor with very little industrial development and rural areas are in need of economic stimulus. The Department feels this it is vital to improve transportation access to these areas by building a network of developmental highways. The 1-85/ 1-285 Interchange model is on display in the General Office . 15 These four lane highways proposed North Atlanta data. PDS is also responsible would link Georgia's major Parkway were completed for the designation, the towns and cities, would reduce along with a comprehensive establishment and the travel time, increase safety and transportation improvements comprehensive record would allow greater truck program for the East Cobb keeping to define the various access to areas that are now County area. highway system. restricted because of inferior During Fiscal Year 1984 the Major accomplishments by road facilities. This project Bureau a ls o c o~p lete d the Bureau during Fiscal Year will be well worth its $2.3 billion approxima tely 40 c orridor 1984 include development of a cost as all Georgians will be analyses, 12 special sub-area system to file acciden ts by able to share in the benefits of studies, 10 sketch plans and 4 county, route, and milepoint growth and development. Interstate add ition studie s. a nd com pute r store this Urban and urbanized Other major accomplishments information for the DOT's studies were re-evaluated in included developing a detailed studies. Road inventory was Fiscal Year 1984 with listing of the sta te- wide expanded to include pavement emphasis on revalidation of transport at ion proje cts for ratings provided by the trip models, updating of the DOT's Construction Maintenance offi ce, last social/economic data bases Work Prog ram, and an improvement by type and and conducting detailed evaluation and prioritization of date, accidents and traffic evaluations of major projects. projec ts for the DOT's counts by county, route and Rapid suburban growth was a Econo mic Developmental milepoint. principal factor necessitating Highway Program and the The traffic count program major updates of social and statewide Four-Lane Program. was revised during the year to economic data bases . In reduce the number of counts several areas such as Augusta, Planning Data Services needed to produce annual Columbus, Macon , Rome , Planning Data Services is traffic data while maintaining Albany and Athens, activities responsible for documenting its statistical accuracy. The centered on redeveloping base the physical characteristics of use of computer files has and future year forecasts of existing roads and measuring increased the efficiency of the social/economic data and the usage of the state's Bureau and improved the recalibrating traffic forecasting highways . The Bureau quality and quantity of models. Efforts to accelerate produces general maps and information available to the implementation of major statistical reports from this Department. projects planned for urban and urbanized areas led to a number of detailed evaluations of improvements such as major river crossings, suburban arterial connectors, Interstate additions, urban bypasses and rail/highway grade separations. In the Atlanta metropolitan area, Fiscal Year 1984 work centered on developing travel surveys and trip models for the new Regional Development and Transportation Plan. Sub- area and corridor studies of transit feasibility, Interstate interchange additions, and the The DOT constantly strives to meet transportation needs. 16 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTAL HIGHWAY 'J \ UMMING ~THENS eMACON I Economic Developmental four -lane route . The highway Canton was opened to traffic Highways are multi -lane will pass through Cumming, on November 21, 1983. Also routes designed to encourage Jasper , Ellijay , Blue Ridge, and on this date the Jasper Bypass economic development , Blairsville , thereby giving this was opened to motorists . balance population growth , north Georgia area the ability Corridor Z, a 251 mile route , and improve accessibility . The to improve its accessibility is designed to connec t major economic development and economy. Brunswic k in the eastern part projec ts the DOT was In Fiscal Year 1984, the base of the state to Columbus on involved with during Fiscal and paving for 7.9 miles of SR 5 the state's western boundary. Year 1984 were Corridor Z between Talking Rock and the The corridor's purpose is to and th e Appalachian Ellijay Bypass was let for $1 .6 improve east-west access to Developmental Highway. million . In September 1983, the so uth Georgia. In Fiscal Year Extending from 1-285 in Ellijay Bypass was opened to 1984, 9.43 miles were let to n or th Atlan ta to North traffic. The 1-575 portion in contract at a cost of more than C arol ina wi ll be the Cherokee County that $6 million and 19.2 miles of the Appalachian De velopmental extends from SR 5 south of co rridor were opened to Highway, a proposed 146 mile Canton to SR 5 north of traffic. 17 The Proposed Econontic Bevelopntental Highway Systent ,- 18 Aeronautics improvement projects. The operational safety of these The DOT coordinates and state's publicly owned airports. These programs have monitors airport development airports were protected in made dramatic improvements projects and promotes the use 1978 when the Airport to the state's air transportation of aviation facilities in the state. Operational Improvement system and have had a Those responsibilities are Program was started. The corresponding impact on the being met through programs program protects the state's state's economy. Even with and procedures established to investments in publicly the unsettling effects of give Georgia a system of air owned airports by providing deregulation and fuel costs of transportation capable of prioritized safety assistance the air industry, the unique serving the commercial and for pavement aides, replacing importance of transportation traveling needs of our citizens. pavement markings and by air will not diminish. clearing runway approaches. During 1984 , program The Airport Approach Aid Other activities during the funding assistance was Program, initiated in 1981, year included providing provided for 52 airport improves instrument landing funding assistance on six improvement projects totaling aids at key general aviation ($257,250 FAA and $21,659 $9,439,150 of which $1,800,000 airports . Publicly owned state) airport studies, were state funds, committed airports are given financial inspecting and renewing from three programs. The assistance to acquire and licenses of 112 open-to-public local airports are assisted by install localizer approach aides airports and updating, printing the Air port Development and non -directional radio and distributing 30 , 000 Prog ra m with capital beacons which enhance the aeronautical charts. 19 Bureau of Public Transportation Technically a part of the Department's Planning and Programming Division, the Public Transportation bureau is responsible for motivating as well as encouraging the implementation of pub li c transportation in the state. In the area of publ ic transportation , the DOT provides a clear channel for distribution of federal and state funding to locally operated systems . The Department also provides the local systems with managerial and technical advice. Urban Transit Georgia currently has a public transportation system in each of the state's eight urban areas- Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Rome and Savannah. The Department receives and programs federal and state public transportation funds for areas with a population of less than 200,000. Excluding Atlanta, the DOT monitors the implementation of capital public transportation projects and assists in transit marketing efforts in the state's urban areas. In these remaining seven areas, the DOT funded $941,650 in state funds during Fiscal Year 1984. Urban transit systems in these seven areas had 13.3 million patrons throughout the year . An average of 48 percent of operating costs were recovered from revenues of urban transit systems. URBAN TRANSIT Rural Transit The Department o f Transportation is concerned with public transportation in rural as well as urban areas . Designed to provide the small urban and rural areas with transportation services, the Rural Public Transportation Program functions to combine and organize transportation resources, consequently increasing their efficiency and effectiveness. One of the main parts of the Rural Public Transportation Program is Georgia's Section 16 (b )(2) program . Th is program funds capi t al equipment purchases fo r transportation programs that mainly transport elderly and handicapped persons. In 1984, the DOT had 227 vehicles 20 . ' RURAL TRANSIT operating in 102 counties under this program. Also a part of the Rural Public Transportation Program is the Section 18 program. The funding for capitalizing and operating nonurbanized transportation services to the public is prov ided through this program. An administrative shift in the programs meant that some Section 16(b)(2) programs began receiving Section 18 operating assistance during Fiscal Year 1984 and