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Friendship Road widening stirs acrimony among homeowners
Project to connect Lanier Islands, Braselton through South Hall has critics, admirers
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Concrete from road construction remains along a newly widened section of Friendship Road/Ga. 347 in South Hall. Although construction is now complete, DOT district spokeswoman Katie Strickland said, “As with any construction project, there will be steps that will finish the project to completion ... and those final steps are taking shape now.” - photo by Erin O. Smith
Teresa Owens’ homemade sign bearing a simple message, “Don’t trust GDOT,” sums up how she and many of her neighbors feel about the newly widened Friendship Road/Ga. 347 in South Hall. “I just think not many of us have a really good feeling about the road,” said Teresa Owens, whose sign is draped across a black wrought-iron gate facing the road. All six lanes of the newly widened Friendship Road/Ga. 347 in South Hall opened to traffic July 1, creating one of Hall’s widest roads in connecting Interstate 985 to Old Winder Highway/Ga. 211, a nearly 8-mile stretch.