GDOT Completes Work On Ga. 20 Intersection Project

CANTON, GA — The Georgia Department of Transportation has wrapped up a Quick Response project at an intersection on Ga. 20 in Canton.

The agency said work to install dual left-turn lanes on the southbound direction at the Ga. 20-Herndon Drive intersection is now complete. Georgia DOT's project also installed a median in front of the RaceTrac gas station driveway.

"This quick response project will certainly improve the flow of traffic in the area, make it safer and help the public get where they need to go in Cherokee County," GDOT said in a press release.

GDOT in November approved $156,736 in Quick Response Program funding to roll out improvements to this intersection. Northwest Georgia Paving Inc. kicked off the project on Nov. 2, 2018.

"Transportation projects like this one continue to positively influence the lives of our Cherokee County residents," said State Representative Mandi Ballinger of Canton, who helped move the project forward.

GDOT's Quick Response Program provides funding for low-cost initiatives on state highways. They are usually less than $200,000, and include projects such as restriping, turn lane additions and extension and rolling out improvements to intersections.

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