are now counted as part of Section 18. Thus, the Section 18 program statistics showed an increase from 26 vehicles operating in 15 counties during 1983 to 69 vehicles operating in 33 counties during 1984. RIDES HARE PARK AND RIDE Rideshare Program program in the Cobb County In Fiscal Year 1984, the and Augusta-Richmond Georgia Rideshare Program County areas. This was done (GRP) completed its first full to allow greater personal and year as an individual-based local identification between rideshare program. By calling the local areas and the (404) 656-POOL, individuals Rideshare Program. can receive free information on ridesharing. With the new Park and Ride Lots computer system, carpoolers Designed to encourage can be matched by home ridesharing, Park and Ride location, work location, work Lots are being built hours and driving preference. throughout the state by the Efforts were made during DOT. These lots are located Fiscal Year 1984 to extend the within commuting areas of Rideshare Program . There population and employment were contracts made between centers. Lot capacities range the GRP and 12 Area Planning from 5 to 506 spaces. The Development Commissions in state's total lot capacity is an effort to promote 4,728 spaces. During Fiscal awareness of the program. Year 1984, 15 new lots were Also, the GRP implemented opened. At the end of the fiscal during the Fiscal Year a year, 14 additional lots were decentralization of the under contract. 21 New Park and Ride Lots Opened in Fiscal Year 1984 .:.1 _":! .. Location (Capacity) - .... County Date Opened 1-85 and Indian Trail Road Williams Park at SR 22 (506) (20) G win n e t t -= Baldwin 1/16/84 ' 1/ 24/ 84 Ledo Road and SR 50 (31) Lee 7/01/83 1-75 and SR 50 (31) Tift 8/ 01/ 83 1-75 and SR 31 (15) Lowndes 8/01/83 1-75 and SR 38 (20) Lowndes 8/ 01/ 83 1-75 and SR 112 (15) Turner 7/01/83 City of Reynolds (30) Taylor 5/ 15/ 84 City Lot-Unadilla SR 166 and North Lake Drive (22) Dooly (15) Carroll 11/01/83 8/ 01/ 83 1-20 and SR 113 (15) Carroll 11/01/83 Brantley Senior Citizen's Center (88) US 41 and Gordon Courthouse (17) Fairmount Public Square (10) Brantley Gordon Gordon 7/ 20/ 83 8/15/83 8/ 15/ 83 1-285 and Campbellton Road (255) Fulton 1/ 01/ 84 Total additional spaces: 1,082 Total new lots opened: 15 22 State Aid day basis to ensure that cost The major responsibility of effective projects are in the the Office of State Aid is to program to utilize the administer the State -Aid anticipated revenues over the Construction Program of the to 6 year program period. Department of Transportation Many other office activities which consists of the compliment and support the County/City Contrac t Construction Work Program Program and other Local that require coordination with Assistance Road Programs as described below: Bridge Safety is monitored. most offices and field districts in the state. These activities County/City DOT lettings. Also, there include, but are not limited to, Contract Program we re ap proximately 100 the following: Field evaluation This program assists the county and city contracts of candidate projects to cities and counties with handled by the Office of State determine the priority for improvements of their road Aid. All of these projects and programming, coordination and street system. The state contracts are handled similar with local governments to gain law allows the Department to to the County/City Contract agreement for local participa- negotiate contracts with city Program. tion in project implementation, and county governments for Bridge Program coordination in the develop- impro vements of their During Fiscal Year 1984, ment of individual project highway facilities and numerous bridges were schedules for preconstruction improvements of state reviewed and evaluated. A activities, coordination with highways within their large majority of these bridges urban area transportation boundaries. were put, for the purpose of studies to ensure the During Fiscal Year 1984, being replaced, in the Department's Construction approximately 600 county and Construction Work Program, Work Program is in concert city contracts were handled by while several are being with the local plans, this office from authorization replaced under the County maintaining federal fund of preliminary work to Contract Program. balances by category together beginning of contract Other with processing all documents preparation. These contracts In addition to the above requesting fund authorization, are issued on the basis of programs, the Office of State preparation of monthly average bid prices of work let Aid processes contracts as construction letting list for to contract by the DOT. In a p p r o p ria t e , c o v e r i n g Board approval and review addition, approximately 85 improvements of areas at state and analysis of federal contracts were placed in DOT and local schools, parks and transportation legislation. lettings covering the other state institutions, Park Caiendar 1984 was indeed a improvements of off-system and Ride Lots, traffic signals successful year as measured roads and streets. They also and any other special funded b y t he fa c t that t h e were handled from preliminary contracts, as directed by the Construction Work Program stage through authorization to Commissioner. produced projects to utilize all letting of the project. federal funds available for Local Assistance Office of Programming expenditure in that time frame . Road Program During Fiscal Year 1984, the As we look to the futu re, we This program provides for Office of Programming are confident that our resurfacing of existing paved continued its chief responsi- procedure for maintaining the off-system roads and streets. bility to develop and maintain Construction Work Program During Fiscal Year 1984, under Board approval the will continue to produce approximately 147 contracts Department's Construction projects that will utilize were processed and placed in Work Program on a day-by- anticipated funding. 23 Director Alton L. Dowd, Jr. Bridge and Structural Design Wendell Lawing, Engineer Environmental Analysis Peter Malphurs, Engineer F====== Location Robert L. Alston, Engineer Right of Way Rodney Tarrer, Engineer Road and Airport Design Floyd Hardy, Engineer Urban and Multi-Modal Design William D. McCoy, Engineer 24 The Preconstruction Division handles all activities necessary to bring a project from the letting stage to the construction phase. The ovision is responsible for the right-of-way acquisition, location, and design phases of transportation projects. Right-of-Way The Division's Office of Right-of-Way acquires rightsof-way for construction projects on the State Route System and assists local gover nm ents in acquiring rights-of-way parcels for projects off the system. The office also maintains records of existing rights-of-way and seeks to control outdoor advertising on Interstate and Primary Route Systems. In Fiscal Year 1984, the Right-ofWay Office spent $33,172,181 in acquiring 1,405 parcels. The office assisted local governments in acquiring approximately 1,800 parcels. Urban and Multi-Modal Design The Urban and Multi-Modal Design Office is mainly responsible for project design in urbanized areas. In Fiscal Year 1984, the office reported the letting to contract of four interstate projects totaling $88,819,794. Of this amount, $67,418,218 represented the contract let for three miles of reconstruction of 1-75 South from Fulton Street to Cleveland Avenue. Additionally, 14 federal aid projects were let for $16,548,870. Road and Airport Design The design of projects outside the urbanized areas of the state is the responsibility of the Office of Road and Airport Design. During Fiscal Year 1984, the office let to contract 41.1 miles of Interstate widening, 22.7 miles of Interstate rehabilitation, and two Interstate interchange projects. On other roads, 54 miles of roadway projects and 18 bridge and approach projects were let. Other projects let by the Road and Airport Design Office included : three lighting projects, three contracts concerning safety rest areas, and nine contracts concerning truck weigh stations. The total amount let to contract was $129,732,000. Bridge and Structural Design The Bridge and Structural Design Office reported the letting to contract of $81,466,000 worth of projects during Fiscal Year 1984. This work amounted to 33,118 linear feet of bridges of which 26,877 linear feet were on the State System and 6.241linear feet were off the State . System of highways. 25 ----------. studies, developing design STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM MILEAGE 1924- 1984 traffic projections, surveying the state's geodetic control network , acquiring aerial photography, and producing I maps, cross sections and 20,000 18,214.2 enlarged photography. I 15,121.3 16,785.4 15,000 13,995.3 I ''TT -"' ~""' During Fiscal Year 1984, the Loc ati o n Office conduc ted over 50 public hearings , produced 646 miles of corridor and final location studies, cleared over 200 projects, conducted 1,176 miles of horizontal and vertical control surveys, mapped 100 miles by photogrammetric techniques, .(). 