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Projects on hold as state Transportation Department awaits federal funding
$60 million in work on ice in Hall County alone
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Dwindling federal road money means the Georgia Department of Transportation is applying the brakes statewide to 84 projects that should be in design and 57 projects primed for right-of-way acquisition, DOT Commissioner Russell McMurry said Thursday. Hall County projects certainly are affected by the funding slowdown. Nearly $60 million in planned work, including right-of-way acquisition and construction, is being held up by the law’s uncertainty.