New Roundabout On The Way For Johns Creek Intersection

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Another roundabout will soon become a permanent fixture for a Sargent Road intersection.

The Johns Creek City Council on Monday approved a contract with Blount Construction to install a roundabout on Sargent Road at Crossington Road.

Blount Construction was the low bidder for the project at $448,899.90, the city said. This latest roundabout is part of a safety initiative designed to improve access to and from neighborhoods along the road.

One roundabout has already been installed along Sargent Road at Lexington Drive in 2014.

Johns Creek contends the roundabout will make it safer for residents in the Wellington subdivision using Crossington Road to both ingress and egress out of their neighborhood onto Sargent Road.

The roundabout also achieves the following objectives:

• The larger size of the roundabout will require motorists to slow down on Sargent Road.
• The roundabouts discourage large vehicles from using Sargent Road as a cut-through between McGinnis Ferry and Jones Bridge roads, which increases risk to motorists from several neighborhoods on Sargent Road.
• Roundabouts reduce the number and the severity of accidents.
• Roundabouts provide a safe haven for pedestrians trying to cross Sargent Road.

The project is expected to be complete by the end of the 2015.

Council members also approved a change order in the amount of $440,000 to Blount Construction and $20,000 to KCI Technologies to extend the widening of Jones Bridge Road south of State Bridge Road.

The new merge-lane extension on Jones Bridge Road will allow more time for southbound motorists to ease into the flow of traffic.

Currently, the southbound lanes on Jones Bridge Road just south of State Bridge Road go from two lanes to one after about 400 feet. When completed, motorists will have an additional 850 feet to merge into the single southbound lane, the city said.

The merge lane eventually will become part of a project to widen Jones Bride Road from two to four lanes between State Bridge and Waters roads.

The new merge-lane project is expected to begin later in August, with an anticipated completion date in November.

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