The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved an application for state assistance to resurface about 31 miles of county roadways in 2021.

Commissioners approved the application with the Georgia Department of Transportation for assistance in resurfacing portions of 30 roads as part of the 2021 Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant application.

The list includes both arterial and collector roads that range from two lanes to eight lanes with a center turn lane. The state funding is paired with the County’s SPLOST funds to cover resurfacing needs across the County. GDOT will contribute $6.2 million and the County match will be $1.9 million for a total of $8.1 million. This item is funded 76.9 percent by the Georgia Department of Transportation and 23.1 percent by the 2017 SPLOST Program.

Resurfacing work for 2021 is mostly complete. County contractors have completed all 2020 LMIG-funded local and collector roads and continue to work on the remaining SPLOST-funded residential roads.

In other DOT news, the Board of Commissioners also approved a contract to build a roundabout at the intersection of Lilburn-Stone Mountain Road and Old Tucker Road. In addition to the roundabout, this project also will include pedestrian crossings, lighting, curb and gutter and associated drainage improvements.

The contract amount is $985,106, which was the lowest of seven responsive bids received. The project is funded by SPLOST and the Department of Water Resources.