1924 1934 1944 1954 1964 1974 1984 flew 413 jobs to obtain 9,773 exposures and over 36,000 square feet of photographic images, and computed 80 VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED miles of pay quantity cross sections. 1924- 1984 Among the 646 miles of corridor and location studies were the projects for the Cedartown Bypass , t he Dalton Bypass, the South Fulton Parkway, Murray Road Extension in August a , Peachtree City Connector, North Marietta Loop, and SR 138 Extension in Fairburn. Environmental anal yses projects that were cleared include Pleasant Hill Road in Gwinnett County, Gordon Road in Cobb County, Shorter Avenue in Rome , White Bluff 1924 1934 1944 1954 1964 1974 1984 Road in Savannah, Prince Avenue in Athens, and the Loganville to Monr oe Highway. On July 23, 1983, the bridge was repaired and A major accomplishment Talmadge Memorial Bridge in reopened to traffic 70 days w as implementation a nd Savannah was struck by an later. standardization of a new errant vessel and was severely Office of Location hea ri ng process wh ich damaged. Eleven days later, The Office of Location is re du ces controversy to a on August 3, 1983 , the responsible for making s ignif icant degree an d Department let a repair highway location studies , provides a better exchange of contract for $411 ,500. The performing environmental information with the public. 26 Director Alva R. Byrom Materials and Research Tom Stapler, Engineer State Construction Engineer Juan Durrence, Engineer Contract Administration Ronald Edmondson, Engineer 27 The Construction Division Highway System, the John C. and approved the following generally oversees the Calhoun Expressway and the during Fiscal Year 1984: construction projects of the - North Colurr ~us ~~,rpass. 19,134 tons of structural steel, department, ;udges the quality Materials and Research 3,797,333 tons of asphaltic of construction within the In monitoring construction concrete, 82,483,519 gallons of departmen t , and g iv es quality, the Pavement and bituminous materials, and technical advice to the Physical Researc h Branch 684,282 gallons of paint. districts on construc tion continued several pavement The bureau also evaluated projects. t e sting a n cl e v a Iu a t io n 4,508 feet of welds and tested Contract Administration programs. These te s ts 159,406 samples of materials at During Fiscal Year 1984, the included Interstate pavement the Central Laboratory and six Division's Office of Contract condition surveys, ski d other brar.ch laboratoriec: i Administration awarded 572 resistance inventory a nd Materials cer t:fic ates were contracts with a total sum of pavement smoothness testing. issued for 1,067 highway $397,874,516. Afterawardinga In order to give technical projects after a materials audit contract, the Construction advice on cons t ruction was completed on each Division supervises the project projects, the division must first project. While conducting soil to insure quality . Major perform materials and surveys and bridge foundation projects supervised by the geotechnical tests . The studies, the Geotechnical division during the fiscal year Materials and Tests Bureau, Engineering Bureau did w e r e t h e A t Ia n t a -a r e a an office of the Construction complete 88,227 feet of soil Interstate reconstruction, the Division's Materials and borings and 3,982 feet of rock Economic Developmental Research Office, inspected borings. History of Motor Fuel Taxes In Georgia I Revenue Collected For General Funds c___ _ __ ___, Revenue Dedicated For Transportation I< Year Tax Enacted 28 Director Allan Childers Maintenance Stanley Lord, Engineer Traffic Engineering and Safety Archie Burnham, Engineer Utilities Dewey Jones, Engineer Motor Transportation Service Ed Hudgins, Chief Permits and Enforcement Ken Copeland, Chief Field Districts 29 The main responsibility of asphalt overlays and gives two years as required by the Department's Operations Georgians some of the federal regulations. Georgia Division is to maintain the smoothest roads in the nation. has eight two-member State Highway System. In the By the end of Fiscal Year inspection teams in addition to Georgia DOT, this mainte- 1984, 90% of the miles of a team of divers who inspect nance program is carried out Georgia's Interstate system underwater portions of at the county, area, district, (excluding those v.nder active bridges. and state levels. To maintain construction) wer~~rvice the system, the Division must level II. At this !eve"- the Utilities constantly evaluate the roadway is completely sealed The Utilities Office, a part of conditions of the roadways, with a pavement smoothness the Operations Division, has seeking ways to protect them level of no more than 80, as rwo . major functions: to and to make them safer. measured by a Mays Meter, negotiate and administer and no more than 20 on a agreements with railroads and Maintenance faulting index. utilities and to regulate utilities Protecting the existing road Bridge maintenance on highway rights of way. In system through proper projects and inspections were Fiscal Year 1984, the Utilities preventative maintenance not continued throughout Fiscal Office completed 196 only saves money and time, Year 1984. There were 112,433 agreements totaling $10.8 but also reduces the linear feet of bridge joints million. Also, 336 bills were inconvenience motorists completely sealed by verified and paid in the amount encounter when maintenance maintenance crews. Mainte- of $9.1 million. is deferred. Timely mainte- nance forces also repainted 58 A total of 9,112 permits were nance saves wear and tear on bridges and spot-painted 69. issued for utility encroach- personal vehicles, and reduces Each of the state's 14,570 ments on highway rights of the necessity of completely bridges are inspected every way. reconstructing worn roads. Throughout Fiscal Year 1984, 1,305 miles of roadway Total Miles Sealed and Resurfaced were resurfaced either by contract maintenance forces or DOT crews. DOT 5,000 . 1980- 1984 maintenance teams also worked to extend pavement life by applying bituminous 4,000 surface treatment seal and slurry seal to 506 miles of roadway. Fog sealing was placed on 1,645 lane miles. In 3,000 addition to resurfacing and sealing road pavement, the Department also worked to 2,000 maintain the highway system by smoothing rough roads. Maintenance crews ground 307,377 square yards of 1,000 concrete pavement during Fiscal Year 1984. Smoothing rough roads by this grinding 0 process has proven to be less 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 expensive than adding new 30 Traffic Engineering and Safety The Offic e o f Tra ff ic Engineering and Safety took action on almost 1,500 public comments received during the fiscal year. The Department handled 1,481 requests for ingress or egress to the State High way S ystem, 245 adjustments in speed cont'rol and 130 traffic signal permits. Almost 260 traffic engineering repo rts were prepared resulting in the development of 180 concepts which are being translated into safety design 1.00 in Georgia. plish its tasks was in better work programs for future In addition to highways, the shape, minimizing major funding. Office of Traffic Engineering repairs and providing a safer and Safety has also worked to envi ronment for DOT Even though the DOT faced improve the safety of railroad employees. increasing traffic demands crossings. Through the first during Fiscal Year 1984, half of Fiscal Year 1984, the District motor pools, as well efforts were still made to number of railroad crossings as the Central Motor Pool, reduce accidents, injuries, and with active warning equipment were able to reduce equipment fatalities. These efforts available had almost doubled inventory to 8,683, a reduction included improvements to since 1973. At the end of Fiscal of more than 1,000 pieces of roadways, intersections, signal Year 1984, Georgia had 1,494 equipment. The savings to the systems, construction zones crossings with active railroad Department due to improved and railroad crossings. The crossing warning signals. Of u tilizati on of equipment decline of the number of these, 457 had flashing lights, through better management accidents occurring on while 1,037 were equipped and maintenance practices Georgia's highways indicated with flashing lights and gates. also resulted in a savings to the successfulness of these Georgia citizens. improvements that had been Office of Equipment During Fiscal Year 1984 the made on the system. This Management Equipment Management success was also evident in the Further efforts to reduce Office provided training decreasing number of fatalities taxpayer expense have been courses for shop mechanics, in accidents involving made by the Operations foremen, and equipment motorcycles, bridges, Division in the emphases of operators. In these courses, construction zones and proper equipment mainte- the impo rtance of safety curves. Furthermore, from nance within the Department inspections was stressed and 1982 to 1983, fatalities on the during Fiscal Year 1984. ways to make equipment last Interstate system dropped by Through proper procedures longer were explained. Those 19%. In 1983, Georgia's and operator person n e l att end ing these courses Interstate fatality rate dropped training progra ms, the lea rne d how preventative to .89 (.89 fatalities occurred Preventative Maintenance and m a i ntenance could be per 100 million vehicle miles Safety Inspection program has beneficial to them, to the traveled), marking the first insured that the equipment the department, and ultimately to time the rate had fallen below Department uses to accom- all Georgians. 