Those passing Ga. Highway 92 and Hood Avenue in Fayetteville have seen a lot of construction activity during the past few weeks. Underway is an 18-month realignment project designed to improve the traffic flow on the city’s north side.
The $9.6 million project will take 18 months to complete and will re-work several streets and intersections around Ga. Highway 85 North and east to North Jeff Davis Drive.
Fayetteville and Fayette County are working jointly on a project to interconnect Hood Avenue and Hwy. 92 North and to extend the road across Hwy. 85 North to Kathi Avenue and Jeff Davis Drive. The new road system will also include an extension to Church Street.
The project is funded through the 2004 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) with $7.8 million coming from Fayette County’s share and $645,000 from the city.
The city will use an additional $1.155 million in left-over money to fully fund the estimated cost increases to the project. This brings the total estimated cost to complete the project to $9.6 million.
The total length of the project is approximately 6,000 feet.
The project will relocate the traffic signal currently at Hwy. 92 and Hwy. 85 a short distance to the south at Hood Avenue. A large roundabout will connect Hood Avenue to Hwy. 92 on the west side of Hwy. 85.
The roundabout connecting Hwy. 92 and Hood Avenue will be located approximately 400 feet from Hwy. 85 and will be quite large.
The project also includes extending Hood Avenue east across Hwy. 85 along the south side of Hudson Plaza where it will link with Kathi Avenue by way of another roundabout east of Hudson Plaza, and on to North Jeff Davis Drive to the east.
Still another project component includes extending Church Street from where it currently ends at Georgia Avenue. The new extension will tie in with the Kathi Avenue roundabout.
A portion of the Hudson Plaza Shopping Center previously situated perpendicular to Hwy. 85 and across the highway from Hood Avenue was demolished to make way for the realignment project.
