The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced public meetings on federally funded transportation projects planned in Northeast Georgia. The meetings are set for 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Helen City Hall, 25 Alpenrosen St., and 5-7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department’s Pat Bell Conference Center, 7020 Highway 82 Spur in Maysville. Residents will be able to look at a draft of the fiscal 2013-16 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, or STIP, Georgia’s four-year transportation and capital improvements program.