Monday, April 29, 2013
The Clean Air Campaign and Gov. Nathan Deal are observing Air Quality Awareness Week to reduce smog, commuter stress.
Roswell commuters waste hunders of thousands of gallons of fuel each year because of traffic congestion on the GA 400 corridor, according to Tedra Cheatham, executive director of the Clean Air Campaign. The organization is observing Air Quality Awareness Week along with Gov. Nathan Deal to educate Georgians about the health effects of smog in Georgia. "Air quality has gotten better. However, we still have 22 counties, the majority in Metro Atlanta, that still do not meet the federal standards for air quality," she said. She said "that stretch of GA 400 between Old Milton Parkway and Holcomb Bridge Road is the worst traffic of any corridor in Metro Atlanta in the morning commute." It's also the 40th worst delay per mile of any stretch of …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Parsons Brinckerhoff was contracted by the city for $476,919 to design the early-off ramp.
The new Ga 400 off ramp at Holcomb Bridge Road will be one-of-a-kind in its forked design - sending eastbound traffic either to the current Holcomb Bridge Road intersection or allowing them to get off early onto Market Boulevard, according to a report by the Revue & News. Parsons Brinckerhoff was contracted by the city for $476,919 to design the early-off ramp, which is estimated to take around two years. Once the design phase is complete, the project will cost $3 million to actually construct. Because of the $14 million bond approved by Roswell voters last November, the early off-ramp is just one of the projects set to begin on the Holcomb Bridge Road exit.Other Holcomb Bridge Road exit projects - funded via both the bond and Georgia …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Police have cleared the package and have reopened the highway and MARTA lines.
Updated, Friday, April 19 at 12:27 p.m. - Authorities say the suspicious boxes were filled with brochures. Ga 400 has been reopened and MARTA is about to resume service, according to Chris Monroe (@Atlanta_Traffic) on Twitter. Expect delays. Original Story: After a suspicious package alert was cleared at Howell Mill earlier today, Ga. 400 is now shutdown due to another package reported, according to Twitter. The Atlanta Journal reports: Around 11:30 a.m. Friday, another suspicious package — the second of the morning — was reported at the Georgia 400 Toll Plaza. State Department of Transportation spokeswoman Chata Spikes said all southbound lanes of the tollway remained shut down at 11:45. According to Chris Monroe (@Atlanta_Traffic) on …
Friday, March 22, 2013
The GA 400 toll plaza is expected to come down on November 21, 2013.
Roswell commuters who travel on GA 400 and who are use to using the toll booth will notice a big change come this November - there will be no toll booth. The Georgia State Road and Tollway Authority said on Thursday the toll plaza will come down on November 21, reports WSBTV.com. Gov. Deal: GA 400 Tolls End in December 2013 Last summer Gov. Nathan Deal promised an end to the tolls by Dec. 1, 2013, saying that bonds issued by the state will be paid off by that time, allowing the tolls to be removed. But it looks like that measure has been moved to a week before Thanksgiving, weather permitting. A spokesperson of the Tollway Authority told WSBTV.com that it anticipates an 18 percent increase in volume once the tolls are removed. Commuters …
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Carvana will pay rush hour tolls, as well as giveaway 200 $100 gas cards.
Take heart, all you who brave Holcomb Bridge each workday - Carvana is covering your toll costs next Monday, March 25. The online car buying site will present local residents with "Random Acts of Carvana" by paying the northbound and southbound GA 400 tolls - including Cruise Card/Peach Pass lanes - from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and again from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Additionally, visitors to the Carvana website that day can register to win one of 200 $100 gas cards, according to marketing information provided by the company. Carvana's Atlanta area distribution center and local offices are in Winder, said Colleen Murphy, a marketing representative for the company. "We chose Atlanta as our launch market due to its welcoming start-up environment, central …
Monday, March 18, 2013
A public meeting in Roswell will go over potential project details and solicit input from the local community, Thursday, March 21.
