New Item-Pleasantdale Road
Craig Richardson hopes relief will soon come for a pothole-laden area.
“On Pleasantdale Road, about one mile west of Spaghetti Junction, at the second railroad tracks, the pot holes have gotten so bad. This is at the end of DeKalb county prior to entering Gwinnett County,” he wrote. Richardson said in order not to fall into the massive pot holes, it is sometimes necessary to travel in the opposite lane to avoid the mess.
We did some research and discovered that Norfolk Southern is responsible for the area. We reached out to the railroad and got a quick response.
“Thanks for bringing this to Norfolk Southern’s attention. We plan to patch it as a temporary fix prior to going in and completely reworking the crossing in the spring. It will be a big improvement and a smooth ride for vehicles,” said the railroad’s director of corporate communications Richard Harris.
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Who’s looking into it, Richard Harris, director of corporate communication for Norfolk Southern, Rick.Harris@nscorp.com
New item-DeKalb County
A busy intersection is leading to frustration for one reader.
“I sometimes sit for up to three minutes at the traffic light at the intersection of East Ponce de Leon Avenue and Commerce Street in Decatur headed east or west on Ponce – no matter what time of day or night. (It) seems like the south-north traffic on Commerce has priority but the heavier traffic is really east to west on Ponce – what gives with that? Is the timing of the light off?” wrote Carol Means.
We sent the item to DeKalb County and will keep you updated on it.
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Who’s looking into it, county spokesperson Burke Brennan, bbrennan@dekalbcountyga.gov
New item-I-20
A reader hopes a dangerous area can be fixed on Interstate 20.
“For several years now the gore lines as you enter I-20 west from I-285 North are so worn you cannot even see them. This makes merging dangerous, since many drivers do not wait till the end of the merge lane to merge left onto I-20,” the reader wrote.
We sent the item to the DOT and will keep you updated.
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Who’s looking into it: Natalie Dale, Georgia Department of Transportation, ndale@dot.ga.gov.
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