Waze To Guide Drivers Through 2 Sandy Springs Highway Projects

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — Fed up with traffic headaches in Sandy Springs as a result of the GA-400 or I-285 improvement project?

If so, city officials are looking for ways to ease those traffic woes for drivers by partnering with the popular navigation app, Waze.

Through a collaboration, the city said it will provide Waze with advance warning and real-time information of road construction and closures.

According to the city, this will allow Waze to better help drivers avoid road issues and reach their destinations easier and faster.

Additionally, the city said it will get access to real-time issues reported by users as well as traffic jam information for all roads in Sandy Springs.

"Please allow Waze to help you navigate the current road closures of Abernathy Road and the demo of the GA 400 overpass bridge as well as the additional road closures and detours as part of the Transform 285/400 project," the city said in a news release. "Waze will be the best navigation app as it will contain real-time information provided by our city traffic engineers."

To download the Waze, visit the Apple Store or Google Play store and download the app for free.

According to the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Transform 285/400 Improvement Project is designed to help reduce traffic congestion and enhance safety in the area near the I-285/SR 400 interchange in metro Atlanta.

The project adds new flyover ramps, new collector-distributor lanes and other facilities to aid east-west travel along I-285 and north-south travel along SR 400. It will improve 4.3 miles of I-285 from west of Roswell Road to east of Ashford Dunwoody Road and 6.2 miles along SR 400 from the Glenridge Connector to Spalding Drive, the GDOT said.