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Johns Creek city staff break ground July 24 on a $4.6 million intersection improvement project along Jones Bridge Road.
Traffic upgrades begin on Jones Bridge Road
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Fiberglass ductwork conveys odor-carrying air from covered wastewater basins at the Johns Creek Environmental Campus on July 24. The facility spent about $50 million on odor control in an effort to minimize its footprint amid the surrounding community.
High-tech wastewater facility serves Johns Creek By JON WILCOX jon@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — A Fulton County state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility hides in plain sight, tucked next to million-dollar homes and pristine parklands. Built in 2009 as the first of its kind, the $158-million Johns Creek Environ-
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mental Campus sits on Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell. The Veolia-run facility cleans North Fulton County wastewater, serving about 150,000 people in Alpharetta, Johns Creek, Roswell and Sandy Springs. “It is one of the most unique wastewater facilities in the nation,” Veolia Program Manager David Horton said. The technology featured at the
campus works by filtering wastewater through hollow spaghetti-like strands covered in tiny pores. The method allows the wastewater facility to sell non-potable water for pennies on the dollar to customers like golf courses and return treated water to the Chattahoochee River.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek city staff gathered with shovels July 24 to break ground on an intersection project along Jones Bridge Road near Sargent and Douglas roads. The $4.6 million project seeks to mitigate traffic congestion coming from commercial plazas and the surrounding residential areas. It will also address challenging weaving conflicts as vehicles attempt to complete the movement from Sargent Road to Douglas Road and vice versa. The plan is to widen existing travel lanes as well as add left and right turn lanes to aid in traffic flow through the corridor in addition to synchronizing the signals at Sargent Road and at Douglas Road to ease congestion. Sidewalk gaps will also be filled within the area as well, increasing pedestrian connectivity. — Amber Perry
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