What's going on at North Road and Pinehurst?

If you've been wondering why all the huge drain pipes are in yards on North Road, Ridgedale, and Pinehurst in Snellville, and would like to know what's going on, the answer is in this November 20, 2009 press release:

An upgrade of the intersection of North Road and Pinehurst Road will add left and right turn lanes to all approaches, a new traffic signal and pedestrian facilities. This project is expected to take approximately nine months to complete.

A section of Ridgedale west of Pinehurst Road will also be improved, providing a better curvature to the roadway, new roadside shoulders and left and right turn lanes at its intersection with Little Lisa Lane. This work will take approximately six months to complete.

Traffic studies in 2006 and 2007 showed that as many as 14,000 vehicles passed through the intersection at Pinehurst and North Road daily. That number is certainly higher now. No doubt it will be very inconvenient to drive through that area over the next months, but in the end, I know it will be worth it to get all those cars moving through there more easily.

(A big THANK YOU to Jon Richards of http://lawrencevilleweather.com/ for helping me locate the press release information)