31 Permits and Enforcements road. Of .... "re than 8 overweight vehicles traveling The Operatiors"-Division's million trL ~ ighed at on Georgia's roads. Protecting Office nf Permits and - Georgia stat._ durjng Fiscal the roads not only helped to Enfor r- -:1Ctt.. has th e Year 1984, 55,5ub overweight keep them serviceable, but ~..-0n,Jm"- responsibilities of assessments were written. also helped to make them protecting the safety of the In addition to J~e state's safer. motorist and the condition of thirteen stations, 16 semi Effort s made by the the roadway. The size and portable we ighi ng sys(ems Operations Division during weight of tractor-trailer trucks were used throughout Georgia Fiscai Year 1984 to protect on Georgia's high ways during Fiscal Year 1984. Fort~ roacls and motorists helped to continued to be of concern to two teams also patrolled th 'e the money, time and lives the DOT during Fiscal Year state to reduce the number of 01 .nany Georgians. 1984. ~ To meet its responsibilities, the Permits and Enforcement Office supervises the operation of t h fr teen permanent Interstate weigh stations. Three stations were added during Fiscal Year 1984, with plans made to add five more in the coming year. Each station is open 24 hours. Weigh stations are operated to preserve the road system and to protect the safety of L.......----------------------" those traveling on it by keeping 'The In-Motion weighing system keeps truck delay to a minimum overweight vehicles off the and Georgia's roads in good condition. Modern equipment aids weigh station officials in truck weight checks. 32 DISTRICT ENGINEERS *General Office Thomas D. Moreland, Commissioner Georgia Department of Transportation 2 Capitol Square Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Phone (404) 656-5206 1e t.lt- .r: ks w. '' '1S I District 6 CartersvjJJe Felton Rutledge, District Engineer P.O. Box 10 U.S. 41 South Cartersville, Geor'g:a 30120 Phone (404)382-3120 Distrit.t 7 - Atlanta J~hn W. Wade, Jr., District Engineer ., 5025 New Peachtree Road, N.E Chamblee, Georgia 30341 Phone (404)393-7033 .-, ---------- - . ~ ' \ District I Gainesville F.L. Canup, District Engineer P 0 . Box 1057 U.S. 129 South Gamesville, Georgia 30503 Phone (404)532-5500 \ District 2 Tennille George L. Lyons, District Engineer P.O. Box 8 902 Fourth Street Tennille, Georgia 31089 Phone (912)552-7311 District 3 Thomaston Bobby C. Melton, District Engineer P.O. Box 711 715 Andrews Drive Thomaston, Georgia 30286 Phone (404)647-8921 -------. I District 4 Tifton Cecil L. Pearce - District Engineer 710 West Second Street Tifton, Georgia 31793 Phone (912)386-3280 District 5 Jesup T.S. McKenzie, Jr., District Engineer General Delivery Intersection U.S. 341 and U.S. 301 Jesup, Georgia 31545 Phone (912)427-9081 33 District 1, Gainesville Lewis Canup, Engineer District 2, Tennille George Lyons, Engineer District 3, Thomaston Bobby Melton, Engineer District 4, Tifton Cecil Pearce, Engineer District 5, Jesup Ted McKenzie, Engineer District 6, Cartersville Felton Rutledge, Engineer District 7, Atlanta John Wade, Engineer 34 O ne, based in was begun to widen and \hk.IMIMPii, includes the 21 resurface over six miles of SR the northeastern 8. 1-:*)J'Rt!t of the state. During FY Another example of the the District provided District's efforts to meet [.~--~~ on 552 projects transportation needs was the 7,677,612 for Indian Trail Road Interchange -~nsttuc:tion or improvements project. This consisted of mads and bridges. The adding auxiliary lanes, buJJdlrlQ ,,~~ designed to provide a double bridge on Indian t transportation now Road over 1-85, widening 1n the future, reflect the resurfacing Indian Trail that portions of the and ramps, and coJrlStlructul.!ll~ experiencing. service roads. .'.'-:>.tJuw: tremendous growth of Part of the Indian Trail""- ~ntycontinuedto project was the t extraordinary of the state's largest Park lllllniM+JfVI" needs. To meet Ride Lot. The 506 space needs, increased combined with anot.._ -~ty was the emphasis constructed in the area, ~~lout FY 1984. Almost the total number of miles of SR 10 were available to local COlmllll WlaaMMl to five lanes and work to 676. 35 -- The Augusta. District Two, based in Augusta. Along with these Tennille, consists of the 28 projects currently under counties in eastern central construction, the District was Georgia. Throughout Fiscal also involved in planning for Year 1984, 1,613 miles of future transportation needs construction projects totaling and studying current $87,315,505 were begun or transportation conditions. completed by the District. The District's main project in the preconstruction stage at The two most significant the end of Fiscal Year 1984 projects were the extension of was the Augusta urban area's the John C. Calhoun Murray Road Extension. The Expressway and the Highland Traffic and Safety section of Avenue Railroad Overpass. District Two made 29 The Calhoun Expressway construction signing/traffic Extension was built to reduce control inspections and traffic congestion on surface conducted 65 traffic studies. streets, as well as the conflict An update of all State between rail and street traffic. Routes in the District was When completed, the compiled by the Road Highland Avenue Railroad Inventory Unit. Combined Overpass project will more with this update, the Highway efficiently connect Gordon Performance Monitoring Highway and Wrightsboro System was also revised. Road, two major routes The District's maintenance leading into downtown crews' accomplishments in included painting 2,149 linear feet of bridges, joint sealing 20,358 linear feet of bridges, and repairing or replacing 36,896 signs. There were 2,156 preventative maintenance and safety inspections performed by District Two maintenance crews. District Two's Public Transportation Unit's emphasis on Park and Ride Lots yielded the following results during Fiscal Year 1984: one lot was completed, three lots placed under contract, 16 lots placed in preliminary engineering stages and 10 lots opened for public use. District Two also achieved an outstanding personnel safety record with a 24.7 percent reduction in accidents from the previous year. 36 Sleek ramps take motorists from River Road to the North Columbus Bypa in Third District. District Three includes the to Conley Road. Maintenance determine riding surface counties of mid to west central of existing roadways, as well as roughness. As a result of these Georgia. Based in Thomaston, construction of new roads, findings, District maintenance the District saw the comprised much of the crews ground 154,506 square completion of a total of 182 District's work. yards of PCC pavement and construction projects during chip sealed 201 linear miles of Fiscal Year 1984. District maintenance crews pavement. produced and placed 153,508 Major accomplishments tons of asphaltic plant mix in Other road studies within the District during leveling, resurfacing and conducted by the Third Fiscal Year 1984 included the widening projects in the District included the Road opening of 2,414 miles of District's southern portion. Inventory Division's selective Corridor Z at Cusseta and the Another major maintenance inventory in four counties and opening of the Arkwright Road project was the rehabilitation State Route Inventories in 16 Interchange in Macon . of 1-75 from State Route 42 to counties. During Fiscal Year Substantial progress was State Route 16. To specify 1984, District Three scheduled made on District Three 's possible maintenance needs, 90 projects for activities in metro-Atlanta projects on 1-75 the Materials Investigation preconstruction, designed 13 from 1-285 to Cleveland Division tested 660.751 lane projects and surveyed 64 Avenue and on 1-285 from 1-85 miles by Roadmeter to projects. 37 The North Thomasville Bypass in District Four proviclee a scenic drive for motorists. The southwestern and central southern counties of Georgia compose District Four. Based in Tifton, the District emphasized safety, ,tBiciency and maintenance cluring FY 1984. anathe District provided safety operator training for those heavy equipment. As a ,.._.tun of this and other safety :Dnieti4::es. the District had no b or job-related t.:jQ:nPIOYEte fatalities during the fiscal year. Man days lost were FY 1984. Also, in the reduced by 81 percent and Administration, Shops, vehicle accidents were Preconstruction and Traffic reduced by 22.5 percent. and Safety Divisions of the Efforts made toward Fourth District, on-line increased efficiency also computer utilization was resulted in benefits to the brought in. District and the Department. Maintenance activities Construction supervision was conducted by District Four maintained at 7.96 percent of during FY 1984 induu=:;u. contractor earnings. The widening 73 miles of backlog of authorized PR and achieving an average projects to be surveyed was roughness index of 29 on reduced by 62 projects during roadways. 