HR1888: HR1888 Chairman Don A. Grantham Interchange; Richmond County; dedicate

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives recognizes Don A. Grantham, an Augusta businessman and longtime public servant, for his decades of civic and government service in Georgia. It details his career founding the Forest Sales Corporation, his volunteer leadership in Augusta community organizations, and his public service on the Richmond County Commission, the Georgia Ports Authority Board, and the State Transportation Board. The operative part of the resolution names the interchange of Interstate 20 and Interstate 520 in Augusta-Richmond County the 'Chairman Don A. Grantham Interchange.' It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to put up and maintain signs marking the dedication, and instructs the Clerk of the House to send copies of the resolution to Grantham and the Department of Transportation.

• Officially dedicates the interchange of Interstate 20 and Interstate 520 in Augusta-Richmond County as the 'Chairman Don A. Grantham Interchange.'
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the newly named interchange.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to Don A. Grantham and the Department of Transportation.

This resolution mainly affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain new signage, and Don A. Grantham, who receives the honorary naming. Drivers using the I-20/I-520 interchange in Augusta-Richmond County will see the new name on signs.

The resolution creates no new laws, funding programs, or regulations affecting the public; its practical effect is limited to new highway signage at one interchange in Augusta-Richmond County and formal recognition of an individual's public service career.

• The resolution's whereas clauses recount Grantham's biography, career, and decades of civic and gubernatorial-appointed public service in Georgia.
• The first resolving clause designates the I-20/I-520 interchange in Augusta-Richmond County as the 'Chairman Don A. Grantham Interchange.'
• The second resolving clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signage for the dedication.
• The final resolving clause directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to Grantham and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2026-03-31House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-03-27House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-03-25House Hopper (House)

• Brian Prince (D, HD-132)Primary sponsor
• Mark Newton (R, HD-127)
• Karlton Howard (D, HD-129)
• L.C. Myles (D, HD-126)

• highway naming
• Augusta-Richmond County
• Department of Transportation
• legislative honors