GDOT approves plans for courthouse turn lane

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Monday, September 13. 2010
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More than a year and a dozen accidents later, a left turn lane from Hwy. 211 onto Barrow Park Drive has been approved.

Last month, county engineer Darrell Greeson presented plans for the turn lane at a county commission meeting. Greeson estimated the project, once approved by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), could be completed for no more than $130,000.

GDOT has now signed off on the project.

The turn lane approval comes after several attempts to have GDOT address the dangerous intersection. Greeson previously advised commissioners that the state agency would not lower the 55 mph speed limit on Hwy. 211. GDOT officials did agree however to install signs along Hwy. 211 warning motorists to watch for vehicles turning left. The signs were erected in early August.

Now that GDOT has signed the permit, work on the turn lane should begin this week said Barrow County commission chairman Danny Yearwood.

Yearwood said all project work except for paving will be completed by county employees. He hopes construction will be finished within two months.

Once completed, the road will be widened by 14’ and include a 200-foot turn lane.
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#1 DuWayne R. Anderson on 09/13/10 at 05:35 AM [Reply]
Better late than never. Now maybe we can save a few lives. The DOT approval process must be streamlined to react to situations like this one in a more timely manner. People shouldn't have to die on our roadways before the DOT decides to act. I don't care what the budget says, saving lives on Georgia roadways must be the #1 priorty of the DOT approval process.
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#2 Jim McNamara on 09/18/10 at 09:31 AM [Reply]
$130K of county money out of an empty pot. I still believe lowering the speed limit to 40MPH and making the intersection a three-way stop would have been a cheaper means of solving the problem. There is absolutely no need for that road to be 55MPH.
#3 jeff on 09/18/10 at 03:36 PM [Reply]
once again, an employee with the gdot(gov't employee] designed this intersection. why in the world would you install a RIGHT turning lane but not a left. the dumbass who came up with that bright idea should come up with the 125k to pay for it. The same person is probably the designer of the winder by pass that has been in the works for 15 years.
#4 cmj on 09/19/10 at 10:17 PM [Reply]
Any reason the subdivision down the road was required to have a decel/accel and turning lane (on a straight away nonetheless, but the county got by with almost nothing?
#4.1 Anonymous on 09/20/10 at 07:18 AM [Reply]
Yea, that would be developer/builder rules vs. county government rules.

There are rules and then there are rules. Just depends on which side of the fence you fall on as to which rules you have to follow.
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