SNELLVILLE - Mayor Barbara Bender and the Snellville City Council are hosting a public information open house for the proposed Pinehurst Road and Skyland Drive sidewalk projects.
The Mayor and Council have prioritized new sidewalk construction in recent budget approvals to provide residents an attractive amenity which raises property values and increases pedestrian safety.
The meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m., July 11 in the City Hall Community Room, 2342 Oak Road.
The proposed project calls for sidewalk improvements on the north side of Skyland Drive from just south of the intersection of Skyland Drive and Eldorado Place where sidewalk currently ends to the intersection of Skyland Drive and Rockdale Circle. Improvements are also proposed at the north side of Pinehurst Road from just south of the intersection of Pinehurst and North roads where sidewalk currently ends to the existing sidewalk near the entrance into Saddle Brook subdivision.
The project will be funded through Special Local Option Sales Taxes.
The construction of the sidewalks will have minor impacts on the land parcels, city officials said. The sidewalks and drainage improvements will be accomplished within existing right-of-way. Temporary construction and driveway easements will be obtained from parcels as needed.
The anticipated impacts will be as follows:
- Driveway reconstruction and coordination with owner for access as concrete work occurs sidewalks and drainage improvements will be accomplished within existing right-of-way.
- Replace concrete/block/stone mailboxes with wooden mailboxes.
- Removal of trees and landscaping within the county right-of-way including the areas.
This open house is not a formal meeting. It is a "cafeteria style" meeting during which those attending can meet with elected officials, city staff and the project’s consulting engineer/designer face-to-face to ask questions regarding the project.
Construction could begin in November of 2023. Another public meeting is slated to take place in September this year.
For more information on the project call Project Manager Lawrence Kaiser at 404-909-5619 or Snellville City Manager Butch Sanders at 770-985-3500.