New Traffic Lights Installed in Douglas County to Help Prevent Car Accidents in Douglasville

June 5, 2008 - With Douglas County traffic becoming more and more congested each year, the state of Georgia has agreed to install traffic lights at key Douglasville intersections in the coming months, beginning with the school-site intersection of Shoals School Road and State Highway 92 (also called Fairburn Road).
The Board of Commissioners announce after a meeting in the county courthouse on Hospital Drive, that the light will be installed before the new school year begins in August. Answering the concerns of parents and other Douglas County residents, the light will ease traffic problems and minimize the chances of accidents at the busy intersection, the only access for drivers headed to Factory Shoals Elementary or Factory Shoals Middle School. Since the highway has become four-laned, increased in speed limit, and seen more tractor-trailer trucks in its lanes in the past few years, this traffic light addition is much needed.
As you venture on the roadways of Douglas County in the following months, expect other changes as well: county Department of Transportation director Randy Hulsey not only confirmed Mulcare’s announcement, but also assured citizens that two Chapel Hill Road intersections will be improved in the near future.