A road realignment project designed to help straighten a curve on Howard Road as it enters Senoia is expected to get underway during the summer months and, once completed, will accommodate vehicles traveling at 35 miles per hour.
Coweta County Director of Transportation and Engineering Tod Handley said one section of Howard Road contains a horizontal curve that does not currently meet the design requirements for a 25 miles per hour roadway and trucks traveling through this section have difficulty maintaining their lane of travel. Howard Road serves as the primary employee and truck access for the Winpak plant in Senoia.
A portion of the road is situated in Senoia while the road section nearest to Ga. Highway 16 is situated in unincorporated Coweta County.
Handley said the project will begin approximately 1,600 feet north of Hwy. 16 and end approximately 500 feet north of Cumberland Trail, adding that the project will include a rehab of the majority of Howard Road.
Handley said the project will include the realignment of the substandard horizontal curve to meet a minimum design speed of 35 miles per hour and a culvert design for a stream crossing that also occurs in this section of roadway.
Handley said the project is currently in the right-of-way acquisition phase with three properties involved for securing easement. One of the properties is owned by the city, he said.
Construction is expected to take no more than six months, Handley said.
County commissioners in December approved the low design bid of $45,645 submitted by American Engineers. The high bid of $88,820 came from McGee Partners.
The project will be funded by SPLOST (special purpose local option sales tax) revenues.
