Due West Road Corridor Improvements - Cobb County, GA

Pond provided full design services for upgrades and redesign of three intersections along the Due West Corridor in Cobb County, as well as the addition of bicycle lanes along Due West Road. The intersection upgrades included addition of turn lanes and access control as well as the realignment of two intersecting roadways to consolidate into one proposed intersection location.

The project included a traffic study of the project corridor including elimination of one signal, new design of another signal and retiming, and additional signal head design of an existing signal. The length of the existing Due West Road corridor is approximately one mile and the realignment of side roads consists of approximately 0.25 miles of roadway length. In addition to the traffic study and signal design, the project scope included preparation of a concept plan on County GIS, public involvement, right-of-way plans and construction drawings and bid documents.

Key elements of this project included:

• Bicycle lane accommodations throughout project.
• Eliminated existing signalized intersection.
• Fast track project from Cobb SPLOST Program.
• Main North South thoroughfare in Western Cobb County.