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Gwinnett applies for congestion relief funding

June 19, 2013

Gwinnett County has applied for $600,000 in state funding that will allow it to fund projects intended to relieve congestion along state routes.

The projects, funded under a Georgia Department of Transportation Quick Response contract, will extend left turn lanes at the following locations: on Buford Highway southbound at South Lee Street; on Scenic Highway northbound at Jackson Street; on Grayson Highway northbound at Webb Gin House Road; on Lawrenceville Suwanee Road northbound at Satellite Blvd.; on Beaver Ruin Road eastbound on the west side of the I-85 interchange; and Buford Highway southbound at South Scales Rd.

About the Author

Dan Klepal is editor of the local government team, supervising nine reporters covering county and municipal governments and metro Atlanta. Klepal came to the AJC in 2012, after a long career covering city halls in Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky. He has covered Gwinnett and Cobb counties before spending three years on the investigative team.

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