Repairs Finished Ahead of Schedule on All Richmond County Signals
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Augusta, Ga. - On Tuesday, Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) signal crews finished repairing all signals in Richmond County.
Hurricane Helene damaged signal heads at more than 100 intersections across the county. Initial estimates suggested it would take about three weeks to repair all of them. However, this work has been completed ten days ahead of schedule because of a major statewide effort.
"Without everyone coming together and working as one throughout the state, we wouldn't be able to complete a task of this magnitude this quickly," said District Engineer Corbett Reynolds.
Signal crews from five of Georgia DOT's seven districts assisted with repairs, in addition to contracted crews. Georgia DOT's state signal shop and District 2's signal shop in Tennille produced and delivered hundreds of new signal heads to Augusta for this effort. We estimate that more than 300 signal heads across Richmond County needed to be replaced because of Hurricane Helene.
When the sun came up Tuesday morning, 35 Richmond County signals still needed repair. Crews worked hard throughout the day to finish repairing the remaining signals, bringing an end to this effort less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene first impacted the area.
"We appreciate everybody in Augusta-Richmond County being patient with us," Reynolds said. "We also appreciate the assistance we got from local law enforcement to keep our crews safe."
It is important to note that some signals are still non-operational due to power loss. Once power is restored at those locations, those signals will become operational again. Georgia DOT continues to stress the importance of obeying Georgia traffic law, which requires you to come to a stop when approaching a non-operational signal.
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