Johnson Ferry Road Work to Continue Through 2012
Abernathy and Johnson Ferry Road construction won't be done in June, as first planned by GDOT; new park will enhance Abernathy Road.
Motorists will have to wait an extra year and a half for the completion of roadwork on Johnson Ferry Road. Georgia Department of Transportation spokesman Mark McKinnon said, the earlier June 2011 deadline was misleading and did not take into account the 12-16 months needed to relocate utilities. “People don’t realize what a really big deal it is,” he said. Upgrading the road involves more than widening the road and installing bike lanes, sidewalks, a raised median and emergency lanes. Before work could begin, utilities such as telephone polls had to be relocated. That means that all the carriers using the polls, such as cable TV providers, also had to relocate their wires. After 18 months of grading and construction – some of it around …
j hund
6:38 pm on Monday, August 20, 2012
6:15 monday afternoon traffic is backed up north bound from abernathy road to the river. when will this road construction be finished? they only work on this project 2 to 3 days a week. also why do we have a 4 way stop on johnson ferry road between sandy springs circle and abernathy road? a yield sign would be much better and would not be back up from the stop sign pass sandy springs circle. I'm … more ›