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Tucker study recommends $12.7M of safety and trail work, short-term fixes earmarked in FY26 budget
Summary
A corridor study of Hugh Howell Road presented to the Tucker Mayor and Council outlines 68 recommendations — from signage and school-flasher upgrades to a $1.75 million Rosser Road realignment — and proposes using a $1 million FY26 line item for near-term safety work while designing longer-range projects.
Ken Hildebrandt, a city planning presenter, delivered the Hugh Howell Road corridor draft report to the Tucker Mayor and Council, saying the study covers the entire corridor within the city from Mountain Industrial Boulevard to U.S. 78 and that it produced 68 recommendations covering small, maintenance and longer-range projects.
The study found daily traffic volumes ranging from about 11,000 vehicles per day on the east end to about 18,000 near Mountain Industrial Boulevard, and reported 346 crashes on the corridor in the previous five years, including 179 injuries and three fatalities. Hildebrandt said the corridor’s 80th‑percentile speeds measured about 48–49 mph in daytime hours and spiked in late-night hours, with recorded highs around 80 mph.
“These things combined are good safety improvements,” Hildebrandt said, describing lower-cost fixes such as enhanced warning signs and upgraded school flashers, and longer-range work such as realigning Rosser Road and adding roundabouts at Silver Hill Road.
Why it matters: Hugh Howell is a primary connector between downtown Tucker and Stone Mountain and passes residential neighborhoods and…
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