Gwinnett Road Projects To Get Citizens Committee Vote

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — A citizens committee helping set priorities for Gwinnett County spending is set to vote on major road projects in the county.

The Citizens Project Selection Committee will meet Thursday night to vote on projects in the major roads category of the 2017 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax.

The group will meet at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room C in the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville.

"The County appreciates the consistent and timely effort shown by the CPSC members," said Alan Chapman, director of the Gwinnett County Department of Transportation. "After this week’s meeting, they’ll only have city/county projects and pedestrian safety projects to address."

At each meeting, the group is briefed on a project category. Then, they vote on that category at a following meeting.

On March 15, the committee approved a list of intersection projects and were briefed on major roads. The committee will be briefed on pedestrian safety projects after the vote this Thursday.

Since the SPLOST vote, the CPSC has received presentations and voted on eight project categories: intersections, road safety and alignments, bridges and culverts, school safety, rehabilitation and resurfacing, unpaved roads, residential speed control and transportation planning.

The committee is made up of 11 members and 11 alternates selected through a grass-roots process. Interested residents from various constituencies selected the representatives.

For additional information about citizen input and the 2017 SPLOST, please visit the committee's website.

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