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GDOT seeks Ware County support for RCUT at SR 520/SR 122; commissioners press for signal or overpass analysis
Summary
GDOT presented a Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) proposal for SR 520 at SR 122 and said the intersection does not meet traffic-signal warrants; commissioners raised concerns about truck access and asked whether the County should support or seek alternative solutions including an overpass.
Daniel Summers of the Georgia Department of Transportation briefed the Ware County Board on a proposed Restricted Crossing U-Turn (RCUT) at the SR 520 and SR 122 intersection, which GDOT said is intended to reduce crashes by rerouting left-turning traffic into controlled U-turn movements.
GDOT told the Board the intersection does not meet traffic-volume criteria for a traffic signal, and that vehicles making right turns are not counted toward signal warrants. Commissioners questioned practical effects: Commissioner Barry Cox and others warned that semi-trucks and logging trucks would likely turn onto and damage several local roads if left-turn options were limited, and Commissioner Timmy Lucas said the County wants a traffic light.
GDOT staff said the agency will need the Commission’s support to install an RCUT and that the RCUT would not later be replaced with a traffic signal. GDOT staff also discussed budgetary and engineering tradeoffs for alternatives and said an overpass would require a substantially different funding scale. Commissioners asked for more discussion before committing support.
The work session record shows no formal action during the meeting; GDOT indicated it would not proceed without county support and emphasized that the signal-warrant standards are based on traffic volumes rather than crash counts.
