Cobb County government said Sunday that there will be intermittent lane closures from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday along Sandy Plains Road, between Piedmont Road and Ebenezer Road.
That’s due to pavement marking activities. The temporary closures will not involve northbound and southbound lanes at the same time.
The county message said if the work isn’t done by 3 p.m. Monday the work will continue on Tuesday.
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Here’s what Cobb County was sharing around 1 p.m. Friday about the cleanup of roads and parks after the heavy rains the last couple days:
All Cobb parks have opened except Noonday Creek Park and some fields in Fullers Park that have experienced flooding issues.
Parks crews are clearing debris at East Cobb Park, Sandy Plains Park and others.
The only road that remains closed is Keheley Road, in northeast Cobb, north of Shallowford Road and at Eula Drive (in photo), because of water spilling over onto the road.
Cobb Police said late Thursday that that stretch of Keheley Road may be closed for a few days while cleanup continues.
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Cobb Police just issued a notice that a stretch of Sandy Plains Road near Scufflegrit Road is closed because of a gas leak.
The portion of Sandy Plains that is shut down in both directions is between Broussard Way and Rosebriar Drive, both residential streets, and the closure could last for several hours.
Police and fire crews are on the scene. The closest alternates are Canton Road and the Canton Road Connector to the west and Scufflegrit Road and Piedmont Road to the east.
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Georgia gas prices declined at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.30 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 7 cents less than a week ago, 14 cent less than last month, and 16 cents more than this time last year.
It now costs $34.50 to fill a 15-gallon tank of gasoline; that is $6.60 less than what motorists paid in April of 2019, when pump prices hit their peak of $2.74 per gallon.
“Increased total domestic stocks of gasoline have helped to ease pump price,” said Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman, AAA – The Auto Club Group. “Typically, we see lower demand during this time of year. When combined with higher stock levels, pump prices usually decrease in response.”
Rising Gas Stocks Put Downward Pressure on Winter Pump Prices
The national gas price average is $2.47, which is 5 cents cheaper than last week, 11 cents less than last month, and 22 cents more than a year ago. Gas prices have continued to drop over the last week as gasoline stocks grew again, measuring at 260 million barrels– the highest stock level ever recorded by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) since it began recording the data in 1990. EIA estimates that demand grew slightly from 8.56 million b/d to 8.66 million b/d. However, the current rate is lower than last year’s 8.87 million b/d at this time.
Regional Prices:
Atlanta ($2.31)
Most expensive Georgia metro markets –Brunswick ($2.43), Hinesville-Fort Stewart ($2.42), and Savannah ($2.38).
Least expensive Georgia metro markets – Catoosa-Dade-Walker ($2.19), Dalton ($2.20), and Rome ($2.21).
Click here to view current gasoline price averages
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Cobb County government is sending out this message today:
Cobb Department of Transportation crews opened the new roundabout at Post Oak Tritt and Hembree Roads in time for the Monday morning rush hour. The $1.5 million project is designed to improve traffic flow through the area and also includes enhanced lighting and brings sidewalks up to modern ADA standards.
Traffic might be slow in the area due to the changes in flow, so please drive carefully. More information on roundabouts can be found here.
The roundabout was scheduled to have been completed in July, but Cobb DOT requested and was granted a delay from the Cobb Board of Commissioners in July due to what were cited as weather and utility relocation delays.
The original cost of the project also was pegged at $1.3 million.
The roundabout was built at a busy intersection that previously had only a stop sign for drivers turning left or right from Hembree onto Post Oak Tritt.
It’s also located close to a roundabout opened in the fall of 2017 at Pope High School on Hembree Road.
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As we all know, the northern portion of Interstate-285 is one of the most heavily-traveled and congested highways in the country. Georgia Department of Transportation staff seeks to improve traffic flow and safety with the Major Mobility Investment Program.
