Sunday, May 20, 2012
The agency's Connect400 team looks for transit alternatives to handle transportation needs along the highway's corridor which figure in the use of MARTA's north line.
MARTA and its Connect400 team will look for public comments Tuesday night on extending the north line from North Springs Station as it proposes developing transit connection options between the I-285/GA 400 interchange and McGinnis Ferry Road. A public meeting will be held at Mimosa Elementary School in Roswell from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on May 22 to reintroduce the project and schedule to the community, and work with local residents to develop potential transit connection options. This is part of MARTA's GA 400 Corridor Transit Initiative: Alternatives Analysis. On its website, MARTA states this "involves investigating the need for high-capacity transit connections between the Perimeter Center area near the interchange of I-285 and GA 400 in the…
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Eating out this weekend? Here's the dish on some local restaurants.
From the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, here are the results of some recent Alpharetta-Milton area restaurant inspections. Code violations are included for scores below B. Campus Cafe 9770 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek 3009 Date: May 15, Score: 98, Grade: A Doubletree Hotel 2925 Jordan Court, Alpharetta 30004 Date: May 11, Score: 99, Grade: A Egg Harbor Cafe 10270 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek 30097 Date: May 11, Score: 94, Grade: A Golf Club Of Georgia - Kitchen 1 Golf Club Drive, Alpharetta 30005 Date: May 14, Score: 87, Grade: B Golf Club Of Georgia - Main Bar 1 Golf Club Drive, Alpharetta 30005 Date: May 14, Score: 99, Grade: A Golf Club Of Georgia - Men's Locker 1 Golf Club Drive, Alpharetta 30005 Date: May 14…
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Doubletree Hotel
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Contractors will need almost three months to replace it with an arch culvert, so you'll be making detours if you normally use this road.
Cogburn Road is now closed for three months to through traffic so Milton can replace a deteriorating, narrow bridge just down the hill from the entrance to St. Francis High. Motorists will have to take detours as contractors tear out the old bridge over Cooper Sandy Creek to replace it with a culvert with two, eleven-foot travel lanes with two-foot paved shoulders, curb and gutter with a trail on the west side in conformance with the trail master plan and a rural grassed shoulder on the east side. So if you are driving up Cogburn Road from Windward Parkway to Alpharetta's North Park, if you forget the road closure you'll need to make a right turn at Webb Road and take it to Hwy. 9, turning left to continue north. With few connecting roads…
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Bethany Bnd & Cogburn Rd, Milton, GA
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Webb Rd & Cogburn Rd, Milton, GA
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Friday, May 18, 2012
The group of local business owners heard about current and futures projects in the city.
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Friday, May 18
Milton Mayor Joe Lockwood told members of the Milton Business Alliance about city projects on Thursday, May 17. He was guest speaker at the Milton Business Alliance (MBA) meeting held at the Crooked Creek Clubhouse on Thursday night. MBA member Tom Hobby said in an email, "Joe talked about current and future projects in the Milton community. The meeting was attended by members of the MBA, which are local business owners." Hobby said the mayor's topics included the bridge construction on Cogburn Road and the new fire station on Hwy. 9 south of Publix, with a road connecting Hwy 9 and Cogburn. He said MBA members asked about the intersections at Francis and Hopewell and at Cogburn and Bethany Bend. Hobby said the mission of the group is "to …
Fulton County held a public meeting for area residents about its multi-year pipeline project that's designed to keep water flowing and up to pressure in Northwest Fulton.
Residents of neighborhoods along Kimball Bridge and Buice roads couldn't understand why just a week after a bridge, road and sidewalk project was completed the county is back tearing things up. They asked Fulton County Department of Pubic Works representatives why this happened during a public meeting on the Alpharetta water transmission main project at Glen Abbey subdivision's clubhouse Thursday night. The residents were told the bridge project was a Georgia Department of Transportation project, while the water main project was Fulton County's. The county, state and affected cities tried to work out the schedule, but couldn't. That wasn't a good enough answer for the residents, who saw the tearing up of concrete that was just poured as a …
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Glen Abbey subdivision clubhouse
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
To be fully compliant with the Federal Real ID Act of 2005, the State of Georgia is implementing new requirements when renewing or applying for a driver's license.
