Two Douglas County projects, totaling $4.7 million, are among 11 state projects certified this week for federal stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

The Anneewakee Road bridge replacement project at Anneewakee Creek will receive $3,551,734 and the Kings Highway-Central Church Road intersection project will get $1,160,352 in stimulus funds, according to a release from Gov. Sonny Perdue.

“Construction on both these projects is 100 percent federally funded,” said Randy Hulsey, county Department of Transportation (DOT) director. “We’ve already acquired rights-of-way and completed engineering. They’re ready to go to construction.”

He said bid letting by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is set for August and work will likely get under way about 30-45 days after the bid is awarded.

“Both projects have about a one-year build time,” he said.

Hulsey said the Anneewakee Road bridge replacement has been on the county books for about three years.

“We’ll be replacing the present bridge with one that is more functional and structurally sound,” he said.

Hulsey said the Kings Higway-Central Church Road has also been in county planning for awhile.

“It was a project that the county started several years ago and we’ve been working on it the past 3-4 years,” he said. “Engineering was such that it didn’t meet certain standards, so we made some design changes.”

He said the redesigned project will add left turn lanes on all approaches and upgrade the traffic control equipment to advance traffic management.

The 11 statewide projects certified by the governor total $50.8 million.

“These funds include work on Georgia’s highways, intersections and bridges,” Perdue said in a Monday statement. “We’re using these federal dollars wisely to improve our transportation network and to put Georgians to work.”