The Georgia Department of Transportation has set up a public feedback process for its intersection project at Johnson Ferry Road and Shallowford Road in East Cobb.
The $2.7 million project is funded mostly through the state, with additional county funding, and with an anticipated start and construction window in 2026.
A complete set of links detailing the project can be found here; there won’t be any in-person meetings to collect feedback, according to GDOT.
- Project Introductory Presentation
- Preconstruction Status Report
- Project Layout
- Printable Comment Form
According to GDOT data, there were 181 total crashes within the project limits between 2019-2023, including one fatality.
Of that number, 129 crashes were in the JOSH intersection, with 71 being congestion-inducted, and 19 percent involving injuries.
GDOT is proposing to modify signals in the JOSH intersection, as well as at Johnson Ferry and the entrance to the Shallowford Falls Shopping Center (where the Kroger is located).
Additional lanes would be created westbound on Shallowford at Johnson Ferry (there’s currently on a single lane there now), and an eastbound through lane would be removed.
A right-turn island would be redone, with an urban shoulder and a 5-foot sidewalk, and concrete medians would be built along Shallowford “toenforce right-in/right-out commercial access.”
GDOT concludes that without those changes, “congestion and queuing are anticipated to worsen significantly over the coming decades. The proposed improvements will mitigate these anticipated effects.”
At the same time, the southwest corner of the intersection is being developed for East Cobb Church and townhomes below the reconfigured entrance of Waterfront Drive.
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My neighborhood along with others fought the homes going on the property where East Cobb Church is under construction. The traffic is overwhelming now. We have a hard time getting out onto Shallowford from our street, Chimney Lane, now. When cars from the approximate 100 or so homes are completed we residents will be confined to our houses. It appears we who live here make our views related to the area where we live but they fall on deaf ears of our elected officials.