The Sandy Springs City Council has approved seeking federal funds from the Atlanta Regional Commission to develop a plan to improve traffic safety and operations in the Roswell Road (Ga. 9/U.S. 19) corridor.
Roswell Road is a principal north-south arterial, 9.3 miles long in the city and with average daily traffic volumes of 31,000 to 38,000 vehicles as well as heavily used MARTA bus stops, according to an agenda memo by Public Works Director William H. Martin Jr. The street also has some of the highest crash rates in the city.
The proposed access management plan, Martin said, would identify improvements “to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes along the corridor, while facilitating throughput of all modes of transportation.”
The council passed a resolution committing the city to paying an $80,000 match for $320,000 in federal funds out of ARC’s 2019 Transportation Improvement Program.
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