According to a Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) official, clearing work for the first phase of the much-anticipated Hwy. 211 widening project in Braselton could start on Jan. 30.
“Actual clearing is tentatively scheduled for Jan. 30 after the erosion precautions are in place,” Georgia DOT District 1 Communications Officer Elizabeth C. Johnson said.
According to Johnson, the DOT could move materials into the area as early as next week. The clearing will begin at Tuscany Dr., going toward I-85. The estimated $29.6 million project will widen Hwy. 211 from Tuscany Dr. to the I-85 northbound ramp terminals.
North of Tour de France Dr., the project will provide a four-lane urban section with a 20-foot-wide raised median and 10-foot-wide side path on the east side of Hwy. 211.
The project will also add multi-lane roundabouts on Hwy. 211 at its intersection with the I-85 southbound ramp and at Tour de France Dr./Braselton Parkway Extension.
Additionally, the project will construct the first phase of the Braselton Parkway Extension. This first phase will run about halfway to the Mulberry River. This project will eventually connect Hwy. 211 to the existing Braselton Parkway at Jesse Cronic Road.
Phase I construction is anticipated to take roughly 15 months, depending on utility relocation.
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[smile] Please update your link on this important project in Barrow County. Hwy 211 North of I-85 is always congested and it would be beneficial to all who travel this corridor to know what specifically is going. Your link takes one to a page that has no information that you linked to.
Thank you.
Your link does not work correctly. The link does take you to the GDOT web site but not the actual project. Please update this link so that it goes to the proper information. That area of Braselton is very congested, especially when one needs to get to a Doctors appointment in the AM or late afternoon as school gets out. There has got to be some work arounds.
T Mough / Winder
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