Politics & Government
Canton Road Construction Nearly Done
The project will be finished by July's end, the Cobb County Department of Transportation reports.
Scott Jordan, District 3 Cobb Department of Transportation engineer, told residents at Commissioner JoAnn Birrell's town-hall meeting Thursday that the Canton Road Phase 1 project should be completed the end of July.
The Northeast Cobb project includes Hamby Drive and Rosedale Drive to just north of Blackwell Road and New Chastain Road.
The improvements include a raised concrete median from the beginning of the project to just north of Piedmont Road and from Worley Drive to the end of the project.
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Major intersection improvements will be done at Piedmont Road, Blackwell Road and New Chastain Road.
A redbrick-patterned, asphalt, flush median will be added at locations between the raised medians. Several sidewalk gaps are filled in within the project limits.
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