Woodstock seeks $140K state pedestrian grant

The Woodstock City Council has will seek $140,000 from the state for projects to make crossing Ga. 92 – one of the busiest thoroughfares in town – safer for those on foot.

Woodstock has applied for funding under the Multimodal Safety & Access Program of the Georgia Department of Transportation. The city also committed to matching 30 percent of the grant amount with $60,000 of its own funds.

A Ga. 92 corridor plan approved in 2015 for the road, from Interstate 575 to Main Street, identified pedestrian improvements at Main, Parkway 575, Indian Valley Drive, Woodpark Place and Professional Way, according to a resolution passed by the Council. The work includes narrowing travel lanes to 11 feet – which has been completed – widening and landscaping medians where possible, and turning right-turn islands into raised “pedestrian refuge islands.”