Public To Weigh In On Proposed Peachtree Road Redesign

State transportation officials will hold a community meeting on Thursday about a proposed redesign for Peachtree Road in Buckhead. 

The full plan would cover the area between Interstate-85 and the Lenox area. This phase of the proposal encompasses the stretch of Peachtree between Pharr and Deering Roads. The proposal calls for repaving Peachtree, and merging the road’s two middle lanes to create one big turn lane in the process.

Georgia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Natalie Dale says going from six lanes to five should improve traffic and safety.

“What we see, because there’s a lot of stop-and-go on those lanes, is a lot of rear-end accidents and traffic backups surrounding cars that are sitting in those lanes, trying to make that left-hand turn,” Dale said.

This way, Dale says, cars making left turns won’t tie up everyone else, and she says there should be fewer accidents. Bike lanes on both sides of the road are also part of the plan.