Earlier this summer Cobb County worked out an agreement with an outdoor sign company that calls for eight new double-sided LED billboards across the county.
Construction has begun at the only sign to be in East Cobb, at 2245 Roswell Road, between Barnes Mill Road and Sewell Mill Road.
The sign is next to Rocco’s European Garage, and is expected to be operational early next year. Vision Outdoor Media was asking to build 22 signs, but that request was turned down by county staff and the Cobb Board of Zoning Appeals.
Vision alleged Cobb’s billboard ordinance, which added a moratorium last year, was unconstitutional.
According to the county, the digital billboards must be at least 60 feet above road grade and not extend beyond right-of-way lines. Vision will pay a total of $800,000 in impact fees, which will go to the county’s sidewalk fund.
The other sign locations include two on Ernest Barrett Highway and two on Dallas Highway, one on Austell Road, on at South Cobb Drive and the East-West Connector, one on Cumberland Boulevard, one on Cobb Parkway in the Cumberland area, and the other on Highway 92 near Lindsey Way and Surrey Road.
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