What’s Going On With Winder’s Roads? A Q&A with City Engineer Gerard Brewer
Podcast:Winder Works Published On: Tue Jul 01 2025 Description: In this episode, you'll also learn:Why Broad Street and Main Street aren’t maintained by the city (and who actually runs Winder’s traffic lights—spoiler: not us).How the city decides which roads to patch, overlay, or fully repave using a cost-per-square-yard approach.The power of public input in shaping the Transportation Improvement Plan—and how it helps Winder secure grants and influence GDOT.Why zero of Winder’s traffic signals are under local control—and what the city is doing to change that.What goes into a $1.4 million paving request—and how thousands of man-hours get invested before a single dollar is spent.How Winder’s engineers walk every street, patch-by-patch, to make data-driven decisions for long-term infrastructure success.If you've ever hit a pothole and thought, "Why doesn’t the city fix this?"—this episode is for you.Read the podcast Q&A summary here: 👇https://www.cityofwinder.com/Home/Components/News/News/2282/474#!/ =============================Connect with the City of Winder on Social Media 📲➡️ City of Winder on YouTube➡️ City of Winder on Facebook➡️ City of Winder on Instagram➡️ City of Winder on LinkedIn