Mad Man Traffic

I was talking to a friend of mine Monday who works for the city of Roswell. I was trying to get some things clear about road closures after I got copies of some city notices about them. Hardscrabble Road (one of my favorite names) is closed until the end of the month so they can realign the intersection with Crabapple. He was telling me it’ll work much better because of the odd way Rucker Road comes in near there. Then we were talking about Hembree being closed at Foe Killer Creek and Old Roswell Road being closed over the creek so they can replace the bridges. Both projects taking at least the rest of the year. And there’s the rub. Turns out by closing down those 2 roads it leaves only one way to cross the creek. Highway-9. Alpharetta Highway. And it’s causing problems for rush hour commuters coming and going through Alpharetta and Roswell. Remember if there’s a big wreck on 400 Highway-9 can only handle, at best, 1 in 5 cars that come off the big road.

Meaning gridlock. Lots of it.

I’m not sure what happened here during the planning process but I wonder if these traffic considerations were, well, considered?!? If you live, work or play around there how will you get around? Let me know at art@madmantraffic.com and help me bridge the gap!