38 The southeastern Georgia counties compose Jesup based District Five. During Fiscal Year 1984, 209 projects involving 633 miles of completed construction or reconstruction within the District. Several of the projects involved construction on Corridor Z. Grading, paving and road and bridge work, either construction or reconstruction. was done on Corridor Z in Brantley, Glynn widening and paving more and Ware counties. than 58,000 square yards of Other construction projects road shoulders, repairing begun or completed in the 21,498 signs and joint sealing District during Fiscal Year 12,737 linear feet of bridges. 1984 included: a truck weigh The Traffic and station on 1-16, 2.467 miles of Section inspected multi-lane widening and paving railroad crossing on U.S. 80 and resurfacing and District. guardrail upgrading on collected for portions of 1-95 in Mcintosh County. Some of the improvements made by the Fifth District's new maintenance forces were 39 District Six employees worked on Airport Road during Fiscal 84. Georgia's northwestern of deficient off-system roads. added, bringing the District counties compose the Sixth Also, the quality of asphaltic total of 39. There were 300,000 District. Based in Cartersville, concrete on new construction passenger trips taken in the District was involved with and Interstate resurfacing was District Six under the Rural $113 million worth of improved to an average Public Transportation construction work contracts smoothness of 28 on the Mays Ridesharing Program. during Fiscal Year 1984. Meter and on other State Two new Park and Ride lots Routes to an average were opened at Fairmount and Among District Six's smoothness of 30. Calhoun. These additional lots accomplishments for Fiscal There were 10.8 miles of the brought District Park and Ride Year 1984 were the improve- Appalachian Highway opened Lot capacity to 564 spaces. ment of 25 miles of roadway on in District Six, while an Also, construction was begun the State Highway System (by additional 7.8 miles were let to on four more Park and Ride widening lanes and adding contract. Lots in Fort Oglethorpe, turning and passing lanes) and Concerning public trans- Ellijay, Woodstock and Resaca the rehabilitation of 490 miles portation, five vehicles were during Fiscal Year 1984. 40 Work continued in Fiscal 84 on 1-575 in Cherokee County. District Seven, based in done at the following over 40 new projects and Chamblee, is composed of six interchanges: 1-85/1-285 in rights of ways were acquired metro-Atlanta counties. At the Fulton, Clayton and DeKalb for 21 projects. The chemical end of Fiscal Year 1984, the Counties, J. 75/1-285 in Cobb mowing program, utilized by District was supervising 290 County and 1-20/1-285 in the District maintenance crew active construction contracts. DeKalb County. on all roadway right of way Those 91 contracts totaled Major non-Interstate work throughout the District, almost $46 million and were within District Seven during resulted in a net savings of completed by the District's Fiscal Year 1984 included over $365,000. Construction section during extending Clairmont Road, the fiscal year. constructing the Austell By- Future transportation needs The major Interstate pass and relocating Jonesboro were also assessed by the reconstruction work of Fiscal Road. District throughout the fiscal Year 1984 involved District The proposed Presidential year. Road inventories on all Seven's widening of J. 75/85 Parkway was one of the 45 state routes in Clayton, Cobb, from Williams Street to the projects surveyed by the Douglas and Rockdale Brookwood Interchange, Preconstruction section in the Counties were updated. There widening J.75 from that point Seventh District. The District were 145 Traffic Engineering toWindy Hill Road, widening 1- also prepared right-of-way studies conducted to gather 85 from Brookwood to the plans for the Parkway. information concerning traffic DeKalb County line and signals, high-accident c ompleting the Williams In other preconstruction locations and congested areas. Street-1 75 In terchange. activities during the fiscal year, There were also 16 speed zone Construction work was also schedules were prepared for studies conducted. 41 Director Daniel 0 . Kelly Air Transportation Earl Pirkle, Administrator Audits and Fiscal Procedures James L. Bryant, Administrato General Accounting Ron Martin, Administrator General Support Services Arthur Vaughn, Administrator 42 Air Transportation expenditures, perform pre- \ssued 251 force account audit Air Transportation makes awarded reviews of consultant reports and pre-awarded available to state officials and contracts and to develop and reviews, continued work on an state agencies an all-weather implement the fiscal as well as accounting manual covering transportation service that can the acco~nting control the changes resulting from the be called upon on short notice procedurf" for the DOT. department's conversion to to go wherever and whenever the state's fiscal accounting need dictates. During Fiscal Year 1984, the computer sys t em and Air Transportation flew 993 office performed a joint audit continued work to implement trips in Fiscal Year 1984 for a report on the receipt and a cash management plan for total of 1,074,196 passenger miles. A new maintenance disbursement of federal funds ' the department. hanger was completed and made ope rational. The transpo rtation fleet was upgraded by selling the smaller Beach Baron and buying a new Cessna 402. General Accounting The Office of General Accounting is a part of the Division of Administration. General Accounting is charged with receiving and disbursing all monies due the Department. Additionally, the office prepares various financial and statistical reports representing many phases of the operations of the Department. The major accomplishment which started in Fiscal Year 1984 and is still continuing, was the adoption of the State's Financial Accounting Control System. This system handles all phases of accounting from budget through the payment of expenses and the financial reports. Audits and Fiscal Procedures The functions of the Office of Audits and Fiscal Procedures are to audit the department financially and operationally, audit railroad and utility force account Much work in the DOT's Accounting Office is done with computers. 43 General Support Services The Office of General Support Services is comprised of several units as described below. All of these units are of a service nature , that is they provide assistance in their respective areas of expertise to any other office within the Department. Budget Unit Responsible for the prepara tion of the Department's budget and for the review of Department expenditures. Records Management Unit Responsible for establishing guidelines and retention schedules for the DOT's records. The General Office file room is also under this area of responsibility. Genera/ Office Warehouse Responsible for all supplies such as pencils, forms, paper, etc. used by the Department. Procurement Unit The owned heating and air review of all outside purchases conditioning equipment made by the Department is the statewide. responsibility of this unit. In Fiscal Year 1984, one of Safety Unit/ Risk Management the main accomplishments for Responsible for workers ' the Office of General Support compensation, ins urance Services involved the activities and the DOT's implementation of the CAMS safety. s~stem which maintains all Property Control Unit cost reco rd s for the Responsible for the personal Department's fleet of vehicles. property inventory system and One feature of this system is the disposition of any items an on-line inventory system which are surplus to the needs which controls the DOT's of the Department. various inventories such as Cost Accounting Unit shop wareho use s, bulk Responsible for the Cost petroleum facilities and supply Accounting Man agement warehouses. System (CAMS). This is a The Department's safety statewide system which record improved in the maintains records of the following two areas during Department's fleet of vehicles Fiscal Year 1984: accidents and any costs related thereto. were reduced by 3% from the Heating and Air Conditioning previous year and injuries Unit Responsible for the were reduced by 7% from the maintenance of all DOT - preVIOUS year. General Office 44 Executive Assistant John S. Hassell, Jr. Legal Affairs Group David Burgess, Administrator Policy Planning Group Jeff McCord, Chief Public Information Jerry Stargel, Coordinator Systems Development Jose Nieves, Administrator Engineering Services Dewey Wolford, Engineer Personnel Reginald Hunt, Administrator Community and Employee Relations Mickey Woodhurst, Coordinator 45 Community and Office of Legal Affairs held Executive Assistant Employee Relations over 700 administrative The Executive