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Intersection work will divert traffic for 3-week period By AMBER PERRY amber@appenmedia.com JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Intersection improvements at Barnwell and Holcomb Bridge roads haven’t gone as planned, but Johns Creek expects to see it completed following a three-week closure of the area. The $5.3 million project, mostly funded by the Georgia Department of Transportation, will provide dual left turn lanes, a through lane and a right turn lane on Barnwell Road at Holcomb Bridge Road. The project also raises the elevation of Barnwell Road for improved sight distances and safer turning onto Holcomb Bridge Road. It fills in a pedestrian connectivity gap along Barnwell Road, from Holcomb Bridge Road to Niblick Drive, by adding a sidewalk and pedestrian bridge over Hogan Creek. Public Works Director Chris Haggard had previously shared a slip in schedule due to unmarked utility and waterline relocation issues. Substantial work for the project began in early 2022 and was expected to last 18 months. “We’re just struggling to get this contractor to finish the job,” Haggard said at the City Council work session Oct. 3. The item was not listed on the council’s work session agenda and was added last minute at the request of
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Celebrating 20 years Nancy “Mrs. C” Castellucci and Frederico “Mr. C” Castellucci II, middle, stand with Sugo staff before the doors open for the restaurant’s 20th anniversary celebration Oct. 1. Ricardo Soto, bottom right, is the executive chef of Sugo, an Italian and Greek restaurant on Medlock Bridge Road, owned by the Castellucci’s children. See story, page 8.