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County Expands Traffic Management System to Sugarloaf Parkway
Published Aug 5, 2008
The County’s traffic management system will soon be expanded along Sugarloaf Parkway to help manage peak-hour traffic congestion and improve safety. “In recent years, daily traffic volumes on Sugarloaf Parkway have increased to as high as 47,500 vehicles per day. A traffic management system is needed to help improve traffic conditions along this corridor,” DOT Director Brian Allen said.
An intelligent transportation system consisting of 15 closed-circuit television cameras and fiber optic cables will be installed along 12.3 miles of Sugarloaf Parkway from Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to State Route 20/Grayson Highway. The system will enable arterial traffic monitoring, signal control and more rapid incident detection as well as control signal timing and manage traffic back-up due to incidents along the roadway and I-85.
The $2.8 million project will be funded by the voter-approved 2001 SPLOST program and the Georgia Department of Transportation.
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