Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended a suspension of the gasoline sales tax a second time, through the middle of August.
Kemp made the announcement this week, ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend, as gas prices in the state and metro Atlanta are in something of a holding pattern.
He cited continuing issues with “the federal government’s gross mishandling of inflation and to renew efforts to address supply chain issues” for extending the tax suspension, which was authorized by the Georgia legislature in April.
The latest extension lasts until Aug. 13, after most schools in Georgia have resumed. Georgia motorists pay a 29-cent excise tax on every gallon of gasoline.
According to AAA-The Auto Club Group, the average gas prices in Georgia have fallen to $4.40 a gallon, down seven cents from last week.
That average is a little higher in metro Atlanta and in East Cobb.
The group estimates that it costs $66 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline, around $22.35 more than this time last year.
The national average, according to AAA, is around $4.80 a gallon.
For more Georgia gas price data from AAA-The Auto Club Group, click here.
AAA is estimating that more than 1.5 million Georgians will be traveling more than 50 miles this weekend, more than 3 percent higher than 2021 and more than 4 percent since 2019.
Most of that travel, around 1.4 million, will be via automobile, estimated to be the highest since 2001.
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Cobb Police said Saturday morning that a portion of Paper Mill Road will be closed “for several hours” due to downed power lines.
Police said in a social media posting around 10 a.m. that the closure is along Paper Mill between Thunderbird Drive and River Ridge Chase, near Sope Creek.
Police said a vehicle crashed into a utility pole, and crews are on the scene to make repairs.
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New turn lanes would be created at Lower Roswell Road and Woodlawn Drive.
As the long-delayed Lower Roswell Road transportation project gets closer to getting underway, some East Cobb residents are speaking out against it.
Land acquisitions are continuing for the $9 million Cobb DOT project, which would stretch from Davidson Road and Woodlawn Drive, and include the construction of a median and turn lanes.
The project (fact sheet; location map) also would provide a connection for bicycle lanes in the community and provide sidewalks.
But it’s been more than a decade since first being proposed, and is being funded with money from Cobb government’s 2011 Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).
The county held open houses in 2012 and 2013 and accepted virtual comments in early 2022 before commissioners approved the project’s conceptual plan last year.
“You should declare it infeasible,” East Cobb resident Craig Harfoot told members of the Cobb Board of Commissioners Tuesday during a public comment session. “You haven’t done anything [with the money].”
Engineering work began in 2012 and right-of-way proceedings began in 2019. Cobb DOT is hoping to start construction early next year, and anticipates taking two years to completion.
But some residents said Tuesday that the project should be scuttled because they claim it’s unwanted and a waste of money.
“It’s so unpopular that two former commissioners chose not to do it in 15 years,” said Jan Barton, referencing Joe Lee Thompson and Bob Ott.
Her remarks included other complaints about county spending—including outside consultants and a proposed new position for a diversity and equity officer—as well as recent zoning decisions in East Cobb.
Others who live in the vicinity echoed her comments.
“It hasn’t gotten off the ground because nobody really wants this,” said Larry Savage, a former candidate for Cobb Commission Chairman. “Nobody’s defending this.”
Savage said the Lower Roswell Road project really isn’t about safety and operational improvements but accommodating a bike and trail plan policy.
For a larger view of the Lower Roswell Road traffic project concept map, click here.
He said that since commissioners approved the Complete Streets Concept in 2009, it’s been lucrative for project developers to incorporate multi-use trails in what are billed as transportation improvements.
“Bike trails are a recreational amenity, a good amenity,” Savage said. “But this project is not a safety and operational improvements project.”
Some of the delays were prompted by concerns from business owners along Lower Roswell between Johnson Ferry Road and Davidson Road.
That stretch of the project calls for the construction of a median, with some businesses fearing access would be cut off.
Referring to the Tijuana Joe’s restaurant on the southeast corner of Johnson Ferry and Lower Roswell, Savage it could lose its business.
Harfoot referenced the Papa John’s restaurant and the new Bagel 101 Café on the northeast corner, saying “they won’t have any parking.”
Rob Miller, owner of the Bagel 101 Café, told East Cobb News he hasn’t heard of any complaints thus far, but “I hear the project will make parking in our center even less then it already is and it’s tough to get in and out on the weekends.”
Commissioners didn’t respond to the public commenters, who said there was a community meeting recently with commissioners Jerica Richardson and JoAnn Birrell.
Cobb DOT has said that traffic volume and safety precipitated the project and proposed the median because the crash history in that area is above average (42 on Lower Roswell between Johnson Ferry and Davidson from 2016-18).
