Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Originally scheduled this weekend, bad weather has forced contractors to reschedule bridge work for a week.
It's not a baseball game, but the planned closure of a section of McGinnis Ferry Road this weekend to fix a bridge has been rained out. See Also: Alpharetta Will Repair McGinnis Ferry, Waters Road Bridges The city of Alpharetta said the weather forecast has forced contractors to reschedule the closure of McGinnis Ferry between Union Hill Road and McFarland Parkway. Instead of this weekend, the closure will be May 3-6. The roadway will be closed starting at 7 p.m. that Friday, and will reopen at 6 a.m. the following Monday. Only access to the local businesses inside that section of roadway will be permitted. Eastbound and westbound traffic on McGinnis Ferry Road will be detoured to Ronald Reagan Boulevard. This road closure is necessary to …
Sunday, April 14, 2013
The contractor working on the bridge for Alpharetta promised a faster repair schedule if the road could be closed for a weekend.
McGinnis Ferry Road between Union Hill Road and McFarland Parkway will be closed from April 26 through April 29 to make repairs to the bridge over Big Creek. The road closure will be in effect starting Friday, April 26 at 7 p.m. and is scheduled to reopen on Monday April 29 at 5 a.m.
Only access to the local businesses inside the closure limits will be permitted, the city announced in a news release. During the closure, eastbound and westbound traffic on McGinnis Ferry Road will be detoured to Ronald Reagan Boulevard. For more information about the road closure, contact the Department of Engineering and Public Works at (678) 297-6200. Alpharetta City Council approved the lone bid by the L.C. Whitford Co. for the repair and maintenance of…
Monday, March 18, 2013
The public is being asked to offer opinions on high-capacity transit that could reach the Forsyth County line in North Fulton at a meeeting in Roswell on Thursday, March 21.
Hoping to get input from the community, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will host a public meeting on Thursday, March 21, south of Alpharetta and Milton in Roswell to review the Georgia 400 Corridor Transit Initiative. The GA 400 Corridor Transit Initiative: Alternatives Analysis 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 City of Sandy Springs and McGinnis Ferry Road in northern Fulton County. The corridor draws commuters from throughout the region, with many commuter trips bound for central Atlanta, Gwinnett, and Cobb counties. "These conditions have created high levels of traffic congestion on GA 400 and…
Saturday, February 23, 2013
A proposal to construct a new interchange on Georgia 400 is in the works.
A new interchange on Georgia 400 and McGinnis Ferry Road may be on the horizon, according to a press release from the Georgia House of Representatives. The Georgia Department of Transportation on Thursday approved an Interchange Justification Report (IJR) on the proposed project much to the delight of the Forsyth County Legislative Delegation. State lawmakers from Forsyth, North Fulton, Dawson, Cherokee and Lumpkin counties, who make up the delegation, have long supported the road project. “We are very pleased that this important new interchange received approval from the Federal Highway Administration and GDOT," the delegation said. "A new interchange at 400 and McGinnis Ferry will provide improved mobility and drive economic development …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The city will consider letting the contractor close McGinnis Ferry Road for one weekend to speed repairs and lower the cost of those repairs.
If a contractor repairing a bridge on McGinnis Ferry Road was allowed to close the road on a single weekend, it could save the city some money and time in fixing the structure. Alpharetta City Council approved the lone bid by the L.C. Whitford Co. for the repair and maintenance of the McGinnis Ferry Road Bridge over Big Creek and the Waters Road Bridge over Long Indian Creek in the amount of $498,877. Pete Sewczwicz, director of Engineering/Public Works, told City Council on Monday night that if that section of McGinnis Ferry could be shut down for a weekend, the city would still have to coordinate it with Forsyth County. "We own half the road, but 100 percent of the bridge," he said. Getting a single bid was disappointing, but Sewczwicz …
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Flagmen will occasionally be directing traffic on the section of road between Bethany Bend in Milton and Windward Concourse in Alpharetta.
Although a water main pipe project along less than one mile of McGinnis Ferry Road will be completely off road in the right of way, it still will interrupt traffic at times between now and Aug. 15. Work crews from the Fulton County Department of Water Resources are installing 5,160 linear feet of 16-inch diameter water main pipe along McGinnis Ferry Road. The project starts from Bethany Bend within the City of Milton and proceeds east across GA 400 into the City of Alpharetta. The pipe will turn right off of McGinnis Ferry onto Windward Concourse and then right on Alderman Drive. Daily activities will be conducted from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. No water service interruptions are planned for this project, which is scheduled to be completed by Aug…
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J. Smith
10:11 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Check your history. Marta was not welcome north of I-285 for many years and those comunities continue to seperate themselves from Fulton county. Why do these countys continue to drain Fulton's resourses? Ga 400 was ment to address the traffic issues in that area along with other improvments. The water quality down stream in South Fulton is also suffering negative effects due to the heavy … more ›