You are invited to GDOT public information open house meetings Jan. 23-30 to discuss the I-285 Top End Express LanesandI-285 Advanced Improvement Projects. The open houses in Cobb will be held noon-2 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Gallery at Cobb Galleria. These are important projects in our area and residents should attend to provide their input.
The open houses will discuss proposed improvements for the northern I-285 corridor including: the I-285 Top End Express Lanes and three of the six I-285 Advanced Improvement Projects: I-285 Westbound Auxiliary Lane Extension, the I-285 Westbound Collector-Distributor Lanes and the I-285/Peachtree Industrial Boulevard Interchange Improvements.
Meeting information:
Thursday, Jan. 23 Noon – 2 p.m. 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. City Springs, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs
Tuesday, Jan. 28 Noon – 2 p.m. 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 1978 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody
Thursday, Jan. 30 Noon – 2 p.m. 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. The Gallery at Cobb Galleria, 1 Galleria Parkway Southeast, Atlanta
Georgia DOT also released today the following visualization of what the project may look like when it’s complete:
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Cobb County government is saying Saturday night that thunderstorms that came through late this afternoon have left some roads blocked by trees.
Those roads include portions of Old Canton Road, Post Oak Tritt Road, Bill Murdock Road, Casteel Road and Bishop Lake Road.
A message sent out by the county around 7:30 p.m. Saturday wasn’t more specific, except to say that it was responding to at least two dozen calls, and likely more, around Cobb.
The county said Cobb police and fire/rescue crews that have responded thus far haven’t reported any injuries.
Cobb EMC is updating its power outage map (see above), which as of 8:30 p.m. included some locations in East Cobb. The biggest cluster was in the Terrell Mill/Powers Ferry area, with nearly 500 outages reported.
More than 200 outages were reported in an area around Lower Roswell Road and the South Marietta Parkway, around 30 off Canton Road near Morgan Road, and 20 or so off Lower Roswell, east of Johnson Ferry Road.
Georgia Power showed some outages on its map around the Noonday area, also around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
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On Friday morning Paper Mill Road was closed at Old Paper Mill for several hours after being affected by flooding following the heavy rains Thursday.
Cobb County government said Old Paper Mill Road was reopened to traffic around 10:30 a.m., as work crews on the scene cleared out debris pushed into the drainage system by the rain.
Another road with flooding issues is Willow Point Parkway, between Lower Roswell Road and Little Willeo Road (see map above).
If you know of any roads that are experiencing flooding, please let us know by e-mailing: editor@eastcobbnews.com.
The National Weather Service in Atlanta said a flood watch remains in effect for extreme northwest Georgia, but that continued rain Friday will continue to present flood hazards in most of north and central Georgia.
Cobb is included in its hazardous weather outlook through Friday afternoon and into Friday evening, when the rain is expected to taper off.
Friday’s highs are expected in the lower 60s, with an 80 percent chance of showers and patchy fog.
The chance of rain is 60 percent tonight, and down to 40 percent on Saturday, with highs in the mid 50s.
Temperatures are expected to be near freezing on Saturday night, with partly cloudy skies.
The sun will return on Sunday, with highs in the mid 50s, with lows Sunday night in the mid 30s.
More sun will greet the first full week of the new year on Monday, with highs also in the mid 50s, but rain is in the forecast on Tuesday.
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A revised senior-living proposal would have primary access on Sandy Plains Road (bottom right in the rendering).
Imagine that the primary means of access into your neighborhood is performing a U-turn across two lanes of traffic on Sandy Plains Road, then making a quick right turn onto your residential street just below the intersection of Ebenezer Road.
Some Cobb commissioners were aghast at a revised proposal by Traton Homes that would call such a deft (daring, even) piece of driving at a Tuesday zoning hearing, and that Cobb DOT concurred.
They voted instead to delay the case until their February zoning hearing.
“I have serious concerns about any access from Sandy Plains,” commissioner Bob Ott said. “I don’t know how you allow U-turns there.”