The agency estimated daily average traffic volumes along Lower Roswell to be nearly 37,000 on either side of Johnson Ferry in 2015, and projects that number to grow to 37,000 in 2025 and more than 45,000 by 2035.
“For Cobb DOT, this is a long one,” Cobb DOT engineer Karyn Matthews told East Cobb News last summer, referncing the delays, “but we wanted to get the right concept for the community.”
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Cobb DOT crews doing maintenance on Johnson Ferry Road at Olde Towne Parkway last winter. (ECN file photo)
The Cobb Department of Transportation will ask county commissioners Tuesday for funding for outside firms to help perform routine road maintenance projects because of what it says are “critical level” staffing shortages.
According to an agenda item for Tuesday’s Board of Commissioners meeting, Cobb DOT director Drew Rensler and other county department leaders will request funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
The agenda item (you can read it here) says 41 of the 94 maintenance positions in Cobb DOT are vacant, and the maintenance division has been operating with at least 40 percent vacancies for the past year.
“At this time, the Division has extended regular mowing frequencies by two weeks, and work order completion dates by one month due to shortages in current staffing levels,” the agenda item states.
“The utilization of contracted services will allow the Division to respond more efficiently in providing required maintenance operations countywide, and will prevent the back log of work orders.”
Another agenda item (you can read that here) from Rensler, Cobb Water Authority director Judy Jones and Cobb Parks and Recreation Director Michael Brantley further details staff shortages.
They include 27 percent vacancies in “critical” positions maintaining 90 Cobb parks facilities, 30 percent vacancies in the county’s fleet department, 32 percent vacancies in “critical” positions in property management and 31 percent in the water system.
“The volume of vacancies has strained the respective agencies’ abilities to maintain and operate critical infrastructure which is vital for the residents and visitors of Cobb County,” the said in their request.
The funding requests include $636,000 in outsourced salary expenses in all, with $288,000 for water, $132,000 for DOT, $123,000 for Parks, $58,500 for property management and $34,500 for fleet management.
The department heads also will be asking for “a one-time payment of $1,500 for each frontline field staff member responsible for the maintenance and operation of critical public infrastructure throughout the County.”
The bonuses would apply to employees hired before April 1, and they must stay with the county for 12 months after receiving it.
While the agenda items were posted with the full agenda (you can read that here), the Cobb DOT and other department infrastructure items were sent to news media outlets Thursday night by Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt.
He noted that Cobb has begun taking applications for $147 million in ARPA funds and received the second installment of $73,824,239 on Thursday.
Government agencies are among those eligible for the funding, as commissioners previously approved criteria that included county infrastructure.
Tuesday’s meeting also will include an update on the county’s agreement with the Atlanta Braves over Truist Park and The Battery and a recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
Commissioners also will be asked to issue a proclamation on behalf of state senators Kay Kirkpatrick and Doc Rhett to Judy Boyce, the widow of former Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce, in recognition of his public service.
The meeting starts at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building (100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta).
The hearing also will be live-streamed on the county’s website, cable TV channel (Channel 24 on Comcast) and Youtube page. Visit cobbcounty.org/CobbTV for other streaming options.
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“Crews worked overnight to repair damage caused by a sinkhole on Sandy Plains Road at Wood Creek Drive. Some northbound lanes remain closed today as workers replace the curb and gutters for that stretch of the road.
“All lane closures will be removed before 5:00 pm.”
ORIGINAL REPORT:
This just in from Cobb County government:
“The discovery of a sinkhole during routine resurfacing work on Sandy Plains has forced crews to close a northbound lane at Wood Creek Drive to make repairs. This is on Sandy Plains between Wigley and Wesley Chapel. The closure will remain in effect through the rush hour tonight and into Wednesday.”
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Work crews were putting the finishing touches on the newly reopened Willeo Creek Bridge Friday, 10 months after it closed for an overhaul.
There were construction trucks on the Cobb County side of the bridge and the roundabout linking Azalea Drive in Roswell with Lower Roswell Road and Timber Ridge Road when we drove by.
A few pedestrians were making their way along the expanded multi-use trails on either side of the $3 million bridge, which replaced a 60-year old bridge.
The joint project between the City of Roswell and Cobb DOT was delayed several times by the contractor.
Originally set to reopen last September, the bridge reopening was pushed back to last December, then March 2022 when Baldwin Paving Co. said it couldn’t meet that deadline.
The county threatened to issue fines for any further delays. On Wednesday, with just a day left in March, all forms of traffic reopened, just in time for spring break for the Cobb school district and the start of a busy spring and summer season for recreational activities along the Chattahoochee River.
