Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Forsyth County commuters will notice a change this week on the McFarland Parkway ramps.
Beginning Wednesday, Forsyth County commuters will notice that the new meters on the entrance ramps on GA 400 at McFarland Parkway (Exit 12) will be activated. The ramp meters will be turned on before rush hour and operate at different times of the day depending on traffic patterns, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation. Every 3-5 seconds, a cycle from red to green allows one vehicle at a time to merge onto GA 400. On two-lane ramps, the left and right lanes have alternating lights, so the left lane goes while the right is stopped, and vice versa. “We’ll monitor these new ramp meters very carefully. If traffic starts to back up on the ramp, sensors will speed up the meters to allow more vehicles to move through, said …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The GDOT assures motorists that the project is for northbound work only. No work will occur on GA 400 southbound.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Liz Kennedy
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
In a press release late Wednesday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Transportation announced that overnight lane closures begin tonight, July 25, on GA 400 northbound at McFarland Parkway (Exit 12). The project will extend the third lane northbound from its current end located north of the McGinnis Ferry Road bridge to the Big Creek Greenway overpass. Teri Pope, spokesperson with the GDOT, told Cumming Patch it will give commuters about two new miles of roadway in Forsyth County. The overnight work begins tonight and will continue every night that weather allows for at least two weeks. Weekday overnight work hours are 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Work hours extend to 8 a.m. on Saturdays and 9 a.m. on Sundays. One mile of the inside or left lane …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Both are expected to begin this fall and will cost nearly $5 million.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Liz Kennedy
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Two more road projects are slated to begin this fall on Georgia 400 in Forsyth County to the tune of nearly five million dollars, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). The latest project will include extending cameras, overhead changeable message signs and a connection to the Navigator System for real time traffic information, from McFarland Parkway (Exit 12) to Highway 20 (Exit 14). Installation of the Georgia Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), as its known, will also include ramp meters at the entrance ramps from Highway 141 (Exit 13) and Highway 20 to GA 400, the agency's press release stated. The project is expected to cost $1.64 million and will be handled by World Fiber Technologies in nearby Alpharetta…
Friday, May 11, 2012
The project will begin where the lanes change from four to two lanes at the McFarland Parkway exit.
Commuters traveling on Georgia 400 northbound in Forsyth County will eventually notice a stretch of road being widened from McFarland Parkway (Exit 12) to Big Creek Greenway. The project will begin where the lanes change from four to two lanes at the McFarland Parkway exit. The total length of the extension will be about three miles, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT). Teri Pope, spokesperson for GDOT, would not confirm a specific start date but did say they expect work to start this summer. "But we don't know that for sure," she said. A completion date of January 31, 2013 is stated in a news release from the agency. As for what time of the day or night the work will be done, there are requirements that will not …
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9:51 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
For all the money GDOT spent on these ramp meters in metro Atlanta, we could probably build another bridge over the Chattahoochee River and help a few thousand people avoid ever having to get on GA-400 in the morning commute. I don't understand how anybody could ever think that these meters were a good idea. In my experience, exits are either A) very congested and people just snail along the on … more ›