After getting a favorable recommendation from the Cobb Planning Commission earlier this month for a proposed 31-home senior-living community, Traton attorney Kevin Moore presented a revised site plan that provided main access along Sandy Plains.
Under the revision, residents heading southbound on Sandy Plains would make a simple right turn into the community from a deceleration lane.
But residents traveling northbound on Sandy Plains would have complete a U-turn that Cobb DOT transportation engineer Amy Diaz said was doable.
“You’re kidding me?” Cobb commission chairman Mike Boyce said. “You’re asking for trouble.”
He said the U-turn “may be difficult, but you know drivers.”
The blue star is the proposed senior-living development, with U-turn access indicated in red at the Sandy Plains-Ebenezer intersection.
The initial application called for sole access on Ebenezer Road, close to the Sandy Plains intersection, which Cobb DOT indicated would be problematic, as did some residents living in the adjacent Kerry Creek subdivision.
Traton’s new submission includes right-in access southbound along Ebenezer into the development, and a right-out exit to turn northbound on Sandy Plains.
Diaz said a senior-living development typically yields less traffic than other residential subdivisions, and there had been “no safety red flags at Sandy Plains at that location” to recommend against a U-turn.
But members of the nearby Sandy Plains Baptist Church, located just below the 10-acre tract sought by Traton, said the new traffic plans would have a detrimental effect.
They’re not against the development and had no problem with Ebenezer Road access, but Sandy Plains Road access would affect more than Sunday worship traffic. The church also has a preschool during weekdays.
“It’s been said that the previous plan was dangerous,” said Edward England, a church deacon. “Sandy Plains Road is much more dangerous than Ebenezer.”
The proposal comes as major road construction along Sandy Plains between Piedmont and Ebenezer roads is due to be completed this month.
“I know DOT said that’s a good alternative,” church leader Walter Stevens said, referring to Sandy Plains access, “but I’m telling you it’s not. I think this is a bad alternative to what was originally proposed.”
Boyce said he thought the U-turn proposal was “trying to make a traffic pattern fit a development. This just doesn’t fit.”
Commissioner JoAnn Birrell, who represents the area, made the motion to hold the application. It won’t be heard until February, since commissioners don’t consider rezoning cases in January.
Moore said “we’ll have to take a look at” whatever would be proposed as a traffic alternative, but he reminded commissioners that other types of residential zoning on that land would result in more vehicles on Sandy Plains.
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A couple months back we posted about dynamic speed display signs that were proposed—and later approved—along part of Holly Springs Road.
Cobb DOT is proposing another set of the flashing signs—designed to get you to slow to the actual speed limit—along the entirety of Mabry Road.
It’s an agenda item before the Cobb Board of Commissioners, which is meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, instead of its usual 7 p.m. Tuesday evening meeting, because of the holidays.
The Monday meeting takes place in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., in downtown Marietta.
It’s also the only business meeting of the month for the commissioners, who will have their usual monthly zoning hearing Tuesday at 9 a.m.
The Holly Springs Road flashing signs, those proposed for Mabry Road are because enough traffic is traveling at least 10 mph above the posted speed limit of 35 mph to warrant the warning signals (details here).
The cost is not to exceed $6,000 for the two flashing signs, which will be posted in both north and south directions.
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Cobb County Police said shortly after noon today that Mabry Road is closed for the time being between Georgia Highway 92 (Woodstock Road) and Mystique Landing and Durwent Drive due to a gas leak.
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To ease Thanksgiving traffic congestion statewide, Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) announced today the suspension of construction-related lane closures on heavily traveled interstate highways and state routes from 6 a.m. Wednesday, November 27 to 5 a.m. Monday, December 2. The statewide lane restrictions allow commuters work-zone free travel and reduced traffic congestion during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Similar restrictions will be in place for Christmas and New Year’s.
