{"id":1871,"date":"2011-06-22T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/3-million-t-splost-to-widen-val-del-road.html"},"modified":"2011-06-22T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T21:00:00","slug":"3-million-t-splost-to-widen-val-del-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/3-million-t-splost-to-widen-val-del-road.html","title":{"rendered":"$3 million T-SPLOST to widen Val Del Road"},"content":{"rendered":"In the Lowndes County T-SPLOST boondoggle of the day,\nthe county wants $3 million to widen Val Del Road:\nall of it that’s in the county, plus adding paved shoulders,\nand at some intersections turn lanes, plus fiddling with drainage.\nNothing in the writeup about promoting new development,\nalthough we saw in\n\nthe proposal for Old US 41 N<\/a>\nthat that’s exactly what road widening projects are for.\n

\nHere’s what Lowndes County submitted for\nT-SPLOST funding, extracted from the\n171 page PDF.<\/a>\n

Project Sheet

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\nProject Number:<\/b><\/i>\n
\n<\/td>		\nRC11-000101\n
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\nProject Name:<\/b><\/i>\n
\n<\/td>		\nVal Del Road Additional Lane Width and Turning Lanes\n
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\nGDOT ID:<\/b><\/i>\n
\n<\/td>		\n \n
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\nProject Description:<\/b><\/i>\n
\n<\/td>		\nVal Del Road is classified as a major collector road that traverses from Cook County into Northern Lowndes County and terminates at State Route 7.  This project will widen Val Del Road  from 10.5\u2019 lanes to 12\u2019 travel lanes and add a two foot wide paved shoulder with ground in place rumble strips.  This project will also resurface the roadway being widened.  In some areas, drainage structures will have to be extended.  Also as a part of the project, protected left turn lanes will be added at various intersections along Val Del Road.  The proposed intersections include McMillan Road, Clyattstone Road, and North Valdosta Road.  Finally, deceleration lanes will be added at various intersections and at entrances to major subdivisions.  The proposed intersections will include the three roads listed above and the proposed major subdivisions will include River Chase Subdivision, Nelson Hills Subdivision, and Bethany Hills Subdivision.   Limited ROW will need to be acquired in areas where deceleration lanes and left turn lanes are built.\n
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\nRegional Commission:<\/b><\/i>\n
\n<\/td>		\nSouthern Georgia\n
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\nUnconstrained List:<\/b><\/i>\n
\n<\/td>		\nYes\n
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\nCounty:<\/b><\/i>\n
\n<\/td>		\nLowndes County\n
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\nPhase<\/b><\/td>\nTotal Project Cost<\/b><\/td>\nTotal Amt Requested<\/b><\/td><\/tr>\n
\nPE<\/td>\n$150,000<\/td>\n$150,000<\/td>\n
\nROW<\/td>\n$100,000<\/td>\n$100,000<\/td>\n
\nCST<\/td>\n$2,750,000<\/td>\n$2,750,000<\/td>\n
\nTotal<\/b><\/td>\n$3,000,000<\/b><\/td>\n$3,000,000<\/b><\/td>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nComments:<\/b><\/i>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
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\nPublic Benefit<\/b>\n<\/td>\nNotes<\/b>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n
\nEnsuring Safety and Security\n<\/td>\nThis project would benefit the public by potentially reducing the incidence of crashes along this roadway segment,\ncorridor, and\/or intersection.\n
\nMaximizing the value of\nGeorgia’s Assets\n<\/td>\nThis project could potentially maximize the full utility of an existing transportation facility(s). In some cases, bypasses\nwill be necessary. Example benefits could be: mitigating congestion (e.g. operational improvements) and optimizing capital asset management (e.g. resurfacing, rehabilitation). The impacts would apply to this roadway segment, corridor, and\/or intersection.\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\nProject Location<\/b><\/i>
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