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Wednesday, May 16
Beginning July 1, the Georgia Department of Driver Services will require additional documentation when applying for or renewing your driver's license or applying for an ID card. It's all part of a national security plan to improve the security of Georgia's DL and ID cards and to be fully compliant with the Federal Real ID Act of 2005. "We all had to go through this process when we first applied for a driver's license," said Susan Sports, communications director for the DDS. Providing the required documents will only be necessary this one time she said. The only visible difference from the current DL/ID is that a gold star will be printed on the top right corner of the Secure DL and IDs. The new licensing process also is aimed at provding …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A proposal to put a hold on any commercial or academic school construction, expansion or conversion was made to give City Council time to consider what uses are best in downtown.
A proposal to put a three-month halt to adding or expanding any schools in downtown Alpharetta first was panned by business owners, and then City Council itself during a meeting at City Hall on Monday, May 15. City Councilman Mike Kennedy proposed a resolution to put a temporary moratorium on applications for permits or business licenses for the construction or modification of academic or commercial schools, or the conversion of any existing building for a school. Council Donald Mitchell said he considered the resolution after hearing downtown business owners tell him foot traffic to their stores was dropping. The intent of the moratorium was to give staff and City Council time to examine whether school uses should be permitted in …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The city will celebrate its fifth Memorial Day Celebration on May 28 with the help of the state's adjutant general, local veterans and performers.
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Monday, May 14
A major general from the Georgia National Guard will be guest speaker at Milton's fifth annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 28 at City Hall. The theme of this year's ceremoney is honoring those who will never be forgotten. Communications Manager Jaso Wright said in his release that it is a pledge to reflect upon the sacrifices made by our brave servicemen and women who served their country valiantly throughout this nation's history. The ceremony starts at 10 a.m. and will feature local veterans, King's Ridge Christian School seventh-grader Sabastian Bower playing the Call to Colors, performer Lewis Shaeffer singing the National Anthem, Taps as performed by Bob Wright and Don Ware of Bugles Across America, and more. Maj. Gen. Jim …
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Milton City Hall
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The state is allowing motorists to drive on only two sections of southbound shoulders on the highway during morning rush hours.
Motorists can start using GA 400 shoulder lanes during the morning rush hour starting today, but it's only for southbound travel and limited to sections between Holcomb Bridge and the North Springs MARTA Station. Time 6:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m., weekdays only Place Southbound only: Don't drive on any other southbound shoulder lane, or any northbound shoulder lane on GA 400. If caught, keep in mind that unauthorized driving on a shoulder is a misdemeanor punishable by as much as 12 months in jail and a $1,000 fine. You'll be sharing those shoulder lanes with transit buses from both MARTA and GRTA. But no trucks with six or more axles are allowed. Cars will still stall or be involved in wrecks, so GDOT HERO and maintenance workers will make sure …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Glen Abbey's clubhouse will host the public and staff with the county's water department as they update a water project that's been tearing up Alpharetta and Johns Creek roads.
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Sunday, May 13
Have you been wondering what's going on with all the water pipes being laid along Kimball Bridge Road, and now on Westside Parkway and Thompson Street in Alpharetta? Thursday night is your chance to get answers. The Fulton County Department of Water Resources invites residents to a public meeting on Thursday, May 17, from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Staff will provide residents with an update regarding the Alpharetta Water Transmission Main capital improvement project. The meeting will be held in the Clubhouse of the Glen Abbey Subdivision, located at 3600 Grey Abbey Drive in Alpharetta. The Alpharetta Water Transmission Main involves the installation of approximately 7 miles of water mains and ancillaries in the cities of Alpharetta and Johns …
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Glen Abbey subdivision clubhouse
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Bob Pepalis
5:06 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
What helped keep the government agencies from being able to synchronize schedules in this case was the use of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act federal funds on the bridge project. The feds put deadlines on the use of this money. It was a use it or lose it–or have to pay it back–situation. Politicos say that was so the administration could say jobs were saved or created during that time and … more ›