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Memorial Park Drive traffic raising citizen concerns

Traffic moves through the four-way stop intersecting Memorial Park Drive and Old Flowery Branch Road in Gainesville, on Friday, June 1, 2018, during heavy rain. Road planners are discussing ways to improve traffic flow at the intersection. - photo by David Barnes

06042018 MEMORIAL 02.jpg — Traffic moves through the four-way stop intersecting Memorial Park Drive and Old Flowery Branch Road in Gainesville, on Friday, June 1, 2018, during heavy rain. Road planners are discussing ways to improve traffic flow at the intersection. - photo by David Barnes

Area residents are pushing for traffic fixes on Memorial Park Drive, a busy road connecting Browns Bridge Road/Ga. 369 and Atlanta Highway/Ga. 13. Sam Baker, transportation planning manager of the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization, spoke to road planners recently about grass-roots concerns about traffic on the road.