Hoping to get input from the community, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will host a public meeting on Thursday, March 21, in Roswell to review the Georgia 400 Corridor Transit Initiative. The metro Atlanta transportation system is working in coordination with regional and corridor stakeholders to consider a variety of alignment and transit technology options to improve regional mobility and accessibility in one of the region’s most important and heavily congested corridors, according to information they provided. The Alternatives Analysis is assessing the need for high-capacity transit connections between the Perimeter Center area near the interchange of I-285 and GA 400 in the city of Sandy Springs and McGinnis …
Saturday, February 23, 2013
There's a proposal to construct a new interchange on Georgia 400 in south Forsyth County.
Just to the north of Roswell's Holcomb Bridge Road exit on Georgia 400, a new interchange at McGinnis Ferry Road, in south Forsyth County, may be on the horizon, according to a press release from the Georgia House of Representatives. The Georgia Department of Transportation on Thursday approved an Interchange Justification Report (IJR) on the proposed project much to the delight of the Forsyth County Legislative Delegation. State lawmakers from North Fulton, Forsyth, Dawson, Cherokee and Lumpkin counties, who make up the delegation, have long supported the road project. “We are very pleased that this important new interchange received approval from the Federal Highway Administration and GDOT," the delegation said. "A new interchange at 400…
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
For two hours all the northbound and southbound tolls will be paid, with Harry the Hawk and Atlanta Hawks cheerleaders on hand.
Even if you've never watched a game, GA 400 commuters will appreciate the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday morning, as the team is paying for all tolls on GA 400. From 7 a.m.-9 a.m., the Atlanta Hawks will sponsor northbound and southbound tolls, including the 50 cent and cashier lanes, and the Cruise Card/Peach Pass lanes. The tolls are being paid in partnership with the State Road and Tollway Authority. Not only will the tolls be paid. Harry the Hawk and Atlanta Hawks cheerleaders will be at the tolls handing out magnet game schedules, Hawks air fresheners and $50 Hawks Cards good toward the purchase of tickets to Hawks home games in November and December. “Our hometown fans were introduced to a team with a lot of new faces this preseason, and…
Thursday, April 12, 2012
The accident caused police to close lanes for several hours on GA 400 and the northbound entrance ramp from Haynes Bridge Road.
UPDATED 10:30 a.m., April 12: A 67-year-old Cumming man has been identified as the victim in a fatal accident in Alpharetta on the morning of April 11. Edward Kivlin, 67, of Cumming, was dead at the scene, according to Alpharetta Department of Public Safety spokesman George Gordon. The initial investigation by the traffic enforcement unit indicates a red Honda Civic left its northbound lane on the entrance ramp to GA 400 from Haynes Bridge Road. It struck a maroon Nissan Pathfinder traveling in an adjacent lane. Both drivers lost control as their vehicles slid into a grass gore area off the roadway next to the Haynes Bridge northbound ramp area. The Nissan Pathfinder continued out of control sliding across the Haynes Bridge northbound ramp…
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Roswell's The Cottage School played host to a Department of Transportation open house discussing the possibility of adding lanes to Ga. 400.
Tuesday evening might have been a beautiful time for a walk or a bicycle ride. Instead, hundreds of local residents were focused on another mode of transportation; and more specifically, a key highway for North Fulton drivers - Ga. 400. The activity building at the Cottage School in Roswell was full of local drivers eager to discuss one of the area’s hot button topics: express lanes on Ga. 400. The Georgia Department of Transportation held its first of three open houses on the feasibility of adding tolled express lanes to Ga. 400, Tuesday, March 13. The DOT provided stations in the activity room: the first was a video discussing the issue. Elsewhere there were experts fielding questions while standing at maps. The DOT also offered to let …
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David Sandborn
12:23 pm on Monday, April 29, 2013
Too bad Marta is a joke. How about putting stops where people actually work rather than routes based on political correctness more ›