The city of

Fayetteville is closer to making improvements to the intersection of Ga.

Highways 85 and 314 along with Jeff Davis Drive.

The City Council

has approved a right of way agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation

for the project.

City officials

are hoping to improve traffic flow at the intersection, particularly for

northbound traffic on Jeff Davis.

Currently,

traffic headed north on Hwy. 314 from Jeff Davis can bottleneck behind

vehicles turning left onto Hwy. 85. That's because those vehicles share

a lane, leaving the other northbound lane as a turn lane for vehicles

wanting to go north on Ga. Highway 85.

The project

will create a third lane to accommodate all directions of traffic heading

off the north end of Jeff Davis Drive, according to city officials.

The cost estimate

for the project is $200,000 and will also include other improvements to

the intersection to help make traffic flow better.

This is the

largest cost transportation improvement in Fayetteville's budget for the

fiscal year. Last year, the city's big transportation initiative was to

link a number of traffic signals on Ga. Highways 85 and 314 starting north

from Ga. Highway 54 reaching all the way to the Fayette Pavilion.

Those signals

are all linked on one computer system so they can be timed to improve

traffic flows. The Georgia Department of Transportation is responsible

for programming the signals and the project has produced a net result

in shortening travel times according to a DOT study.

The Fayette

County Commission and the DOT chipped in money along with Fayetteville

for that project.

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