Traffic Calming, Trail Grant Approved By Marietta City Council

MARIETTA, GA — A grant application and several traffic-calming measures were approved this week by Marietta City Council, including a speed limit reduction on one street, speed table installations on another and speed radar detection devices for 10 different roadways in Marietta.

Traffic calming

At Wednesday's meeting, council voted to reduce the speed limit on Lemon Street to 25 mph between Cherokee Street and Woods Drive, as well as install four speed tables on Frog Leap Trail after residents said drivers are cutting through the neighborhood at high speeds.

The Frog Leap Trail measure also included installation of a crosswalk at the community pool, and a "no parking zone" designation along one side of the road.

Council also approved a measure allowing the Marietta Police Department to request state approval for the speed detection devices. Cities are required to get approval from the Georgia Department of Transportation, and more than 50 roads and highways in Marietta are already approved for radar detection.

The roads on the new list are as follows:

• Brookwood Drive
• Interstate 75 managed lanes (northwest corridor)
• Keeler Woods Drive
• Laurel Springs Lane
• North St. Mary's Lane
• St. Anne's Road
• Stilesboro Road
• Lawrence Street
• Washington Avenue
• Victory Drive

Additionally, the following roads were approved for these devices in the past, but are being resubmitted for approval:

• Arden Drive
• Barclay Circle
• Lee's Trace
• Longwood Drive
• Manning Road

The public works department will also be working with Frasier Street residents to discuss traffic calming options as well.

Grant application

Council members approved a grant application requesting $1.5 million in state money to help build the Rottenwood Creek Trail, which would connect the Aviation Sports Complex to the Franklin Gateway Sports Complex as part of a larger initiative to expand the city's trail network.

If the grant is approved, the city already committed to funding 25 percent of the project, for a total of about $376,500.