JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Local and state officials gathered in Johns Creek March 11 for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the first phase of the McGinnis Ferry Road Widening project. Plans call for the east-west artery to be widened to four lanes in two phases from Union Hill Road in Alpharetta east to Emory Johns Creek Hospital, a distance of about 4.6 miles.
The first phase covers a 2.5-mile stretch from Hospital Parkway west to Douglas Road.
Rudy Bowen, GDOT District 6 Transportation Board member, said McGinnis Ferry Road supports more than 20,000 vehicles a day and is already 55 percent over its design capacity…