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Several major thoroughfares in the East Cobb area will get resurfaced as part of the initial group of projects funded through the Cobb 2022 SPLOST.
Cobb commissioners on Tuesday approved the spending of $28.2 million to repave 29 roads totalling nearly 43 miles around the county.
They include Johnson Ferry Road between Roswell Road and Post Oak Tritt Road, Sandy Plains Road from Shallowford Road to Alabama Road and all of Robinson Road.
Here are the roads in East Cobb that will be resurfaced; there’s not a specific timetable for each one to be completed:
Delk Road from Powers Ferry Road to Terrell Mill Road, 0.3 miles
Fairfield Drive from Lower Roswell Road to Indian Hills Parkway, 1.3 miles
Johnson Ferry Road from Post Oak Tritt to Roswell Road, 2.5 miles
Little Willeo Road from Johnson Ferry Road to Timber Ridge Road, 1.8 miles
Robinson Road from Roswell Road East to Roswell Road West, 3.2 miles
Timber Ridge Road from Roswell Road to Lower Roswell Road, 1.3 miles
East Piedmont Road from Sandy Plains Road to Allgood Road, 2.1 miles
Maybreeze Road from Ebenezer Road to Shallowford Road, 0.7 miles
North Hembree Road from Hembree Road to Shallowford Road, 0.5 miles
Old Mountain Park Road from Alabama Road to the Fulton County line, 0.5 miles
Sandy Plains Road from Shallowford Road to Alabama Road, 3.1 miles
Trickum Road from Shallowford Road to the Cherokee County line, 2.4 miles
In 2020, Cobb voters extended the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax that collects funds for various county projects, including road maintenance.
The new six-year collection period began in January; here’s more information about what’s on the project list.
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Unleaded gas at some East Cobb locations cost a little less than the Georgia and metro Atlanta average of $3.14 a gallon.
As the Christmas and New Year’s holidays approach, motorists in metro Atlanta and Georgia are seeing gasoline prices start to fall.
AAA-The Auto Club Group reports that the average price across the state last week was $3.14 a gallon, 4 cents down from the previous week and 12 cents below the November average.
But the sharp rise in gas prices in recent months, which came with a peak of nearly $3.25 a gallon in some areas of metro Atlanta, means that the current average is still $1.14 more than this time in 2020.
AAA estimates that a 15-gallon tank costs $47.10 to fill up, $10.20 more than January 2020, when the cost at the pump was $2.46 per gallon in Georgia.
“Lower oil prices continue to bring down prices at the pump,” said Montrae Waiters, AAA-The Auto Club Group spokeswoman. “As well as, when the Omicron variant emerged in late November, health experts concluded the variant did not seem to produce more severe cases than other variants. Markets have taken that to mean global energy demand will likely not be diminished. Unfortunately, we still can’t predict if the Omicron variant will continue to push oil and gas prices lower for the remainder of the month.”
The metro Atlanta average is $3.18 a gallon, and around East Cobb many stations are at or below that price for unleaded fuel.
The current national average is $3.32. You can check gas prices near you by clicking here.
The Auto Club Group also is projecting a healthy rebound in the number of Georgians traveling for the holidays, between Dec. 23-Jan. 2.
The estimate is 3.4 million travelers in the state, which is down from 2019 but represents an increase of 857,949, or 34 percent more, than 2020, the first holiday season of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those projections reflect nationwide surges in holiday travel, according to an AAA report you can read by clicking here.
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Cobb DOT is reporting that drive-through traffic on Old Sewell Road between Holt Road and Lower Roswell Road will be unavailable for the time being.
That’s due to emergency drainage repairs that began Monday near the Holt Road intersection.
Local access on Old Sewell Road to Ashton Woods Drive and Weatherstone Parkway remains open.
Cobb government spokesman Ross Cavitt said the pipe below the Old Sewell-Holt intersection had separated “and other components had rusted out, resulting to damage to the sidewalks and roadway. They are replacing the failed pipe and structure.”
An alert listed on the Cobb DOT Facebook page indiates a Feb. 4 reopening, but Cavitt said “they do not expect it to last much past 2-3 weeks” and possibly a little while after that due to the holidays.
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Cobb County government said Friday that Pete Shaw Road is closed between Wieuca Court and Indian Town Road in Northeast Cobb due to downed power lines.
That’s located off Steinhauer Road near Lassiter High School, and the county alert said the cause stems from a car crash.
“It may take several hours for crews to repair and reopen the roadway,” said the county message, which went out shortly after 2 p.m. Friday.
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A reader recently asked us about the delayed reopening of the Willeo Creek Bridge, which we reported in September was being pushed back to Dec. 20.
