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Spout Springs Road traffic worsens as fixes remain years away
Widening is in DOT plans but considered long range
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Traffic flows Wednesday on Spout Springs Road at Hog Mountain Road in Flowery Branch. Hall County staff hope to start buying right-of-way next year to eventually widen Spout Springs Road between Interstate 985 and Thompson Mill Road. - photo by Erin O. Smith
If you think traffic has doubled over the past 10 years on Spout Springs Road in South Hall County, you wouldn’t be far off the mark. The Georgia Department of Transportation reports an average of 8,350 cars per day in 2005 south of Ivy Springs Drive, compared to 15,000 in 2014. That’s just one traffic counter on the two-lane road, but its number — along with those of other counters on Spout Springs — is sure to rise, as residential and commercial development continues.