Paulding County highlights enhanced school-area crosswalk on Win Road

John Brantley, identified in the meeting as the director of Paulding County, introduced a brief presentation on a new school-area crossing at the intersection of Win Road, South Paulding High School and Dugan Elementary.

"I'm John Brantley the director of Paulding County," Brantley said as he described the county's role in the project and thanked Department of Transportation staff for their work. County officials played a short video and introduced Alan Davis and Jose Santiago from the county DOT to explain the device and its operation.

Jose Santiago of the Department of Transportation described the installed device as an enhanced rectangular rapid-flashing beacon with two modes of actuation. He explained that the system combines a push-button activation and a passive sensor so that pedestrians who forget to press the button will still trigger the beacon. The system provides visual warnings to drivers and an audible signal for pedestrians.

County officials said the project began as an initial study in May 2015 and involved traffic studies, striping and signage work handled by the DOT's signal division, traffic operations and signs-and-markings teams. The board framed the crossing as an improvement meant to increase safety for students and other pedestrians in the immediate school area.

No vote or formal action on the crossing was recorded during the meeting; officials presented the project as an installed enhancement and answered no public questions on funding or expected maintenance at this session.

The board moved on to other agenda items after the short presentation; any formal documentation of the project, including traffic studies or maintenance commitments, was not read into the record during this meeting and was therefore not specified.