DeKalb News: GDOT seeks input on Interstate 20, Panola Road interchange

The Georgia Department of Transportation wants residents to weigh in tonight on a proposal to improve the Panola Road interchange at Interstate 20 and widen the busy street.

Among the improvements proposed:

• Reconstructing the interchange to incorporate a diverging diamond design that shifts traffic from one side of Panola Road to another with four lanes in each direction;
• Widening other portions of Panola Road to six lanes with a raised median;
• Adding four-foot bike lanes and five-foot sidewalks;
• Turn lane additions for side roads between Minola Drive and Snapfinger Woods Drive.

The interchange alone has an estimated price tag of $26.7 million. Last year, the AJC reported that GDOT was trying to obtain funding.