Improvements Coming To Mars Hill Road At Virgil Langford Road

Oconee County commissioners on Tuesday tentatively approved a $702,447 bid by CMES Inc. of Norcross for reconstruction of the Mars Hill Road intersection with Rocky Branch Road and Virgil Langford Road.

The site construction plans call for the addition of right-hand and decel turn lanes as well as left-hand turn lanes on Mars Hill Road, Virgil Langford Road and Rocky Branch Road.

Virgil Langford intersects with Mars Hill Road from the north at that point, and Rocky Branch Road intersects, though not at a right angle, from the south.

When construction is completed, each of the three roads will be four-lanes wide at the intersection, including a through lane, a left-hand turn lane, a right-hand turn lane, and an incoming lane.

The right-hand turn lane from Rocky Branch Road to Mars Hill Road will be shifted to the east, and a mountable island will be installed between the turn lane and the through lane to improve the angle of the intersection.

The intersection will have a signal.

For more on the story, with a video of the Commission meeting on Tuesday, please go to Oconee County Observations.