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Gwinnett County officials are moving forward with plans to

extend the Western Gwinnett Bikeway from Duluth to Suwanee.

The county commission voted to approve an agreement with the Georgia Department of Transportation

to fund the nearly $14.4 million extension. The agreement calls for GDOT to provide

$7 million in funding from the federal government for construction while Gwinnett County

and the cities of Duluth and Suwanee will put up the rest of the money as a match.

The county will use funds from the 2014 and 2017 special purpose local option sales taxes for its portion of the funding.

The commission also voted to approve a construction contract

with Astra Group LLC to build the bikeway extension.

The extension will begin at Rogers Bridge Road in Suwanee and travel north

along Peachtree Industrial Boulevard to McGinnis Ferry Road in Suwanee.

Once completed, the bikeway will be nine miles long, stretching from South Berkeley Lake Road

in Norcross to McGinnis Ferry. In addition to creating a multi-use path along that

stretch of Peachtree Industrial, the bikeway extension will include a bridge over

Suwanee Creek, curb and gutter improvements, pedestrian

signal installations and drainage improvements.

The construction contract length is set to last just over a year —

410 calendar days to be exact — according to county documents.

 

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