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Monday, April 30, 2007
May Day in Milton means a new police department
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The first of May in Milton will be the birthday for the new city’s new police department.
What would you like the police to focus on in their first few weeks. What questions do you have about the new department?
Read more about the new police force in this report by Doug Nurse.
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Johns Creek takes measure of its road troubles
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A patched section of Buice Road in Johns Creek/photo by Phil Skinner/AJC
If you drive east of Roswell or west of Duluth into the new city of Johns Creek, better brace yourself — and your cup of coffee.
A consultant says they have some really bad roads there. How bad?
Geordie Johnston, who works at the Butler Tire shop on Jones Bridge Road, said they’re so bad that a customer came in on a recent Thursday to have new wheels installed. On Monday, he was back, needing new wheels.
“We replace seven to 10 wheels a month,” Johnston said. “When I was in Doraville, we would do one or two a month, and Doraville has a lot more traffic. The roads in Atlanta are better than here. It’s pretty absurd.”
Johns Creek is only five months old, but the new city inherited its shake-and-bake, bouncy-jouncy roads from Fulton County, such as Old Alabama Road, Buice Road, Jones Bridge Road.
Mayor Mike Bodker, who also led the campaign for cityhood in this North Fulton community of brick and stacked stone shops, manicured subdivisions, and legendary traffic congestion, said conditions of some roads reflect years of poor maintenance.
“They won’t be fixed overnight,” Bodker said. “It’s going to take a lot of time and a lot of money. We’re playing catch-up.”
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