The City of Rincon recently completed major improvements to a 2.2-mile stretch of Fort Howard Road, which opened in late 2012. The project included widening and drainage improvements beginning near S.R. 21 and extending to the City limits at Bunyan Kessler Road. The scope of work included repairing, resurfacing and widening the existing two-lane road to a three-lane roadway. The addition of a center turn lane improved traffic flow and safety of this 11,400+ vehicle-per-day road. Drainage ditches and shoulders were improved by piping the existing drainage ditches and minimizing the depth of any required drainage swales along the shoulders of the road. A 5-foot-wide sidewalk was also added to the south side of Fort Howard Road to improve pedestrian safety and allow access to the school board property and numerous subdivisions.
This 2.66 million dollar project was awarded to Seaboard Construction and was locally funded by the City of Rincon, with a combination of funding from SPLOST and the City’s General Fund reserves.