Since 1988, SPLOST dollars have contributed more than a billion dollars for transportation construction projects in Gwinnett, paying for building new roads, widening old ones, and making hundreds of improvements to reduce bottlenecks and upgrade traffic flow and safety. | Improvements include intersection upgrades, new turn lanes, traffic lights, alignment and safety improvements, bridge replacements, sidewalks, drainage, safety improvements at schools, and resurfacing. | | | | Traffic Lights
| | Intelligent transportation systems are now being installed along major roads to allow real-time monitoring and control of traffic flow. | Traffic Control Center
| | | Major projects include new road construction. Examples of SPLOST-funded major projects include I-85/316 Intersection, Ronald Reagan Parkway, Sugarloaf Parkway, Riverside Parkway, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Pleasant Hill Road, and Annistown Road. | | | | In 2006, Gwinnett signed construction contracts for 57 projects worth $110 million. The County also partners with the state to improve state highways in Gwinnett, contributing more than $130 million in local matching funds since 1992. County staff often handles design, land acquisition, and environmental permitting for state road projects.
For listings of specific transportation projects in each SPLOST program, click in the left navigation column. |
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