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County to spend $75,000 to study Gwinnett Place improvements

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Feb 5, 2016

Gwinnett County will spend $75,000 to study transportation and other improvements in the Gwinnett Place area.

The county Board of Commissioners Tuesday agreed to contribute $25,000 to study a possible redesign of the intersection of Satellite Boulevard and Pleasant Hill Road. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported recently, plans call for the intersection to be converted to a park-like traffic circle.

Commissioners also agreed to spend $50,000 to study a pedestrian and cycling bridge connecting the Gwinnett Place area to McDaniel Farm Park.

Both projects are part of a broader plan to convert an area surrounding Gwinnett Place Mall to a mixed-use retail, office and residential area where buildings could be up to 25 stories. You can learn more about those plans here.

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David Wickert writes about the state budget, finance and voting issues. Previously, he covered local government and politics in Gwinnett and Fulton counties. Before moving to Atlanta, he worked at newspapers in Illinois, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington.

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