Assistant to The Office Coordinator for the of Comruunity a1.u hearings for appeals of truck overweight citations. There. the Commissioner is responsible for liaison between Employee Relations serves as were 296 he a ri ngs held the Commissioner's Office a direct liaison of the regarding outdoor advertise- and the Executive and Commissioner's office. The ment permits. ApprO'Ximately Le gislative Branches of primary purpose of the office is 275 consultant contracts and Federal Government, as well to interact with citizens and grants were processed by the as .the US. Department of employees in solving problems staff. Transportation. He reviews after they (citizens and/or The Office of Legal Affairs federal reg ulati ons and employees) have tried to has an "open door" policy that legislation, and advises the resolve their specific problems allows it to be responsive to Commissioner of its impact on through normal department the myriad needs of DOT the Georgia Department of channels. employees as they carry out Transportation . He has their varied functions. A legal administrative responsibility Legal Affairs library, pertaining t o for the Legal Affairs Office, the The Office of Legal Affairs transportation law and laws Systems Development Office, performs a variety of functions closely related thereto is the Public Information Office for the Department of maintained and is accessible to and the Policy Planning Transportation. These DOT employees. Group. functions include the legal review and writing of consultant contracts and mass transportation grants, holding administrative hearings, providing general guidance for tollway operations, drafting legislation, liaison with the Attorney General's office, and responding to inquiries from DOT officials regarding the transportation law. During Fiscal Year 1984 the public's view at Gwinnett Mall. Engineering Services The Office of Engineering Services continued in Fiscal Year 1984 to fulfill its vital role in the Preconstruction activities in the Department. The office is responsible for plan review of all Federal-Aid projects. It accomplishes its goals by the arranging, conducting, and reporting of Location Inspections and Field Plan Reviews. These inspections and plan reviews ensure that final construction plans correctly satisfy the intended programming and concept and that Federal and State design guidelines have been met. Engineering Services monitors and updates as necessary the Department's Standard Specifications through regular publication of a Supplemental Specifications book. The office prepares final construction cost estimates for all projects let to contract and has this year developed and put into use a computer program for estimating the costs of asphaltic concrete on resurfacing type projects, allowing Estimators mor..e time for in-depth study of the more complex aspects of major projects. 46 of the Department's PDP11/70 computer with a VAX1J/780. This will considerably increase the Department's . computing power and will simplify operations and management by standardizing on one model computer and one operating system. Since the Intergraph computer is also a VAX-11/780, this will result in all of the computers in the Department being VAC's with VAX/VMS operating systems. Preview graphics software was installed on the VAX. computer, and graphics terminals have been placed in the District Offices and the Design Offices. This has allowed review of earthwork and COGO plots prior to Systems Development provides the systems plotting on the DOT off-line In 1977, when the DOT engineering support for that plotters , a long-needed again acquired dedicated facility. The Xynetics flatbed capability. computer equipment to plotter was significantly The Department began the act as a supplement to the data enhanced by the replacement process to redesign and processing support provided of the plotter head and the update the Contracts by the Department of controller with current Administration System for Administrative Services versions. The modifications installation on the VAX (DOAS), the Office of Systems were required to increase computers in the Department. Development (OSD) was plotting speed and permit use Plans have also been made to assigned to manage and of liquid ink pens. update the Department's older operate the Department's own In addition, an Intergraph VAX-11/780 computer to computer(s) as well as provide Corporation Interative increase disk storage and liaison to the DOAS service. Graphics Systems was memory capacity and CPU By the beginning of Fiscal Year ordered. This system will operating speed. 1984, the Department had two automate most of the There are 35 terminals on computers in operation in the Department's engineering and order to accommodate the Central Office: a VAX-11/780 drafting activities. Department's increasing and a PDP-11/70. A DCA 355 Network number of computer users. During Fiscal Year 1984, the Processor was also ordered. The Department's program DOT data processing This equipment permits both to provide an expanded and operation was enhanced in local, remote, and dial-up cost-effective data processing several ways. A VAX-11/730 terminal users to access the service within DOT was computer was purchased and computer desired and will enacted in Fiscal Year 1984, installed in the Office of provide for port contention and a large increase in Permits and Enforcement in with the various computers. computing capacity will be put Hapeville and dedicated to Approval was obtained to in service during the next fiscal their appli cati ons. OSD proceed with the replacement year. 47 Public Information The Policy Planning Group of the accomplishments of the is also the staff of the Policy office. During Fiscal Year 1984 the Committee. At the direction of The Department's hiring of DOT Public Information Office. has provided timely, the Policy Committee, the minorities and women office carries out various exceeded the 25 Ipercent new useful information on research projects of which the hire goal for minorities and 15 departmental activities, results may be needed to help percent new hire goal for accomplishments and goals by the Policy Committee make females. From January 1 to compiling and distributing the recommendations. September 15, 1984, 41.2 Transformation, a sample of During the State Legislative percent ot the r.ew hires were clippings from newspapers Session, and throughout the minorities; 19 ~ p~ .,r;t were around the state, to the year, various staff of the female and 24.1 percent of the Commissioner and all Division department are called on by newly hired, professionally Directors weekly, and by legislative committees to classified employees were publishing the four quarterly coordinate information. The minorities. Also, 10.01 percent editions of the internal Policy Planning Group tracks of the Department's federal newspaper on time. The legislation and prepares construction dollar was quality and content of this summaries of Georgia State committed to Disadvantaged publication has been Legislature. The Policy Business Enterprises. significantly improved during Planning Group puts out The academy approach for the year. various publications through- training new project engineers The office staff kept the out the year, including a and maintenance foremen as public abreast of DOT weekly tabloid of transporta- well as continuing the newly activities and accomplish- tion issues and trends. The employed drafter training ments through constant group also assembles the program was also continued. contact with news media Commissioner's Goals, assists Also developed were 13 outlets throughout Georgia, with the Annual Report, and programmed texts for field use and through regular news and carries out various other by construction inspectors. feature releases to every administrative duties. These programmed texts, now newspaper, radio and available to all interested DOT television station in the state. employees, allow the In addition, the office Personnel participants to acquire new responded to more than 1,500 knowledge or refresh their direct inquiries from citizens In 1984, the Office of skills at their own rate without by telephone or letter. Current Personnel continued its efforts the time and expense of a road information is available to to provide personnel formal classroom setting. the public after office hours administration support to the Maintaining the employee level and on weekends via Department ofTransportation at 6,200 has necessitated filling telephone answering devices so that it could provide the essential positions with newer on three well-publicized state with the most cost- employees who have not had telephone numbers. effective and efficient the luxury of long, on-the-job During the year the Public transportation system training under the guidance of Information Office also available. experienced personnel. participated in the publication The Office of Personnel has Additionally, more and more of the 1983 Annual Report. several highlights for Fiscal veteran employees are Year 1984. Maintaining an performing a wider range of Policy Planning overall