Video: Groundbreaking at Seven Hills Extension Site
By the end of next year, Paulding could have a road that connects Cedarcrest Road to Highway 92.
An estimated 12,000 vehicles go down Cedarcrest Road each day, making it one of the heaviest traffic areas in Paulding County. But drivers as early as late next summer could see the road get a little less crowded if construction crews are able to make good time on an $8.52-million project.
Paulding officials broke ground Tuesday morning near the start of the Seven Hills Parkway Extension project, which will connect Cedarcrest Road to Highway 92 at Old Stilesboro Road. (A PDF showing the project is attached to this article.)
The Paulding County Board of Commissioners in March awarded the project to C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. On Tuesday, commissioners gave their approval to the $503,800 purchase of 63 acres related to the project.
Scott Greene, Paulding County Department of Transportation director, said Tuesday that the project is slated to be completed in December 2013, but if all goes well, cars could be driving on late next summer before the 2013-2014 school year begins.
See the attached video for more information on the project.
Gary
3:15 pm on Friday, June 15, 2012
Duhhhh....of course it will and where were all of the brain surgeons who knew when they were building all of the neighborhoods that live off of Cedarcrest that it would need better infrastructure to get people to and from their homes? Why is that they'll build all of these neighborhoods without putting in roads to keep things moving? They just widen a portion of road to bring in strip mall stores and then forget about all of the people that use the road. Cedarcrest is just an old logging road and instead of putting in roads to support the upcoming neighborhoods they do everything 'bassackwards' and wait until there is a congestion problem and then come back in and tear everything up at a cost that is 3 times what it would have cost had they made the roads to begin with. I love how these clowns do everything in reverse order.