Politics & Government
Road Improvement Project to Address Traffic Prior to Braves Stadium Opening
The $41 million project along a 1.43-mile stretch of Windy Hill Road will include wider roads, medians and a new interchange at Interstate 75.
A $41 million project to address heavy traffic congestion and high crash rates along a 1.43-mile stretch of Windy Hill Road will include wider roads, medians and a new interchange at Interstate 75.
So reports The Marietta Daily Journal on Monday, as the multi-faceted improvement project involves a stretch from Cobb Parkway to Powers Ferry Road. It is expected to be completed by summer 2017, not long after the proposed Atlanta Braves' Stadium opens.
The MDJ goes on to add that the project will be funded by the 2011 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, the Cumberland Community Improvement District, the Georgia Department of Transportation and $1 million coming from grants by the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank.
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According to the news outlet, design work has been underway since 2011 and that the I-75 intersection with Windy Hill Road ranked as the highest crash location in Cobb county. Read more here.
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