More Fullers Park improvements on Cobb commission agenda

A couple weeks ago Cobb commissioners accepted a $207,000 donation from East Side baseball to complete the work of replacing grass fields with synthetic turf that’s been years in the making.

That work was just one part of continued improvements at the Cobb PARKS facility on Robinson Road.

On Tuesday, commissioners will consider a request for a new accessible sidewalk from the main parking lot to the Fullers Park tennis courts.

That project falls under the Americans With Disabilities Act, will cost $122,165 in 2022 Cobb PARKS SPLOST funding, according to an agenda item.

The agenda item states that county staff is recommending the contract be awarded to W.E. Contracting Company, Inc.

Fullers Park has four tennis courts located in the front of the park, adjacent to the main parking area.

Also on Tuesday, commissioners will be asked by the Cobb Water System to spend $390,625 for stream stabilization work along Sope Creek near its mouth on the Chattahoochee River.

That’s the amount of the low bidder, CGS, LLC, to repair a portion of an eroded sewer pipe on River Heights Crossing, near Columns Drive.

According to an agenda item, the work will replace “160 linear feet of a reinforced concrete retaining wall along the streambank and covering the sewer line with fill material.”

In other items on the agenda, Cobb DOT has revised the cost of a contract to begin engineering design work for sidewalks along Pete Shaw Road in Northeast Cobb.

An agenda item states that an additional $13,000 is being requested due to modifications that include adding a wall design and drainage revisions, bringing the contract amount to $400,000.

The 0.8-mile sidewalk between Sandy Plains Road and Hazlehurst Drive was to have been completed by the end of 2025, but the agenda items states that timetable has been pushed back to March 2027.

The agenda item states that the project, to be funded from the 2022 SPLOST, has a budget of $1.8 million, with $416,614 already spent.

Another agenda item related to that project is asking for right-of-way condemnation for 0.8 acres along Pete Shaw Road.

Another right-of-way condemnation is being sought at the southeast corner of Canton Road and Piedmont Road, the location of a Wells Fargo Bank, as Cobb DOT continues preparing for traffic work along the Canton Road corridor.

The $2.4 million project also is funded from the 2022 SPLOST. The work stipulated for that intersection includes the addition of a right turn lane from Canton Road eastbound onto Piedmont Road and the addition of sidewalk along Canton Road.

The agenda items state that the condemnations would take place only if continuing negotiations with property owners break down.

The Board of Commissioners meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the second floor board room of the county office building at 100 Cherokee Street, Marietta. You can view the full agenda by clicking here.

You also can watch the hearing on the county’s website and YouTube channels and on Cobb TV 23 on Comcast Cable.