Improvements are coming to a roadway in south Cherokee County near the Cobb County line.

On Aug. 5, the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to award a $1.5 million construction services agreement to Summit Construction and Development LLC, the low bidder, for improvements to South Jett Road, off Hames Road near Woodstock.

South Jett Road begins at the Hames Road roundabout and continues south about one mile before ending in Cobb County at Jamerson Road. According to the county, South Jett Road has narrow pavement, substandard drainage and poor horizontal and vertical alignment.

Improvements include removing the sharp "S" curve near 5133 South Jett Road, reconstructing the road to provide two travel lanes, a five-foot grass shoulder and roadside ditch with 4:1 front

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