The Cobb Board of Commissioners Tuesday approved the hiring of a traffic engineering firm to start an improvement project in the Holly Springs Road corridor.
The board voted unanimously(5-0) to spend $166,100 for Southeastern Engineering, Inc. to conduct a traffic study, develop a plan concept and involve public feedback.
The funding comes from the 2022 Cobb SPLOST, as will the $3.3 million for the project, which will make improvements on Holly Springs between Old Canton Road and Sandy Plains Road.
A contract for construction would come to commissioners after the design is completed.
The Holly Springs project been prioritized as a “Tier 1” road project in the 2022 SPLOST, which was approved by voters in a 2020 referendum.
In 2021, Cobb DOT completed a nearly $1 million project to make improvements at the Holly Springs-Old Canton intersection, including the construction of pedestrian refuge islands, a guardrail, signage and striping at a three-way intersection.
The initial plans for the 2022 SPLOST project were to make improvements at the Holly Springs-Post Oak Tritt Road intersection.
But an agenda item for Tuesday’s meeting said SPLOST funds “will be used to make operational and safety improvements at intersections and corridors throughout the county.”
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I live nearby and about 50% of our driving goes through that intersection.
Not sure what they can do to solve traffic issues at that intersection. Three of the corners are already encroaching on homes. If they can buy some of the NW corner, widen to add 1 more lane in each direction and shift the intersection NW a bit, perhaps a 2-lane roundabout would help.
The traffic lights there are doing the best they can, though they are long during morning and evening rush hour periods. Northbound traffic routinely backs up to the Holly Springs Pool just from all the traffic. It is the same for all directions.
Anything to keep traffic moving would be appreciated. Too bad American’s don’t deal well with roundabouts.