Part of Pleasant Hill Road Due Widening, Sidewalks

More improvements are in sight for Pleasant Hill Road. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners awarded a construction contract to widen Pleasant Hill Road from Buford Highway to the intersection of Howell Ferry Road/McClure Bridge Road in Duluth, according to an announcement by the county. The widening will add a third lane and sidewalks in each direction along with a raised median to improve safety of the road.

Expected to be completed in 2013, this project will extend the six-lane roadway that opened to traffic earlier this year from Old Norcross Road to Buford Highway and connect to the Pleasant Hill Road interchange at Buford Highway, which was completed in 2008. A future project will complete the six-lane widening through the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to the Chattahoochee River.

The $6.6-million contract was awarded Nov. 15 to low bidder C.W. Matthews Contracting Co. Inc. Funding for the project comes from 2009 SPLOST funds.