Interstate 20 Work Likely Will Impact Drive Times

Photo courtesy Georgia Department of Transportation.

Date: April 24, 2021

The Georgia Department of Transportation has announced plans for a slab replacement project on Interstate 20.

The work will begin on Monday, April 26th, weather-permitting. Work will be done from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. It will be eastbound and westbound from mile marker 172 in McDuffie County to mile marker 192 in Columbia County.

This is a maintenance project to replace failed and bumpy concrete slabs. There are 41 locations marked for the project. Large sections, up to a foot thick, will be removed and new concrete poured.

GDOT says the project will take several weeks because of the large area involved.

Dana Lynn McIntyre is a Staff Reporter with The Augusta Press. You can reach her at dana@theaugustapress.com.

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Dana Lynn McIntyre is an award-winning reporter who began working in radio news in her hometown of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. She also worked as a television news photographer for a station in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Dana moved to Savannah, Ga. in 1984 to join the news team at WIXV-FM/I95 Radio. In early 1986, WBBQ Radio in Augusta invited her to interview for a position with the news department. Within three weeks, Dana was living in Olde Town and working at a legendary radio station. Dana left WBBQ in 1996 to join WJBF NewsChannel 6 as assignment manager. In 1998 she became a reporter/anchor covering law enforcement, crime and courts as well as witnessing two executions, one in Georgia, the other in South Carolina. She also spent time as an assignment manager-editor in Atlanta, metro New York City, and back in Augusta at WRDW Television. Dana joined The Augusta Press team in April 2021. Among Dana’s awards from the Georgia Associated Press Broadcasters Association are for Excellence in General Assignment Reporting, Spot News and Specialized Reporting. Dana also received an award for Public Service Reporting from the West Augusta Rotary Club for a story with actor LeVar Burton on his PBS Television show “Reading Rainbow."

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