ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta has agreed to accept $1 million from True North 400 to help fill the Kimball Bridge Road gap, a project that will add lanes to the roadway between Northwinds Parkway and Waters Road.Â
At a formal meeting Feb. 19, the Alpharetta City Council unanimously approved an agreement with the community improvement district True North 400 for the design, right-of-way and construction of the Kimball Bridge Road gap project.Â
True North 400, a self-taxing entity of commercial property owners, is a community improvement district that encompasses much of North Fulton County.
The Georgia Department of Transportation is constructing a four-lane overpass over Ga. 400 on Kimball Bridge between Northwinds Parkway and the entrance to Georgia Power Company.Â
Alpharetta has completed roadway and streetscape improvements on the stretch between North Point Parkway and Waters Road.Â
The gap project seeks to widen to four lanes the remaining 500-foot, two-lane gap between GDOT’s work and the city’s work.
Under the agreement, Alpharetta is responsible for design and right-of-way. City staff said design work is completed, and the city is finalizing right-of-way agreements.Â
True North 400 will work with CW Matthews, GDOT’s project contractor, to perform construction management and inspection.Â
The CID contract does not cover landscaping and lighting along the roadway.Â
GDOT estimated 2023 annual daily traffic on Kimball Bridge Road westbound at 5,750 vehicles and eastbound at 4,600. The agency estimated average daily traffic on Ga. 400 under the bridge at 128,000.
Commuters on Ga. 400 have faced reduced speed limits and lane shifts since May while GDOT wraps up work on the overpass, and Kimball Bridge has been closed between Northwinds and North Point parkways during construction.Â
The bridge replacement is part of the GDOT…
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