Gwinnett Studying the Future of Transportation

The future of transportation in Gwinnett County may be coming into sharper focus in the coming months.

The Gwinnett Daily Post has a story up on the major overhaul being done to the county’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan.

It’s the first time officials have reworked the plan since it was adopted in 2001.

“Just the other week, on November 12, we had two meetings, one with our community stakeholders advisory group and the other with our partner agencies advisory group, to get their input on the plan’s vision and mission,” Deputy Transportation Director Lewis Cooksey told the paper.

“That’s where we are at this point. We’re beginning to put the vision and mission statements together.”

The new plan will include an inventory of Gwinnett’s entire transportation infrastructure -- from roads and public transit to walking trails, bike paths and sidewalks. It will also take into account recent and projected growth to help make plans for both the near-future and up to 25 years out.

Reworking transportation in Gwinnett is a massive undertaking. And it won’t be quick. The process began in July and Cooksey said this week that a final product is still more than a year from becoming a reality.

During that time, county officials will be asking the public what they want to see in the transportation plan.

“The theme of what we heard from our advisory groups is that they wanted to see something done to connect people with one another inside and outside the county,” Cooksey told the GDP.