Hardscrabble Green Loop Groundbreaking Set For Oct. 12

ROSWELL, GA -- The city of Roswell will celebrate the start of construction of the Hardscrabble Green Loop with a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 12. The ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Roswell High School.

The ceremony is open to the public and will take place at the school’s bus entrance to Hardscrabble Road (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

The Hardscrabble Green Loop is a segment of the Roswell Loop, which calls for connecting Roswell parks and schools with sidewalks and trails. The Hardscrabble project will add a 10-foot multi-use path on the south side of the road, a 5-foot sidewalk on the north side of the road, and 4-foot bike lanes in the road between King Road and Etris Road.

A new roundabout at the Hardscrabble-Chaffin Road intersection will replace the existing traffic signal as part of this project. There will also be bike shoulders and a sidewalk added to Chaffin Road from Hardscrabble to Northgate Trace.

Weather permitting, the project should take about 18 months to complete. Motorists should expect to experience periodic delays when the road is temporarily closed for construction. When this becomes necessary, the public will be made aware of delays through Roswell's social media channels, as well as through the use of message boards placed near the limits of construction at Hardscrabble/King roads and Hardscrabble/Etris roads. If lane closures are necessary, they will be permitted only from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. when school is in session and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. when school is not in session.

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The total cost of this project is $5.8 million and is funded jointly by the Federal Highway Administration, Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta Regional Commission and the city.

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