State Route 6 Corridor Study Final Report - Cobb County Government

3.0 SR 6 Corridor Recommendations
The SR 6 Corridor Study recommendations include specific projects and broad
strategies or policies for future implementation. Both transportation and land use
recommendations have been developed. The study’s horizon is year 2030. Projects
presented in this section include existing projects in the ARC Envision6 RTP and newly
identified projects generated through the SR 6 needs assessment and project
identification process.
The types of transportation projects fall into the following categories: roadway capacity,
roadway operations, freight, transit, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. Factors
considered during recommendations development include:
• ARC Regional plans and policies;
• Study goals and objectives;
• Data analysis and technical considerations;
• Jurisdictional plans;
• Input and guidance from the participating county, municipalities, and planning
partners;
• Public and community input; and
• Balance of needs and resources.
To ensure that the SR 6 Corridor Study recommendations are comprehensive and reflect
community and regional needs, outreach with planning partners, stakeholders, and the
general public were undertaken to refine the proposed alternatives, as discussed in
Section 2. Based on input received through this process, proposed transportation and
land use alternatives were refined to result in the draft recommendations. In some
instances the corridor jurisdictions may have institutional, legislative, or regulatory
concerns that should be considered prior to adopting these recommendations.
3.1 ARC Planned and Programmed Projects
The regional Envision6 RTP was adopted September 26, 2007. The SR 6 Corridor Study
was conducted as ARC was updating the Region’s long range transportation plan
(LRTP) from Mobility 2030 to Envision6. Planned and programmed projects that are
within or adjacent to the study area from both LRTPs were considered during the needs
assessment and alternatives identification process. A critical factor in the Envison6 RTP
was that some projects that had previously been included in the Mobility 2030 RTP were
eliminated due to a lack of funding.
Final Report 3‐1
January 2008