Busy Suwanee Intersection to Get Safety Upgrade

SUWANEE, GA -- The busy intersection at Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Tench Road will be getting safer soon, Gwinnett County officials say.

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners this week awarded a contract for a pedestrian safety project at the intersection, near Level Creek Elementary School and North Gwinnett Middle School.

"As school winds down, this construction will crank up," District 1 Commissioner Jace Brooks said in a news release. "I’m pleased we have the opportunity and the funding through the voter-approved SPLOST to improve pedestrian safety."

The project will include sidewalks, crosswalks and new pedestrian signals.

The mile-long sidewalk will connect Level Creek Elementary and North Gwinnett Middle School. Sidewalks will be installed on the south side of Tench Road and the western side of Peachtree Industrial.

Curb, gutter and drainage improvements also will be part of the $430,842 project, which was awarded to CMES Inc.

The project is funded by Gwinnett County's 2014 special purpose, local-option sales tax. It is expected to be completed in the fall.