Duralee Lane, Dorris Rd. Ribbon Cutting

The work on the Duralee Lane Extension Project is substantially complete and the has scheduled the roadway’s ribbon-cutting for today at 11 a.m., at the western end of the project/intersection with Dorris Road. The new extension will connect Fairburn Road to the Douglas County Courthouse campus, providing a new and more convenient access for citizens from the eastern part of the County.

The $1.5 million project was constructed by Blount Construction Company, Inc., and was completed ahead of schedule. The new extension begins at the Fairburn Road/Duralee Lane intersection and goes west for 0.6 miles to Dorris Road, coming out immediately adjacent to the County’s Multimodal Transportation Center. The project is being paid with funds from the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, and managed by the Douglas County Department of Transportation.

There will be no formal program for the ribbon-cutting, just a celebration of the project’s completion, with the ribbon being cut by the Board of Commissioners.  The Commissioners will then ride a GRTA Xpress bus the length of the new roadway to try it out.  The new roadway will be used by (Georgia Regional Transportation Authority) buses, as well as general traffic, to relieve some traffic congestion on Fairburn Road and Hospital Drive. The Public is invited to the ribbon-cutting and to ride the bus along the new road.

GRTA works to improve Georgia’s mobility, air quality and land use practices. In partnership between GRTA and 12 metro Atlanta counties, Xpress is the Atlanta region's premier commuter transportation service, with luxury coaches carrying riders throughout the region. Douglas County was one of the first counties served by Xpress, with service inaugurated on July 6, 2004 connecting the Multimodal Transportation Center with Downtown Atlanta. Today Douglas County has two Xpress routes connecting the county with downtown and midtown Atlanta from the Multimodal Transportation Center and the West Douglas Park and Ride Station on Douglas Boulevard. Xpress is a public commuter transportation service, available Monday through Friday, designed to provide work-day commuters an alternative to driving their vehicles alone to work while improving air quality and enhancing the quality of life for all of metropolitan Atlanta.