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A colossal waste of $9 million for 74-54 ‘fix’ that will fail - The Citizen

The proposal to spend $9 million solving left turn problems from Ga. Highway 74 onto Ga. Highway 54 is a total waste of money. The problem is the backup – …
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Imker made these proposes before. When asked how that traffic that cannot any make turns gets to their destination he have no answers.

That intersection is a disaster.

GDOT agreed with me that connecting Fischer Road to 85 would give significant relief by giving northbound Coweta traffic an alternative route. But did nothing for 54 traffic because there was realistically no solution.

One councilman agreed with me but the other three did not, including Imker.

Another alternative is to build a bypass starting in Coweta and moving around to 54 east of Peachtree City.

But that leaves traffic that wants to shop in Peachtree city and the stores being angry for reducing potential customers.

Add to that such a bypass would become a developer corridor. As well the traffic that wants to make a right on 74.What GDOT touts as a plan doesn't help. Once out of the intersection traffic volume remains the same and it cuts access to shopping, meaning the traffic stays in the road longer effectively increasing traffic.So what are we do? Building elevated ramp in Peachtree City to who Coweta? How about a tunnel? Or demolish buildings all along 54 to increase the number of lanes?

Or just leave it alone and spend the $9 million on something else?
 
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Newnan resident: Push to solve Peachtree City traffic gridlock - The Citizen

It’s time for a Peachtree City perimeter highway system around its gridlock. From Georgia highways 34/54 in Coweta County to the intersection of highways 54/74 in PTC, there is a …
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Build ramps from Fischer to 85 to give an alternate route for north and southbound traffic onto 85 from Coweta.

Why should Peachtree City fix traffic issues created by Coweta County?

I was the mayor who proposed a plan that killed the TDK extension. Again, you want us to deal with your traffic.

It would’ve added 2000 homes and a million square feet of retail in Coweta County which would’ve dumped all the traffic into Peachtree City with zero benefit to us.

There is no relief for 54/74 unless traffic is removed from the intersection.

Let Coweta County widen Fischer from 85 into Meriwether County.
 
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Commuting to Atlanta is an ongoing issue for Peachtree City.

The simple reality is we need the jobs here.

Peachtree City leads the nation in losing its youth and growth in retiree population.

More homes, retail, recreation and entertainment does not attract workforce. If they did we would already have all the jobs workforce we need.

Jobs attract workforce.

A sound economic environment attracts employers.

But with the highest taxes in the state, Peachtree City is not very attractive any longer.

Most of the employees in Peachtree City do not live in Peachtree city.

Our spending needs to be more like running a home where where you don't spend what you do not have. Where needs come before wants.
 
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Straight from the ARC.


atlantaregional.org

Metropolitan Transportation Plan - ARC

The current MTP, approved by the ARC Board in February 2024, programs $168 billion in federal, state, and local transportation funding through 2050. The investments include: Maintenance & Modernization (63%)...
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Don Haddix

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Mayor Vanessa Fleisch - Peachtree City updated their cover photo.
January 14 at 10:21 PM ·
In 2014 the city did a traffic analysis of 54 West from City Hall to MacDuff. In that analysis that the city paid $70,000 for, so far there have been a number of projects completed. The Green T at Line Creek, and intersection improvements at MacDuff and 54 and Planterra and 54. One suggestion that our engineers made was having a displaced left turn at 54 and 74, in October of 2016 GADOT announced that we were getting the displaced left-turn project that WE had suggested in the study. This project is roughly 10 million dollars which is about half of the total federal money budgeted for the entire state. Think of it GADOT is committing that much money to a project in one city. Usually, a city has to match 20 percent of the money for a project like this. That is also not the case!
I am exceedingly grateful that we are getting this project.
There are those who are advocating for an overpass and underpass. That shows a total lack of knowledge of our sales tax base as an overpass underpass would decimate WestPark and The Avenue. Plus an overpass underpass would cost the city $10,000,000 in matching funds. Where is that going to come from?
 
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Don Haddix said:
thecitizen.com

A colossal waste of $9 million for 74-54 ‘fix’ that will fail - The Citizen

The proposal to spend $9 million solving left turn problems from Ga. Highway 74 onto Ga. Highway 54 is a total waste of money. The problem is the backup – …
thecitizen.com

Imker made these proposes before. When asked how that traffic that cannot any make turns gets to their destination he have no answers.

That intersection is a disaster.

GDOT agreed with me that connecting Fischer Road to 85 would give significant relief by giving northbound Coweta traffic an alternative route. But did nothing for 54 traffic because there was realistically no solution.

One councilman agreed with me but the other three did not, including Imker.

Another alternative is to build a bypass starting in Coweta and moving around to 54 east of Peachtree City.

But that leaves traffic that wants to shop in Peachtree city and the stores being angry for reducing potential customers.

Add to that such a bypass would become a developer corridor. As well the traffic that wants to make a right on 74.What GDOT touts as a plan doesn't help. Once out of the intersection traffic volume remains the same and it cuts access to shopping, meaning the traffic stays in the road longer effectively increasing traffic.So what are we do? Building elevated ramp in Peachtree City to who Coweta? How about a tunnel? Or demolish buildings all along 54 to increase the number of lanes?

Or just leave it alone and spend the $9 million on something else?
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Soon, no more left turns onto 54 after a McDonald’s or Chick-fil-A stop - The Citizen

The “reduced conflict U-turn” or R-CUT, approved Feb. 6 by the Peachtree City Council for the intersection at Ga. Highway 54 and Dan Lakly Drive at the Peachtree Crossing retail …
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Goodbye to regular left turns at 2 busy Hwy. 54 crossings - The Citizen

Over many years, customers of McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A in central Peachtree City have been used to making left turns from the fast-food restaurants onto Ga. Highway 54 northbound. That’s about …
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These R-Cuts make traffic worse. How do you make needed turns? Remember Imker wants to eliminate intersections completely.
 
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