The heaviest traffic is expected to be in Buckhead and the northern Perimeter Wednesday through Friday. Click the following links below to view the complete Thanksgiving week travel forecasts:
“In order to provide a safer and less congested roadway, we are limiting construction-related lane closures,” said Georgia DOT State Construction Engineer John D. Hancock. “We anticipate heavy traffic statewide while people are visiting their friends and family, as well as shopping during Black Friday.”
Motorists visiting the downtown area should expect a considerable amount of traffic as many holiday festivals and events are taking place throughout the weekend. Thursday is the annual Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon & 5K at Georgia State Stadium (formerly Turner Field) and Saturday Georgia Tech will play the University of Georgia at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
“We typically see an increase in roadway fatalities during the holidays,” Hancock said. “I urge drivers to put down your cell phones, be alert and make sure you and your passengers buckle-up. Let’s make this a happy Thanksgiving for all.”
While the road closures will be suspended, the department reminds travelers to exercise caution as crews may still work near highways, and safety concerns may require some long-term lane closures to remain in place. In addition, incident management or emergency, maintenance-related lane closures could become necessary at any time on any route.
For up-to-date information about travel conditions on Georgia’s interstates and state routes, call 511 or visit www.511ga.org before heading out. 511 is a free service that provides real-time statewide information on Georgia’s interstates and state routes, including traffic conditions, incidents, lane closures, and delays due to inclement weather 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Callers can also transfer to operators to request HERO assistance in metro Atlanta or CHAMP service on highways in other regions of the state.
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Road construction work is backing up Johnson Ferry Road this morning at the Post Oak Tritt intersection, and Cobb DOT is reporting southbound delays are going back as far as Lassiter Road.
Traffic is reduced to one lane southbound, and there’s not an ETA on when both lanes will be open.
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If you use the lower portion of Holly Springs Road, some flashing speed signs designed to get you to slow down will be coming to your commute soon.
The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved spending $6,000 to install two signs along Holly Springs Road, one in each direction, between Old Canton Road and Sewell Mill Road, at a time to be determined.
The measure was approved on the commissioners’ consent agenda, so there wasn’t any discussion.
In an agenda item information provided ahead of the meeting (read it here), Cobb DOT said the dynamic signs, like the one shown above on Indian Hills Parkway, “have shown some effectiveness for speed reductions.”
Cobb began installing flashing display signs after commissioners approved a Dynamic Speed Display Sign policy in 2016. Roads that have an 85th percentile speed of 10 miles over the posted speed limit and average daily traffic counts of 1,000 vehicles or more a day on local roads and 2,000 trips or more on collector roads qualify for the signs.
The 85th percentile speed is a common guideline used by transportation agencies, and it’s generally described as a speed at which 85 percent of drivers would not exceed in traveling in “free flow conditions.”
As drivers approach the sign, they see the posted speed limit, and a flashing sign indicating their vehicle speed.
The posted speed limit on that hilly, curvy section of Holly Springs, classified as a collector road, is 35 mph. Cobb DOT says traffic speed and volume data shows that stretch of the road has an 85th percentile speed of 46 mph and an average daily traffic of 9,379 vehicles per day.
Cobb DOT said maintenance costs for the signs are expected to be no more than $800 a year.
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This just in from Cobb County government: Mabry Road is closed north of Shallowford Road due to a gas main break.
There aren’t many details yet but the alert said the closure could last for several hours.
We’ll update here when we get more information.
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If you travel on East Piedmont Road between Roswell Road and Allgood Road, be advised that overnight repaving is underway and will continue into the fall.
Repaving vehicles are parked along the road by the East Cobb YMCA along a stretch of East Piedmont where the top coat has been removed, so it’s slow and rough going there for vehicles in southbound lanes.
The repaving work, which began earlier this month, takes place Sundays-Fridays from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. and one lane of traffic will remain open. The estimated time for the end of the project is late November, according to Cobb DOT.
