Cobb commissioners on Tuesday approved a construction contract for traffic improvements at the intersection of Canton Road and Piedmont Road in Northeast Cobb.
The vote was 5-0 to award the contract to Glosson Enterprises for $861,297 in 2022 Cobb SPLOST (Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax) funding.
Glosson was one of five companies bidding on the project, according to an agenda item.
The project includes adding a right turn right turn lane from Canton Road northbound onto Piedmont Road eastbound. Other work will include traffic signal and pedestrian improvements.
“This has been on hold for a while, I’m so glad to see it, thank you,” Commissioner JoAnn Birrell of District 3 in East Cobb said to Cobb DOT director Drew Raessler. “It will help a lot on Canton Road, especially the turn lane.”
The agenda items states that the $688,400 of the funding is for the road construction work and another $172,895 is for Cobb Water System construction costs.
The project will take an estimated year to complete once work gets underway, according to the agenda item.
Commissioners also approved revisions to the 2022 SPLOST transportation budget. Cobb had budgeted $431 million in transportation projects, but as of July 21, the amount that’s been expended comes to $444 million.
The increases are due to rising costs for some projects, including improvements on the upcoming Bells Ferry Road improvements over Noonday Creek. The initial budgeted amount was $2.5 million, but the revised cost is $5.4 million, according to the list of revisions (you can read them here).
Cobb DOT indicated that the increase would be made up with $13.8 million in interest earnings and developer revenue.
Other East Cobb-area projects on the list include ongoing or upcoming work on the Holly Springs Road Corridor, the Shallowford Road-Gordy Parkway intersection, Trickum Road at Eula Drive and Johnson Ferry Road at Little Willeo Road.
Also on Tuesday, commissioners voted 5-0 to spend $1.5 million to purchase 12.47 acres of land at 5245 Macland Road in West Cobb for the future site of the Cobb 911 emergency call center
The current facility on the North Marietta Parkway is considered inadequate, according to an agenda item.
Specifically, “the current facility lacks the space needed tooperate effectively, system redundancy, and physical security necessary for a mission critical environment, which requires continuous functionality under all hazards and conditions, without degradation of service,” according to the agenda item.
The call center operates 24/7 365 days a year, and serves the entire county for police, fire and other law enforcement and first responders, except for Smyrna, Kennesaw and Acworth, which have their own 911 operations.
The budget for the new center, including the land purchase, is $14 million, with funding provided in the 2022 Cobb SPLOST. Separate contracts for design and construction must be approved by commissioners.
Related:
- Cobb DOT official to provide Lower Roswell Road update
- Bells Ferry Road bridge replacement project proposed
- Cobb approves traffic project at Shallowford-Gordy Parkway
- Boy, 12, seriously injured after being struck by van on Jamerson Road
- First phase of Lower Roswell Road project gets underway
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