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May 28, 2015 | johnscreekherald.com | 75,000 circulation Revue & News, Johns Creek Herald, Milton Herald & Forsyth Herald combined | 50¢ | Volume 19, No. 22
Jones Bridge-McGinnis relief on the way soon Should take strain off Seven Oaks entrance By HATCHER HURD hatcher@appenmediagroup.com
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“Chef” Tim Duncan, the 2015 Principal of the Year, shows how he dresses to exhort his teachers to be chefs, not cooks at the beginning of each year. Some of his “ingredients” pass by.
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Relief is coming to the Jones Bridge Road and McGinnis Ferry Road intersection that should ease congestion, especially in the afternoons. Johns Creek Public Works Director Tom Black said the critical issue is the stacking of the cars on Jones Bridge northbound at McGinnis as cars wait to turn right onto McGinnis Ferry Road. “There are 700-plus homes in the Seven Oaks subdivision, and its only entrance is on McGinnis Ferry Road. The issue is there are so many cars it backs up Jones Bridge Road. And there is a Forsyth SPLOST project to four-lane Brookwood
Road [Jones Bridge once it crosses into Forsyth],” Black said. Forsyth’s project is set to begin by the end of the year. BLACK That will increase the traffic volume coming south from Forsyth as well. So the city’s plan is to add a 400-foot right turn lane on the northbound Jones Bridge Road at McGinnis. This will allow more cars to stack waiting to turn right on McGinnis Ferry and keep Jones Bridge traffic moving. Once cars turn right onto McGinnis Ferry, there will be an 800-foot acceleration lane to allow cars to speed up and more easily merge with eastbound McGinnis traffic. The estimated cost of the project is $265,000, pending City Council approval.
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A 400-foot right turn lane will be added going northbond on Jones Bridge Rd. at McGinnis Ferry Rd followed by an 800-foot acceleration lane eastbound on McGinnis Ferry (highlighted in yellow).
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