personnel level of 6,200 duties requiring new skills or The Policy Planning Group employees while meeting the forgotten old ones. Since was created to assist the Department's requirements financial resources and time Commissioner and his staff in by selective hiring and using prohibit formal classroom making policy decisions. temporary employees was one and/or OJT, the programmed 48 texts provide an economical with the tapes, allow field way to standardize training in supervisors to conduct highly specialized areas. .standardized and m~re formalized train,hg for their In addition to programmed new employ~es. texts, video training tapes have been produced on field Naturally, the Personnel testing concrete, bituminous Office continued to have a concrete paving, surf?.ce very active year in evaluating treatments and P ~.. C. paving and approving employee repair. To del;ve~ the training promotions and other types of availabl< .1rou~h these tapes, personnel actions associated 55 video cassette recorders with personnel management and televisions have been activities. As a matter of fact, placed in area engineers' the department approved a offices, district offices and record number of employee other key locations. These promotions during this period. video tapes allow veteran This is appropriate in view of employees to review seldom the fact that many senior practiced skills and/or employees have retired and provides supervisors with an the department is requiring OJT tool for new employees. expanded and increased Instructor's Guides, provided duties from its employees, enabling employees to deserve promotions through their work efforts. Finally, the staff of the Personnel Office worked closely with the Examination Development Unit for the State Merit System and through a joint effort between the Merit System and DOT employees, several written examinations as well as training and experience rating guides used in applicant evaluation were revised and validated. Through these and other operations, the Office of Personnel supports the Department's mission of providing Georgia with the most efficient transportation system available. NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 860 1944 ~ As of June 30th of Each Fiscal Year 1954 1964 1974 1984 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 49 Highlights of Fiscal Year 1984: * Interstate fatality rate dropped to .89 deaths per 100 million vehide miles traveled. * An overall personnel level of 6,200 employees was maintained by hiring selectir.-ely and using temporary employees, while still fulfilling Departmental responsibilities. * The Department's 25% new hire goal for minorities was exceeded, as was the 15% new hire goal for females. * The DOT obligated 100% of federal fund obligational authority available in Fiscal Year 1984 and an additional $9,122,500 in discretionary funds. * 15 new Park and Ride lots were opened, increasing total capacity to 4, 728 spaces. * Rural transit ridership totaled 1, 755,019 passengers. * The Department acquired 1,405 parcels of right-of-way and assisted local governments in acquiring approximately 1,800 parcels. * 19.2 miles of Corridor Z were opened to traffic. * Several portions of the Appalachian Developmental Highway were opened including the Ellijay and Jasper bypasses and portions of 1-575. * 572 contracts were awarded totaling $397,874,516.84. * Resurfaced 1,305 miles of roadways and widened 289 miles of shoulders through maintenance or contract crews. * Sealed 112,433 linear feet of bridge joints. * Reduced equipment inventory by more than 1,000 pieces to 8,683 pieces. * 55,808 overweight truck assessments were written. Weighed 6,099,218 trucks and measured 2,297,874 trucks. * The Department made 245 adjustments in speed confrol on the road system and issued 130 traffic signal permits. 50 Financing Georgia's Needs----------------------------------------~ EXPENDED INCOME Motor Fuel Tax 37.2% $256.3 million Federal Aid 41.0% $281.8 million State General Fund 2.3% $15.8 million Other 19.5% $134.2 million Georgia's available funding resources are pretty much straightforward. The sources of revenue are the state motor fuel tax, state general funds and federal funds. Other funds available include motor fuel taxes carried over from previous years and miscellaneous funds. Unlike other states, Georgia does not utilize motor vehicle registration fees, auto license tag fees, tolls, dealer permits or inspection fees to supplement the transportation budget. Instead, Georgia drivers pay a user fee of 7 1/2 cents per gallon of motor fuel and the 3% state sales tax on motor fuel to fund roads in their state. The motor fuel tax made up about 96 percent of the transportation budget in FY 84, excluding federal funds. Not only is the user tax the foundation on which the system is built, it also is an important tool with which to leverage federal funds. Georgia, however, has the second lowest motor fuel tax in the United States - it has only been increased once in the past 30 years - from 6 1/2 cents to 7 1/2 cents in 1971. Revenues from the motor fuel tax grew only 6.6 percent during FY 84, which compares poorly to the 12.6 percent average growth rate for all other sources of state revenue during the same period. 51 EXPENDITURES BY ACTIVITY Planning & Construction 69.5% $478.3 t Facilities & EquipMent 1.3% $9.0 million Air Transportation 0.2% Maintenance & Betterment 18.9% $130.0 million t Grants 2.7% <~~~~~lfl----- $18.6 million Inter-modal Transfer Facilities ..ollllltt 1.1% $7.8 million $2.0 million $41.0 million The DOT held the line on updating its aging fleet of possible out of their motor fuel most expenses in FY 84 as vehicles and well-worn tax dollars. actual expenditures declined equipment. The investment in The DOT continues to meet by about 19 percent over FY newer equipment will be of the challenge of providing safe 83. The department was able double benefit to the taxpayer, and adequate roads for all to hold overall personnel costs saving maintenance costs and citizens because, if we do not to a modest 5 percent increasing employee efficiency accept the challenge, we not increase, and administrative in the field. only risk losing the billions of costs (excluding bond funds) dollars already invested, we still comprise less than 2 Austere budgeting and wise also risk losing the ability to percent of the total budget. management in recent years meet the needs of tomorrow. have assured Georgians of Today we are preparing to Capital Outlays were well-maintained roads even meet the needs of the 1980's reduced by over $171 million. while other states are facing and beyond by exploring ways Computer time charges were road problems of crisis to strengthen Georgia's also reduced as the proportions. Cost-cutting economic and social standing department began to rely measures such as preventative through a far-reaching more on its own system, and maintenance, increased developmental highway travel expenses were down by productivity and joint network. To add substance to about $18,000. Even while construction/maintenance the dreams, however, new cutting overall expenses, the projects mean taxpayers are methods of financing must be department was able to begin getting the most mileage explored. 52 FISCAL 1984 ACTUAL AllDITED EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES Agency Summary Personal Services ................................................................................. $131,486,760.00 Regular Operating Expense ................................................................... 45,832,871.83 Travel.................................................................................................... 1,453,117.44 Motor Vehicle Equipment Purchases .................................................... 2,673,696.85 Publications and Printing ...................................................................... 913,864.06 Equipment Purchases 6,816,142.33 Computer Charges .............................................................................. 562,137.00 Real Estate Rentals .............................................................................. 1,082,778.48 Per Diem, Fees and Contracts .............................................................. 14,686,157.86 Capital Outlay ....................................................................................... 425,454,149.49 Authority Lease Rentals ........................................................................ 24,710,357.74 General Obligation Bond Debt Service .............................................. 3,543,129.72 Grants to Counties............................................................................... 9,317,013.00* Grants to Municipalities........................................................................ 9,317,000.00* Harbor Maintenance Payments .. .......................................................... . 553,828.34 Mass Transit Grants............................................................................. 4,558,466.26 Geodetic Control ..................... .. ................. ......... ..... .... .. ......... ....... 