Smyrna roads welcome new and completed projects

The streets of welcome a new bridge, traffic signal and road construction project next week.

With regards to the latter, signs on Spring Road this week indicate an Atlanta Gas Light project on Cumberland Boulevard between Spring Rd. and Cobb Parkway will begin Monday at 9 a.m. Expect daily work to continue until 4 p.m.

It’s part of an extensive gas line replacement project that will begin in Smyrna near the intersection of Cumberland Blvd. and Spring Rd. and extend north along Cobb Pkwy to the Big Chicken in Marietta.

Here in Smyrna, it could last two weeks or longer depending on the weather and traffic delays are expected due to possible lane closure(s). Officials have recommended continuing eastward on Spring Rd. to reach Cobb Pkwy.

The new bridge of course is the , which is scheduled to open Friday, Jan. 27 as Councilwoman Melleny Pritchett confirmed this week. But don’t expect a ribbon-cutting ceremony just yet.

“It’s not totally finished,’’ Pritchett said at Tuesday’s council meeting. “The sides as I understand it will need to be put in place after the road opens.”

Wet weather doesn’t help contractors and construction crews finish jobs on time and they’re still working feverishly at the bridge and the development at Concord Rd. and South Cobb Dr.

The store and fuel center are still slated for a Wednesday opening this coming week. The new traffic light, which is installed on the hill just north of Concord and provides an intersection entrance into the development, is set to be active on Monday.

Recently, the traffic lights in the area have not been in sync, or as in the words of Mayor Max Bacon, “really messed up.”

“When you’re heading east on Concord, only one car can turn left before the light changes,’’ Bacon said. "I've had some concerns."

On a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the most, how much did you miss the Campbell Road Bridge the last six months?