As

many as 1,200 residents near Ga. Highway 92 and

Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard lost their phone

service all day last Thursday when construction

crews sliced a cable.

BellSouth

officials are looking into the accident to see

whether construction crews working on the

intersection should be billed for repairs, said

BellSouth area manager Gene Gulledge.

"Anytime

we get a cut cable, our major emphasis is on

getting if fixed first, then investigating,"

said Gulledge.

The

cable was cut about 8 a.m., and phone service was

restored about 6:30 p.m.

Under

a project of the Georgia Department of

Transportation, crews are realligning the

intersection to create separate "T"

intersections at Jimmie Mayfield and Hwy. 92 and

Lee Street at Hwy. 92, and widening Jimmie

Mayfield for turn lanes.

Target

comletion date for the $1.5 million project is

May 31, 2000, but Mark Mastronardi of DOT's

Griffin District office said work is moving

faster than expected.

"We're

likely to be done the first of the year," he

said.

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