299,289.33 Capital Outlay Airport Development ..................... .... ..... ................... .. . 663,864.65 Capital Outlay Airport Operational Improvement ................................ 1,171,644.05 Capital Outlay Airport Approach Aid ......... ........................................ 97,971.02 Telecommunications ............. ....................................................... 1,501,445.45 Spoilage Area Acquisition Clearing & Preparation ............................... 1,455,330.50 TOTAL ........................................................................................................$688,151,015.40 *Not included in DOT Audit REVENUES State General Funds ................................................................................... $15,829,083.32 Federal .......................................................................................................... 281,822,985.90 Other*............................................................................................................ 134,224,922.49 Motor Fuel ................................................................................................... 256,274,023.69 *Prior year and miscellaneous funds 53 FISCAL 1984 ACTUAL AUDITED EXPENDITURES Planning and Construction Activity EXPENDITURES REVENUES Personal Services ......................... $65,660,253.71 State General Funds .................... $ 1,549,288.93 Regular Operating Expense.......... 5,495,711.69 Federal .. .. ... .. .. .. ... ....... ...... ...... .... . r:-','j,867,227.37 Travel .......................................... 1,007,934.50 Other* ............................................ 99,6.19,842.38 Publications and Printing.............. 351,276.12 Motor Fuel Tax .............................. 100,243,535.84 Equipment Purchases................... 78,729.73 *Prior year and miscellaneous funds Real Estate Rentals....................... 23,870.00 Per Diem, Fees and Contracts..... 12,725,156.32 Capital Outlay ............................... 391,589,933.97 Geodetic Control.......................... 299,289.33 Telecommunications...................... 1,047,739.15 TOTAL ..................................... $478,279,894.52 Maintenance and Betterments Activity EXPENDITURES REVENUES Personal Services .......................... $55,633,268.00 State General Funds ............................. $1,591.49 Regular Operating Expense........... 38,848,348.04 Federal .................................................. 562,764.14 Travel............................................ 297,277.84 Other* ............................................. 26,069,394.84 Publications and Printing............... 50,604.38 Motor Fuel Tax ............................. 103,365,390.39 Real Estate Rentals........................ 2, 700.00 *Prior year and miscellaneous funds Per Diem, Fees and Contracts...... 1,098,336.48 Capitol Outlay............................... 33,850,152.38 Telecommunications...................... 188,453.74 TOTAL......................................... $129,999,140.86 Facilities and Equipment Activity EXPENDITURES REVENUES Motor Vehicle Equipment State General Funds........................ $ .00 Purchases ...................................... $2,673,696.85 F~deral.............................................. .00 Equipment Purchases.................... 6,308,516.25 Other~............................................... 5,918,793.10 Capital Outlay................................ 14,063.14 Motor Fuel Tax ................................ 3,077,483.14 TOTAL .......................................... $8,996,276.24 *Prior year and miscellaneous funds 54 FISCAL 1984 ACTUAL AUDITED EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES Administration Activity REVENUES Personal Services ....................... . Regular Operating Expense ....... . Travel ...........................:............. . Publications' c. r Printing .......... .. Equipment Purchases ................. . Computer Charges .................... .. Real Estate Rentals .................... .. ~c,977,246.56 State General Funds........................ $ .00 955,453.36 Federal ............................................ 283,036.84 119,441.78 Other*............................................. 476,699.40 494,910.75 Motor Fuel Tax ................................ 40,270,601.32 41,861.65 562,137.00 1,056,208.48 *Prior year and miscellaneous funds Per Diem, Fees and Contracts ..... . 329,873.06 Authority Lease Rentals ............. .. 24,710,357.74 General Obligation Bond Debt Service .............................. .. 3,543,129.72 Telecommunications .................. . 239,717.46 TOTAL ...................................... $41,030,337.56 Air Transportation Activity EXPENDITURES REVENUES Personal Services ...................... .. Regular Operating Expense ....... .. Travel ........................................ .. Publications and Printing ............ .. Equipment Purchases ................ .. Per Diem, Fees and Contracts ..... . Telecommunications .................. . TOTAL ...................................... State General Funds ........................ $506,351.91 Federal ........................................... . 501,233.17 Other* ............................................. 8 774 32 Motor Fuel Tax ............................... . ' 0 340.50 377,726.20 500.00 5,247.84 $1,400,163.94 $981,554.45 .00 418,609.49 .00 Inter-Modal Transfer Facilities Activity EXPENDITURES REVENUES Personal Services ...................... . Regular Operating Expense ....... . Travel ........................................ . Publications and Printing ........... . Equipment Purchases ................. Per Diem, Fees and Contracts .... . Mass Transit Grants .................. Capital Outlay Airport Development ................ .. Capital Outlay Airport Operational Improvement .......... . Capital Outlay Airport Approach Aid ............................ . Telecommunications .................. . TOTAL ...................................... $679,639.82 State General Funds ....................... $3,425,820.11 32,135.57 Federal ........................................... 4,109,957.55 19,689.00 Other* ........................................... . 266,252.78 16,732.31 Motor Fuel Tax .............................. . .00 9,308.50 532,292.00 *Prior year and miscellaneous funds 4,588,466.26 663,864.65 1,171,644.05 97,971.02 20,287.26 $1,171,644.05 55 FISCAL 1984 ACTUAL AUDITED EXPENDITURES Harbor Maintenance Activity EXPENDITURES Harbor Maintenance Payments Spoilage Area Acquisition, .................. ... .. ........................................ ... ...... .... .... . $553,828.34 Clearing & Preparation.................................................................................... 1,455,330.50 TOTAL.............................................................................................................. 2,009,158.84 REVENUES State General Funds ........................................................................................... Federal ............................................................................................................. . Other* Motor Fuel Tax ................................................................................................. . *Prior year and miscellaneous funds $553,828.34 .00 1,455,330.50 .00 GRANTS* EXPENDITURES Grants to Counties ............................................................................................. $9,317,013.00 Grants to Cities .................................................................................................. 9,317,000.00 TOTAL ......... $18,634,013.00 REVENUES State General Funds ......................................................................................... . $9,317,000.00 Federal .............................................................................................................. .00 Other* ......................................................................................................................... .00 Motor Fuel Tax ......................................................................................................... . 9,317,013.00 *Prior year and miscellaneous funds 56 1984 APPORTIONMENT OF FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAY FUNDS TO GEORGIA \nterstate Systetn $152,67 ~~~ federal Aid SecondarY Total for 1984: $352,293,187 57 WHERETO GO WITH YOUR HIGHWAY QUESTIONS Questions About; Who To See: Where To Go: Outdoor Advertising Traffic & Safety District Office State Highway (Interstate, U.S. or State Route) County Road Municipal or City Street DOT District Engineer County Commissioner Mayor --"'~K District Office County 'ou h~use City Hall Bridges (On State Highway System) Maintenance Enqineer &l!Y' '""' 1:.:; _,.._._. lnformaoo.;.. :~~ ~~-;:;\'3 ~f.~ -. .:, '" '~;;?~ Contracts Administration ' Traffic and Safety (Driveway Permits, Signals on State System) Traffic and Safety Engineer DOT ... .,_ ,. _... -~~ '~. ;\:t~tai~E~Di ~:o"~t\W~~~~n.:~ .-.: _, Office Rest Areas, Roadside Conditions, Debris On State Highway, Dead Animals Maintenance Engineer Truck Permits " ( W . t s ) '.:.. 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