Sandy Plains Road northbound lane closures begin Monday

Sandy Plains Road lane closures

The next phase of the Sandy Plains Road improvement project continues Monday, and it’s going to make a congested stretch just above Piedmont Road even more bottlenecked. That’s because road closures will be in effect for water relocation work.

That’s the word coming late Friday afternoon from Cobb government, which issued a “significant traffic advisory” for northbound lanes between Ebenezer Road and Post Oak Tritt Road.

One northbound lane will be closed between 6 am. and 3 p.m. daily for an indefinite time.

Earlier this week Cobb commissioners approved a change order to delay completion of the project to December (it was supposed to have wrapped up in July) due to utility relocation and weather issues.

The delay won’t cost any extra money, but will result in a few months’ more worth of traffic headaches for motorists.

 

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East Cobb traffic alert: Sandy Plains Road lane closures next week

Sandy Plains Road lane closures
Cobb DOT map

Cobb DOT is reminding motorists about Sandy Plains Road lane closures that will be in effect next week:

Beginning Monday, Sept. 24, utility relocation work will reduce Sandy Plains Road to one lane for traffic traveling in both directions between Ebenezer Road and Kinjac Drive, north of Piedmont Road. The shift is expected to remain in place no later than Sunday, Sept. 30. However, completion of this work is dependent upon favorable weather conditions.

Signage and traffic control devices will be positioned to guide motorists. Drivers are advised to take Canton Road or Holly Springs Road and should reduce their speed and exercise caution in the area.

This utility work comes as part of a 2011 SPLOST road safety and operational improvements project for 8-mile-long Sandy Plains Road, where a raised median is present in all areas except between Kinjac Drive and Ebenezer Road. The project will add a median, as well as left and right turn lanes, to this road segment.

Read more about the Sandy Plains project here.

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