Why does the recommended alternate include bike lanes and 8-foot-wide sidewalks?
The County and the community through its planning process has identified and adopted Johnson Ferry Road and Abernathy Road as a bicycle and pedestrian corridor. The CAC and the Department are charged with implementing that plan. The Department can only use State funds on facilities that are part of a roadway. Therefore, bike lanes were added to the concept. Eventually a continuous bike lane will be constructed from the Sandy Springs MARTA Station to the Chattahoochee River National Park. 8-foot-wide sidewalks are also being proposed due to the community comments requesting a safe pedestrian corridor and so that “casual” bicyclists that do not feel comfortable using the bike lanes can more easily use the sidewalk. The sidewalk width does not increase the required shoulder width needed to build and maintain the roadway.
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- Why does the recommended alternate include bike lanes and 8-foot-wide sidewalks?
