Smart Corridor

SMART CORRIDOR” Project Cobb County will be partnering with GDOT, GRTA and several local jurisdictions and agencies on an ITS Demonstration Project. The “Smart Corridor" project includes traffic signal system upgrades in the SR-3/US-41 Corridor traversing multiple jurisdictions including Cobb County, City of Marietta, Fulton County and the City of Atlanta.

The project, which will begin construction in summer 2008 with an expected completion date of December 2009, will install SCATS Adaptive traffic signals on the SR-3/ US-41 corridor from West Paces Ferry Road in Fulton County to the intersection of Spinks Drive and Cobb Parkway in the City of Marietta. A total of 29 intersections are included in the project limits.

For more information, please contact Brook Martin at Cobb DOT Operations Department 770-528-4065.

click for DOT Project Flyer
click for GRTA Project Summary

click for Corridor Map

GDOT – Georgia Department of Transportation
GRTA – Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
ITS – Intelligent Transportation System
SCATS - an acronym for Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System, a traffic signal control system originally developed in the early 1970s for Sydney, Australia by the Roads and Transport Authority of New South Wales. It senses the traffic load and adapts the signal timing to use the roadway most effectively and reduce the time to get to various points. Cobb County Department of Transportation recently implemented Georgia’s first SCATS adaptive traffic signal control system in the Cumberland CID area.