The city of Statesboro is spending $990,350 to reroute its six-inch high-pressure natural gas supply line and relocate some smaller service lines to make way for the Georgia Department of Transportation’s project to four-lane a 1.7-mile segment of U.S. Highway 301 North.

The state is funding the widening of the highway from two lanes to four lanes from 500 feet south of Randy Lowery Road (County Road 450) to 657 feet south of Clito Road (County Road 455). But Statesboro officials said the state spending doesn’t include any payment for moving the city-owned gas system lines.

Reeves Construction, as low bidder, was awarded the highway project construction contract for $6.58 million, reports GDOT District 5 Communications Officer Jill Nagel. An almost $7.15 million “construction” funding fi

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