The City of Roswell took another important step to improving connectivity and completing a long-awaited transportation project for Roswell residents. At their Jan. 13 meeting, the Roswell City Council unanimously approved awarding the contract for Big Creek Parkway Phase 1 to Summit Construction & Development for a total of $8.4 million.
“Big Creek is a game changer,” said Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson. “With this contract, we will set the stage for the most ambitious transportation project in Roswell.”
With this contract, we will set the stage for the most ambitious transportation project in Roswell.”
Kurt Wilson, Roswell Mayor
Big Creek Parkway was approved as a major, tier-one project in the 2016 Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) referendum. The goal of the project is to relieve congestion on Holcomb Bridge Road near the GA 400 interchange, and also to improve east-west connectivity in Roswell. Currently, Holcomb Bridge Road and Riverside Road are the only options to travel east and west in Roswell. In 2019, a previous administration altered the alignment, making it the design less effective. Mayor Wilson and the current City Council restored the project to its original vision, as well as securing $15 million from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) for project construction.
The Big Creek Parkway Phase 1 project is expected to begin in early 2025 and consists of improvements at the SR 140/Holcomb Bridge Road at Warsaw Road intersection. Dual left-turn lanes will be constructed on three of the four approaches. Warsaw Road will be widened from two lanes to four lanes from Holcomb Bridge Road to just north of Bainbridge Road in order to accommodate the Big Creek Parkway Phase 2 connection to Warsaw. This project will also include the construction of sidewalks and an eight-foot multi-use trail along Warsaw Road.
Phase 2 of the project will include a new roadway connection over GA 400 north of Holcomb Bridge Road, extending from Warsaw Road in the west to Old Alabama Road in the east.
GDOT will construct the Big Creek Parkway bridge over GA 400 in conjunction with its GA 400 Express Lane project, resulting in construction savings that Roswell otherwise would not be able to tap into.