Dekalb-County on WACN 21 Newshttps://wacn21-news-1a92c2.pages.catalystgroup.tech/tags/dekalb-county/Recent content in Dekalb-County on WACN 21 NewsHugoen-us© 2026 WACN 21 News. All rights reserved.Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:30:00 -0400DeKalb County embarks on largest road repaving program in a decadehttps://wacn21-news-1a92c2.pages.catalystgroup.tech/local/dekalb-paving-program/Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0400https://wacn21-news-1a92c2.pages.catalystgroup.tech/local/dekalb-paving-program/<p>DeKalb County is launching its <strong>largest road repaving program in a decade</strong>, spending $87 million to resurface <strong>230 lane-miles of residential streets</strong> over the next two years, county officials announced Wednesday.</p> <p>The program — funded by a mix of the county&rsquo;s <strong>2024 SPLOST</strong> (special-purpose local-option sales tax), state gas-tax revenue, and federal infrastructure dollars — is the first time DeKalb has invested at this scale in residential paving since <strong>2016</strong>.</p>