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Ga. 9 widening hits more delays
PHOTOS BY: CITY OF MILTON/PROVIDED
Hundreds crowd The Green at Crabapple Market May 26 for the Milton Memorial Day ceremony.
Milton community honors those who died in service
Veteran and co-founder of Milton Veterans Memorial Markers Bill Lusk attends the City of Milton Memorial Day ceremony on The Green at Crabapple Market May 26.
MILTON, Ga. — Residents in Milton gathered to remember and honor those who served in the United States Armed Forces at a Memorial Day ceremony May 26. The ceremony, held at The Green at Crabapple Market each year, features guest speakers and memorial markers to honor those who have passed. Hundreds attended, including veterans, to listen to remarks from Mayor Peyton Jamison and guest speakers. “Today we remember, today we reflect and today we say thank you,” Jamison said. Milton resident and Vietnam veteran Bill Lusk is the co-founder of Milton Veterans Memorial Markers. His nonprofit honors the veterans of Milton through handmade wooden crosses. Each cross displays a name and is placed along streets in Crabapple and Deerfield. Lusk said that Memorial Day is to remind people of the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice.
See MEMORIAL, Page 24
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Georgia Department of Transportation officials are again pushing back their projected completion date for the widening of Ga. 9 in Alpharetta. The work, along 3.6 miles from Upper Hembree Road to Windward Parkway, is expected to finish by spring 2026, Alpharetta officials said May 21. The delay is attributed to utility delays and design changes. The $50 million project will add two lanes for vehicles, bikes lanes, on street parking, upgraded drainage and pedestrian lighting among other improvements, GDOT said. Ga. 9 is a major artery for Metro Atlanta and North Georgia drivers, beginning in Sandy Springs and running 86 miles north into Lumpkin County. The widened roadway is expected to ease congestion, improve pedestrian safety and support Alpharetta’s growth, the city says. The change in schedule comes a year after state transportation officials had pushed the project’s completion date to late 2025. Construction began in April 2021.
See DELAYS, Page 24
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A $50 million project is underway to widen Ga. 9 in Alpharetta from two to four lanes and add other amenities.
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