We checked with Cobb County government, which told us this morning that there’s another, equally substantial delay, and that the contractor wasn’t going to be able to meet the new deadline.
Instead, the estimated reopening timetable is in March 2022. Here’s what county spokesman Ross Cavitt passed along in response to our inquiry:
“Baldwin Paving Company, Inc., the contractor for the Willeo Road over Willeo Creek project, will be unable to reopen the bridge to traffic on December 20, 2021 as the county previously expected. The county is pursuing every option to expedite this project, including leveraging fines for the delays. The contractor provided a revised date of March 2022 to reopen the bridge to traffic.”
No reasons for the latest delay were elaborated; previously the contractor cited weather and “unexpected conditions” under the bridge for needing additional time.
As we’ve noted previously, the best detour option if you need to get to that area of Roswell is the same—head east on Roswell Road, then south on Willeo Road.
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We noted last week about an upcoming town hall meeting held by Cobb commissioner Jerica Richardson about the 2022 Cobb Mobility SPLOST.
That town hall was to have been held Tuesday at the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center but has been postponed.
Richardson’s office announced this week that the new date is Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. at the Fullers Park Recreation Center (3499 Robinson Road).
It will be the last of the town halls that are being held in each of the four commission districts. The first was held earlier this week at the North Cobb Regional Library.
The county information sheet on the Cobb Mobility SPLOST indicated that it is expected to be drafted in January 2022, followed by an estimate of generated revenue and the development of a project list, most likely to be compiled by county commissioners.
Here’s more from the county about the process behind getting public feedback for the M-SPLOST, as it’s being called:
Because of recent changes in Georgia law, the county has the option to ask the public to approve one or two referenda for additional sales tax revenues. The public was asked to provide opinions on these two sales tax options and possible project combinations during the CobbForward Comprehensive Transportation Plan update (in progress). The Cobb County Board of Commissioners has asked for additional public input to help refine the policy direction and funding packages for each option.
The purpose of this town hall is to provide information on Cobb Mobility SPLOST, including:
How this differs from the SPLOST referendum approved by voters in November 2020
The referenda options available
Initial investment options identified based on data and public input from the 2021 Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update (in progress)
Public involvement opportunities to provide input on these options
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The World Series is bringing with it an expanded transit service this weekend. CobbLinc will operate additional trips for Route 10, Route 25, and the Circulator on Friday, Oct. 29, Saturday, Oct. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 31. Routes 10 and 25 will run additional outbound trips and a sweeper trip as described below. For complete routes and maps, go to http://cobbcounty.org/…/cobblinc-service-adjustments…
Route 10
Additional outbound trip: Midnight from Marietta Transfer Center ending at MARTA Arts Center Station at 12:51 a.m.
Additional outbound trip: 12:30 a.m. from Marietta Transfer Center ending at MARTA Arts Center Station at 1:17 a.m.
Sweeper split-trip: earliest departure 2:15 a.m. (possibly later due to traffic) from Cumberland Transfer Center
One bus will go to Marietta Transfer Center
A second bus will go to MARTA Arts Center Station
Route 25
CobbLinc Circulator Route Map. For a larger view click here.
Additional outbound trip: Midnight from Cumberland Transfer Center ending at MARTA H.E. Holmes Station at 1:20 a.m.
Sweeper trip: earliest departure 2:15 a.m. (possibly later due to traffic) from Cumberland Transfer Center
Circulator
The Circulator will operate a combined route prior to 5 p.m.
The Circulator Blue and Green routes will be operating according to the normal printed schedules starting at 5 p.m.
Circulator Blue – runs continuously/frequency depends on traffic
The first trip pull out: 5 p.m. at Cumberland Transfer Center
The last trip ends: 1:50 a.m. at Cumberland Transfer Center
Service ends at 1:50 a.m.
Circulator Green – runs continuously/frequency depends on traffic
The first trip pull out: 5 p.m. at Cumberland Transfer Center
The last trip ends: 2:15 a.m. at Windy Hill Road and Powers Ferry Road/Hyatt Regency
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UPDATED, SATURDAY, OCT. 30: Richardson’s office sent out a message Friday evening that the town hall meeting has been cancelled and that it will be rescheduled.
From the office of District 2 Cobb commissioner Jerica Richardson:
Join us on Nov. 2 from 6 – 8 p.m., for our Cobb Mobility SPLOST Town Hall at the Sewell Mill Library & Cultural Center amphitheater. It is located at 2051 Lower Roswell Rd, Marietta, GA 30068.
