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Roswell Reacts to Proposed Big Creek Parkway
The city unveiled plans Wednesday for Big Creek Parkway, a two-lane road that is expected to divert traffic from the interchange of 400 at Holcomb Bridge Road.
If it’s rush hour, you probably want to avoid Holcomb Bridge Road at all costs. A proposed new road could allow you to do just that, in the area around 400. On Wednesday night, city officials brought out a design for Big Creek Parkway, which would run parallel to Holcomb Bridge and divert local traffic for about 2 miles. The idea is to relieve some of the congestion around 400. But there were plenty of concerns from neighborhood residents who turned out to a public workshop at Mimosa Elementary. Several people complained that traffic is already a problem on Warsaw Road. During evening rush hour, cars waiting for the light to turn at Holcomb Bridge can sit through several lights. And the traffic can back up as far Mimosa Elementary, a half …
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Lee Fleck
1:20 pm on Saturday, August 25, 2012
HALLELUA! Finally a plan to address real transportation needs but what will the incumbents use as a platform issue for the next 25 years as they did for the last 25 years. The city does have enough bonding capacity to finance such a well overdue project. Instead they prefer a bond for synthetic turf athletic ball fields & bicycle paths. more ›