City Council approves Roswell Road improvements

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — After more than two years of research and public engagement, officials have approved a plan to make Roswell Road in Sandy Springs a “pedestrian and bike-friendly boulevard” through a sweeping set of safety improvement projects and roadway upgrades.

The Roswell Road Access Management Plan, presented to the Sandy Springs City Council at its Feb. 21 meeting by Traffic and Transportation Unit Manager Kristen Wescott, seeks to address safety concerns on Roswell Road, which had 11 fatal crashes and 29 “life-altering” injury crashes between 2015 and 2019.

Safety concerns

According to Nithin Gomez, senior transportation engineer with the design firm Gresham Smith, one in every four crashes on Roswell Road results in a serious injury, which is double the statewide average for similar roadways.

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