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Work is to begin in January on replacing the bridge over Encore Parkway. It will be widened and include bike lanes, sidewalks, landscaping and a raised median.
Work to begin on Encore bridge To start after holidays JONATHAN COPSEY/STAFF
The crew from Wilbur and Rudy’s Farmtable served hot cocoa during the tree lighting.
Milton kicks off the holidays Tree lighting begins month of events By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com MILTON, Ga. – For the seventh year, Milton held its tree lighting at the corner of Ga. 9 and Webb Road, one of the main entrances to the city. Beginning at nightfall Nov. 28, the Milton High School Choir welcomed visitors with traditional Christmas carols
until Mayor Joe Lockwood took to the mic. “This is one of our newly formed traditions,” Lockwood said. “From the city of Milton, we wish you all a merry Christmas and happy holidays.” The tree was lit to applause while Santa Claus made the rounds among the children in the crowd, passing out candy. Hot chocolate was given out by Wilbur and Rudy’s Farmtable. Next, on Saturday, Dec. 5, the city, in partnership with the Crabapple Community Association, will host the
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By JONATHAN COPSEY jonathan@appenmediagroup.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Those who take the Encore Parkway Bridge across Ga. 400 to North Point Mall, take heed – for most of next year, it will be shut. The bridge is to be closed beginning in January 2016 as part of a widening and improvement project. The existing bridge over Ga 400 will be replaced and upgraded to accommodate anticipated future Ga 400 widening. “The new, improved bridge will provide safer pedestrian access between the retail centers and the trailhead to the Big Creek Greenway on North Point Parkway and the residential centers and Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on Westside Parkway,” said Ann
Hanlon, executive director of the North Fulton Community Improvement District. She said the project was originally identified to be improved as part of the city of Alpharetta’s Livable Centers Initiative, which was a partnership with the NFCID. Begun by the NFCID, the nearly $18 million project will widen the existing two-lane bridge between Westside Parkway and North Point Parkway to include two 14-foot-wide travel lanes, two 6-foot-wide bike lanes, 8-footwide sidewalks, landscaped buffers on each side and a raised, landscaped median. A sidewalk will be constructed on the east side of North Point Parkway, using shared lanes to connect the new Encore Parkway bridge to the existing Big Creek Greenway trail and parking area on the other side of North Point Parkway. The new bridge and road-
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