The Roswell City Council has moved another step toward a congestion-easing roundabout project at the Houze and Hembree roads intersection. The council unanimously approved spending an additional $99,000 for right-of-way funding for the project.

The city has ponied up several hundred thousand dollars for right-of-way and design work, with the state set to pick up the rest of the project tab. In addition to the roundabout, the project involves construction of a multi-use trail on the south side of Hembree Road connecting to Hembree Park.

Also at its most recent meeting, the council gave final approval to a text amendment to the Unified Development Code banning alcohol sales/storage in outdoor dining areas. It’s aimed at preventing outdoor sales to passers-by.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

Credit: Photo by Austin Kaseman