The purpose of this town hall is to provide information on Cobb Mobility SPLOST, including:
• How this differs from the SPLOST referendum approved by voters in November 2020 • The referenda options available • Initial investment options identified based on data and public input from the 2021 Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update (in progress) • Public involvement opportunities to provide input on these options
Some background:
A call for a Cobb Mobility SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) referendum for November 2022 is being considered by the Cobb Board of Commissioners.
Like the existing Cobb government SPLOST approved by voters in 2022 and Cobb school SPLOST to be voted on Nov. 2, this sales tax would also charge one-percent on a purchase, but only to fund transit projects, for a maximum of 30 years.
Local jurisdictions also can impose a one-percent sales tax for up to five years for surface transportation projects. In Cobb that’s being done under the county government SPLOST.
In 2012, Cobb voters soundly rejected an Atlanta regional transportation sales tax (called a T-SPLOST).
Public transit in East Cobb is sparse compared to the rest of the county; the only CobbLinc service is along Powers Ferry Road, connecting Marietta to the Cumberland area. A bus line from Marietta to Sandy Springs was eliminated in the 2009 recession due to low ridership.
The county information sheet on the Cobb Mobility SPLOST indicated that it is expected to be drafted in January 2022, followed by an estimate of generated revenue and the development of a project list, most likely to be compiled by county commissioners.
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The Cumberland Community Improvement District and the Georgia Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new access ramp to the Northwest Corridor Express Lanes.
The new ramp begins at Akers Mill Road and is the newest of 12 access points for the express lanes. This particular project will provide an exit for the southbound express lanes in the morning and as a northbound entrance ramp in the evening. It is expected to substantially improve regional mobility and will continue to provide travel time savings.
The Cumberland CID and its state, regional and county partners, including Georgia Department of Transportation, State Road & Tollway Authority, Atlanta Regional Commission and Cobb County each committed significant funding for the completion of the Akers Mill Ramp Phase II project, and the INFRA grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation completes the final funding needed for the project.
This Akers Mill Ramp represents a true public-private partnership. The leadership of Cobb County’s Congressional delegation to advance this project reflects their support for vital transportation projects that positively impact the residents of Cobb County and the greater Atlanta region.
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If you travel on Sewell Mill Road in the mid-afternoon, be advised that for about an hour or so Friday a portion of it will be used for the Walton High School homecoming parade.
The parade route will be on Sewell Mill between Old Canton Road to Bill Murdock Road from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The homecoming procession starts at Temple Kol Emeth (Sewell Mill at Old Canton), then heads eastbound to Bill Murdock and south to the Walton campus.
After those festivities conclude, a big crowd is expected at Raider Valley, and not just because it’s homecoming. The football game will feature a Class 7A Top 10 showdown between the No. 6 Raiders (4-1) and the No. 3 North Cobb Warriors (5-1).
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Cobb Police said a motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon in a collision with a car at the intersection of Roswell Road and East Lake Parkway in East Cobb.
Officer Shenise Barner said in a release that Kathrynne L. Lynch, 28, of Marietta, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said Lynch was riding a red 2003 Kawasaki VN1600 motorcycle at 2:32 p.m. Sunday, heading west on Roswell Road in a left lane.
A tan 2005 Toyota Sienna was heading east on Roswell Road when it veered into the path of the motorcycle, causing a collision, according to police.
Police said the motorcycle came to a stop in the intersection, and the rider was ejected, landing nearby. The Toyota, police said, stopped in a parking lot on East Lake Parkway.
The driver of the Toyota was identified by police as Maria G. Razo-Tierrafria, 48, of Marietta. She and a juvenile passenger were not injured, according to police, who said Lynch’s next of kin have been notified.
Police said the crash remains under investigation and that anyone with information is asked to call Cobb Police investigators at 770-499-3987.
ORIGINAL REPORT:
Roswell Road westbound between Barnes Mill Road and Robinson Road West is being blocked off by police after an accident.
We drove by shortly after 3 p.m. and saw emergency vehicles and investigators in the intersection (entrance to East Lake Shopping Center). There was an overturned motorcycle and a body next to it, covered.
Westbound traffic was backed up to East Piedmont Road.
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If your Friday morning traffic commute involves the intersection of Johnson Ferry and Lower Roswell roads, you’re advised to get through there before 9 a.m.
That’s when Cobb DOT is closing some southbound Johnson Ferry lanes and eastbound Lower Roswell lanes for water leak repairs.
The leaking has been located on an eastbound lane of Lower Roswell right at the Johnson Ferry intersection
A county government message sent out Thursday night said the time estimated to complete the repairs isn’t known.
We’ll provide updates during the day as we get them.
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