Other ongoing resurfacing and road construction work in East Cobb includes the following:
McPherson Road from Post Oak Tritt Road to Shallowford Road, with lane closures in effect Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the end of October;
Kemp Road from Jamerson Road to Trickum Road, lane closures M-F 9-4 through the end of November;
Sidewalk additions on the west side of Chimney Lakes Drive from Revere Circle to Bishop Lake, lane closures M-F 9-4 through mid-November;
Roundabout construction at Hembree Road and Post Oak Tritt Road, lane closures M-F 9-4 through the end of March 2020 (ECN coverage here);
Construction work on Sandy Plains Road between Piedmont Road and Kinjac Road, lane closures M-F 9-4 through the end of December (ECN coverage here);
Construction work on Sandy Plains Road between Kinjac Road and Ebenezer Road, lane closures Sat-Fri 6a-3p and Mon-Sun 7p-5a through the end of December;
Construction work at Blackwell Road and Autumn Ridge Parkway, lane closures M-F 9-4 through May 2020;
Construction work at Canton Road and Liberty Hill Road, lane closures M-F 9-4 through Jan. 2020.
For more information and detailed maps of those projects, and to check other ongoing construction and lane closures, visit Cobb Commute.
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Cobb commissioners this week approved grant applications for federal grant funding to study areas of major traffic congestion across the county, including the busy Roswell-Johnson Ferry intersection in East Cobb.
The resolutions, passed at Tuesday’s commissioners meeting, formalize Transportation Improvement Program applications to be submitted to the Atlanta Regional Commission.
What would be called the Roswell Road and Johnson Ferry Intersection Improvement Study would cost $500,000, with $400,000 coming from federal sources under the Surface Transportation Block Grant program. Another $100,000 in local match funding would be provided in the 2016 Cobb SPLOST Transportation Improvement Program, according to Tuesday’s agenda item.
The study would provide a concept design for “a congestion relief and mobility improvement planning project” that’s in the Cobb Comprehensive Transportation Plan 2040 Update:
“The purpose of this project is to conduct a transportation study to assess existing conditions at the intersection of Roswell Road and Johnson Ferry Road for design of a congestion mitigation strategy to reduce vehicular travel delay. The study will include cost effective alternatives to identified capacity improvements and grade separation options.”
The Noonday Creek Trail Head at Bells Ferry Road (ECN photo).
Another grant application for the East Cobb area includes a possible extension of the Noonday Creek Trail, from the current termination of the trail on Bells Ferry Road northbound to Shallowford Road (see map at right, below).
The grant request is for $320,000 in federal funding, with an $80,000 local match, also earmarked in the Cobb 2016 SPLOST.
Cobb DOT map
Concept design of the proposed Noonday Creek Trail Extension project would include assessing a possible greenway trail along Noonday Creek that would expand pedestrian/bike trails and connect to the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Funding for the studies is not guaranteed, and “will be competitively selected” by the ARC for the FY 2020-24 periods and are based on “predetermined evaluation,” according to Tuesday’s agenda item.
If TIP funding is approved by the ARC, Cobb commissioners would have to approve proceeding with the studies.
Any funding for projects constructed following those studies would be provided in the future.
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Instead of cars, Johnson Ferry Road will be occupied by unicyclists from Mt. Bethel ES and other participants in Saturday’s EAST COBBER parade. (ECN file)
As the calendar veers toward mid-September, that means something highly unusual is about to transpire in East Cobb: Johnson Ferry Road will be closed. On purpose.
It’s only a portion of Johnson Ferry, and only for a few hours. But it’s the busiest stretch of Johnson Ferry, and it’s a Saturday morning.
The parade steps off starting at 10 a.m. at Mt. Bethel Elementary School, and will wind its way to the Johnson Ferry Baptist Church south parking lot, where the festival runs from 11-3.
For the last few days, some traffic alert signs have been posted in the area to give motorists a heads-up about the road closure. Cobb Police will be closing Johnson Ferry between Roswell Road and Lower Roswell Road at 9:45 a.m., and it is expected to reopen around 11:30 a.m. or noon.
The festival has free admission and includes food, music, kids’ games, entertainment and vendors.
