The Cobb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a contract for $836,025 to make modifications to the existing traffic roundabout at Holly Springs Road and Davis Road in East Cobb.
The project was awarded to Backbone Infrastructure LLC of Stockbridge. According to an agenda item (you can read it here), the work will consist of “safety and operational improvements, including roundabout modifications,” but was not more specific.
In response to a request for more information byEast Cobb News, Cobb DOT said the project will include crosswalks, adjusted curb lines to improve traffic flow, and a wider center apron.
The funding for the roundabout work comes from the 2022 Cobb government Special-Purpose Local-Option Sales Tax (SPLOST), which calls for a variety of traffic projects in the Holly Springs corridor.
Cobb commissioners in February approved a $1.367 contract for traffic upgrades nearby at the Holly Springs-Sandy Plains Road intersection that will entail re-aligning turn lanes, pavement markings and traffic signal modifications.
Another project 2022 SPLOST list is an overhaul of the Holly Springs intersection at Post Oak Tritt Road. That has been delayed as Cobb DOT has been asked to conduct another traffic study in light of expansion at nearby Mt. Bethel Christian Academy.
Cobb DOT has ruled out constructing a roundabout at that intersection; commissioners last December approved changes to the school’s master plan that would add a right-in, right-out access point southbound on Holly Springs, just north of Post Oak Tritt.
Related:
- Cobb OKs resurfacing projects that include Providence Road
- New crosswalk opens on Jamerson Road at Davis ES
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