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Traffic could be less bleak this Black Friday on Dawsonville Highway
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Todd Devos, with AECOM as a consultant to the Georgia Department of Transportation, backs up collected traffic data at the city of Gainesville’s traffic engineering facility Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Real-time monitoring systems, which are observed at the office, are being put in place to help alleviate traffic. - photo by David Barnes
Through a couple of traffic improvements, officials hope this year’s Black Friday on Dawsonville Highway at McEver Road isn’t the train wreck for shoppers that it was last year. One of the fixes involves monitoring traffic via live video and making traffic light adjustments as needed.