State Schedules Public Hearings For I-285, GA 400 Improvements

The Georgia Department of Transportation this week will hold public hearings this week in Dunwoody on its plans to rebuild the Interstate 285 interchange at S.R. 400.

The first public hearing was held Tuesday at Dunwoody Baptist Church at 1445 Mt. Vernon Road in Dunwoody.

The next two hearings will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 in the gym at the church.

Gov. Nathan Deal has identified the crowded north Fulton interchange as a priority transportation infrastructure improvement project.

GDOT is proposing the following improvements to the interchange:

• Construction of barrier-separated collector-distributor lanes along I-285 and Georgia 400;
• Reconstruction of existing ramps between the two;
• Building new flyover bridges and reconstructing and widening existing bridges in the interchange area; and
• Construction of grade-separated, braided ramps (where one ramp crosses over another) in the vicinity of Ashford Dunwoody Road and Roswell Road to eliminate conflicts between traffic entering and exiting S.R. 400 and traffic entering and exiting the Roswell Road and Ashford Dunwoody interchanges.

On I-285, the proposed project would begin west of Roswell Road and extend to east of Ashford Dunwoody, a distance of approximately 4.3 miles.

On S.R. 400, the proposed project would begin just south of the Glenridge Connector and extend north to the Hammond Drive interchange area, where it would tie into an adjacent, separate collector-distributor lanes project.

The total length of the proposed improvements on GA 400 is about 1.2 miles.

Comments will be accepted at the hearing and written statements also can be submitted until Sept. 5 to:

Ms. Hiral Patel, P.E.
State Environmental Administrator Georgia Department of Transportation
600 West Peachtree Street, NW – 16th Floor
Atlanta, Georgia 30308

For more information on the I-285 at SR 400 interchange reconstruction, contact Ms. Marlo Clowers, P.E., GDOT Project Manager, at mclowers@dot.ga.gov.

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