GDOT Has Plans For 10 Oconee SR 316 Intersection Improvements

The Georgia Department of Transportation is scheduled to make 10 intersection improvements on SR 316 in Oconee County over the next eight years, with right of way acquisition for the first of these–at the Oconee Connector–planned for 2020.

Actual construction of the interchange at the Oconee Connector could begin as early as 2022, according to state planning documents.

Improvements to SR 316 were a central topic of discussion of the county’s Transportation Task Force when it met last month, and Oconee County Public Works Director Jody Woodall sent out an email message to Task Force members after the meeting providing a time line for the projects.

Woodall listed nine intersection improvements, seven calling for multi-grade intersections, from the Barrow County line to the Clarke County line.

Regional transportation planning documents list an additional intersection improvement–at SR 316 and SR Loop 10–as well as construction of frontage roads along the northside of SR 316 from Dials Mill Road to Mars Hill Road and then from Mars Hill Road to Jimmy Daniell Road.

Additional Georgia Department of Transportation planning documents outline the urgent need for a multi-grade intersection at the Oconee Connector and SR 316 and propose a complex detour route while the construction is underway.

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