Politics & Government
Cherokee Could Prohibit U-Turns on Eagle Drive at W. Putnam Ferry
Cherokee Commissioners will vote on a proposal to install the signs, and to allow protected U-turns on Eagle Drive at Rose Creek Drive.
A proposal to ban motorists from performing U-turns on Eagle Drive near Etowah High School will be voted on today by the Cherokee County Commission.
The commission will consider the request to install no U-turn signs on Eagle Drive at the non-signalized three-way intersection with West Putnam Ferry Road.
The Cherokee County School District had a traffic engineer analyze its traffic flow at the Etowah High School and E.T. Booth Middle School campus.
The engineer concludes the district should send more traffic from the campus using the western entrance at Etowah, which is a right-in/right-out driveway to Eagle Drive and will only allow people to exit the school heading west on Eagle Drive.
The county predicts some vehicles will try to head east towards Eagle Drive and would use the left-turn lane on Eagle Drive at West Putnam Ferry Road, which is used to access the Aldi grocery store.
Due to the increased volume, the county wants to install the no U-turn signs at the intersection.
To provide a safer way to perform U-turns in the area, the county will install a protected, permissive left-turn arrow at the signalized intersection on Eagle Drive at Rose Creek Drive.
This will allow U-turns to have a protected phase at an already signalized intersection, meaning it would be safer for motorists trying to head eastbound on Eagle Drive.
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