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May 11, 2022
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^Reporter
DOT plans roundabout at Hwys. 74,42
By Diane Glidewell
news@mymcr.net
Georgia Department of
Transportation (GDOT)
proposes to improve the in
tersection of State Road 74
and State Road 42, approxi
mately 11.5 miles south
west of Forsyth in Monroe
County, by replacing the
existing intersection with
a single-lane roundabout.
The construction of the
roundabout would be
staged to maintain traffic,
but managed lanes might
be necessary during con
struction.
DOT is seeking feedback
about the proposed round
about and has posted infor
mation at www.dot.ga.gov/
AboutGDOT/ The purpose
of this internet posting is
to replace an in-person
meeting while allowing
the public to review the
proposed project, provide
feedback, or write in with
questions. Comments will
be accepted on the project
from May 3 until Thursday,
June 2. The Project ID is
0013120.
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SR 74 / SR 42 - DOG BONE ROUNDABOUT
Written statements
may be submitted to:
Eric Duff, State Environ
mental Administrator,
Georgia Department of
Transportation, 600 West
Peachtree Street, NW
- 16 th Floor, Atlanta,
Georgia 30308.
Americans with Dis
abilities Act (ADA)
Information: To request
materials in accessible
formats for people with
disabilities contact the
district planning and
programming engineer,
Harland Smith at (706)
646-7566.
The cost estimate for
the project is $4,973,736.
Broken down, it is $1.17
million for preliminary
engineering, which was ap
parently spent in 2019-21,
$1.1 million for high-of-
way to be spent in 2022,
$2.6 million for construc
tion in 2023, and $91,000
for utilities in 2023. Costs
will be updated as the proj
ect progresses.
The GDOT website gives
the benefits of the project:
A single-lane roundabout
was selected to reduce the
potential for angle-type
collisions by eliminating
crossing conflict points.
The shape of the round
about provides clear sight
distance for motorists at all
four intersections and bet
ter aligns within the exist
ing footprint of the skewed
intersection, thereby reduc
ing the overall impacts
and limits of the proposed
project.
The website gives the
following information
on accidents at the inter
section: Traffic crashes
primarily occur within
the intersection, typically
involving one or more ve
hicles completing a turning
movement or stopped
waiting for another ve
hicle to complete a turning
movement. Twenty of the
31 crashes (65 percent) that
occurred between 2013
and 2019 involved one or
more vehicles that were
either completing a turning
or through movement or
stopped waiting for an
other vehicle to complete a
turning or through move
ment. The crash severity
between 2013 and 2019
shows six injury crashes
at this intersection, one
serious injury, four minor
injuries, and one complaint
injury, four of which were
angle crashes.
And what happens next?
“After the close of the
comment
period, feed
back will
be assessed,
and revi
sions may
occur to the
proposed
plan initially
brought to
the public or
the no-build
alternative
will be se
lected. Once
a Concept
Report is
approved,
the project
alignment
would be re
fined. If major changes oc
cur to what was previously
shown to the community,
additional public outreach
would occur. If no major
changes are proposed, the
project would advance to
right-of-way acquisition
and into final design. Once
all right-of-way acquisition
occurs, the project design
is finalized, and the project
would advance to con
struction.”
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