Henry County Commissioners, county leaders, public safety agencies and citizens celebrated the completion of the Campground Road Extension project with a ceremonial ribbon cutting for this major SPLOST transportation project that has been in the planning stages for more than 20 years.

  District IV Commissioner Vivian Thomas along with District III Commissioner Gary Barham and District I Commissioner Johnny Wilson, other county officials and citizens gathered at the intersection of Winbrook Dr. and Campground Road to celebrate the opening of the new 2.9-mile-long roadway.

  Over the last two decades, Henry County has experienced explosive growth and with the new Campground Road Extension, this critical east-west connector will ease traffic congestion through the central parts of the county.

  The project consisted of a four lane road widening beginning at the end of the Georgia DOT I-75/Jodeco Road Interchange project; a two lane roadway starting past Peach Drive ending just before Brannan Road; a realignment of the Peach Drive intersection; a new four lane divided bridge over Norfolk Southern railroad tracks; a new installed traffic light at the intersection of SR42 and a new roadway; and a new signal at Winbrook Drive and Campground Road.

  During the ceremony, SPLOST Transportation Director Roque Romero shared a brief history of the project explaining that it was originally a SPLOST II major transportation project for District III back in 2002.

  “In 2010, after the Census and redistricting Campground Road, the extension was split between District III and District IV,” said Romero. “In 2013, the SPLOST IV referendum passed as well as funding for a right-of-way and the widening of Campground.”

  The Campground Road Extension Project was made possible through the SPLOST initiative. The design engineer for the project was Kimley-Horn & Associates and the project was constructed by McCoy Grading. The total project cost was $20,957,510.