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Buford Dam Road Temporary Closure

USACE, Mobile District
Published July 6, 2026

Buford, GA. – Buford Dam Road between Powerhouse Road and Rockport Drive will be closed on July 15, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., for guardrail and pothole repairs.  

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers advises drivers to use State Route 20 as an alternate route.

Parks with entrances inside the work area on Buford Dam Road will be closed during the work. These areas include Lower Overlook, Lower Pool West, West Bank Turn-out, and West Bank Park.

For more information, contact USACE Lake Sidney Lanier staff on the Project’s Facebook page @LakeSidneyLanierUSACE or call the USACE Lake Sidney Lanier Project Management Office at (770) 945-9531.

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With an area of operation across Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and northern Florida, and a vast military region that includes operations across Central and South America, the Mobile District’s award-winning teams of engineering, construction, regulatory and emergency management professionals are nationally recognized for their leadership in delivery of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ civil works and military programs’ missions to the Nation.


Contact
Public Affairs, USACE Mobile District
(251) 690-2505
CESAM-PA@usace.army.mil

Release no. 26-013