The black stars indicate the road closure points; the red stars indicate the parade route and the blue star signifies the festival site.
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Here’s the latest traffic update related to ongoing construction on Sandy Plains Road. On Tuesday, Sept. 10, lanes will be rerouted most of the day at Kinjac Drive for final pipe crossing.
More details from Cobb commissioner JoAnn Birrell’s office:
“This will entail multiple traffic configurations. A police officer is scheduled to be present to override the traffic signal. The pipe crossing will begin at 9:00 a.m. and is expected to be completed by 3:00 p.m. if all goes as planned.
“If this is not the case, a DOT alert will be issued via newsletter and social media with the reason and time of the delay. We appreciate your continued patience as this work is imperative to prepare for the paving that is tentatively scheduled for Monday, Sept. 16.”
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A proposal to establish a 25 mph school speed zone along a stretch of Terrell Mill Road is among numerous traffic-related changes to be considered Tuesday by the Cobb Board of Commissioners.
It’s part of an occasional update to establish school speed zones, make changes to road signs to match flashing signals and approve road areas for speed detection devices.
Brumby Elementary School and East Cobb Middle School relocated last year side-by-side campuses on Terrell Mill Road between Powers Ferry Road and Paper Mill Road.
Tuesday’s proposal would call for a 25 mph speed limit on Terrell Mill from a point 80 feet north of Timberstone Hollow Court (at the bottom point of the red line on the map) to 480 feet north of Greenwood Trail.
The speed zone limits would be in effect only during school days and during the following times, per Cobb DOT:
AM: From 45 minutes prior to commencement time to 15 minutes after commencement time;
PM: From 30 minutes prior to dismissal time to 30 minutes after dismissal time.
In addition, Cobb DOT is requesting to remove the former Brumby ES speed zone along Powers Ferry Road, and to remove a reference to East Cobb Middle School in the Holt Road school speed zone area that still includes Wheeler High School.
Mountain View Elementary School also relocated to a new site last year along Sandy Plains Road. Another proposal would move that 25 mph school speed zone further down on Sandy Plains from its old site near Shallowford Road.
The new school speed zone on Sandy Plains would stretch from 570 feet east of Davis Drive to 50 feet west of Berkshire Flat.
Another school-related proposal would create a school speed zone of 25 mph on Beaver Shop Road, from 240 feet east of Boyce Drive to Ebenezer Road, near Addison Elementary School.
A few other school-related updates to road speed signs are routine, and are being done to match current signs and new flashing beacons at the following locations:
Lower Roswell Road, from 300 feet west of Holt Road to 200 feet east of Rhodes Drive (Eastvalley ES);
Lower Roswell Road, from 80 feet east of Pioneer Trail to 100 feet west of Palmer Oaks Lane (Sedalia Park ES);
Pine Road, from 80 feet north of Bill Murdock Road to 225 feet south of Bill Murdock Road (Walton HS);
Trickum Road, from 40 feet north of Swanson Court to 0.30 miles north of Sandy Plains Road (Simpson MS).
You can read the proposed radar ordinance changes at this link.
The commissioners also will consider a number of requests to approve the use of speed detection devices on roads around the county.
Among them in East Cobb is on Roswell Road near East Side Elementary School, from 50 feet west of Mt. Bethel Road to 50 feet west of Montague Road. That’s a stretch of .29 miles, and the school speed zone there is 25 mph.
Another proposal would allow speed detection devices to be used along most of Roswell Road in East Cobb, from Greenbriar Parkway near the Loop to the Fulton County line. That’s 6.79 miles, and the current speed limit is 45 mph.
Here’s the full list of roads where detection devices are permitted, with the proposed changes in red.
And here’s more background from Cobb DOT, which mentions that commissioners last updated the list of roads in 2015. Before they can act, the county must get approval from Georgia DOT.
The proposed changes are on the consent agenda.
The full meeting agenda can be found here and the meeting begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the second floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., in downtown Marietta.
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