Canton, Cherokee to seek Ga. 140 traffic solutions
Canton and Cherokee County will conduct a joint study to seek traffic congestion solutions for the Ga. 140 corridor between Riverstone Parkway and Laurel Canyon/Great Sky parkways.
The Canton City Council and Cherokee County Board of Commissioners have approved an intergovernmental agreement to split 50-50 the $135,000 cost of the study.
Engineering consultant Atkins-North America will identify short-term, mid-term and long-term solutions to current and future congestion on the approximately three-mile stretch of Ga. 140, Geoffrey E. Morton, Cherokee County community development agency director, said in a report to commissioners.
“The city and county will rely on the results of the traffic study to supplement and validate funding requests from federal, state and local agencies to find solutions identified by the study,” Morton said.
