'It's been long overdue' | Warner Robins rolling out new improvements for neighborhoods safety

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — The City of Warner Robins is rolling out improvements aimed at making neighborhoods safer and reducing speeding.

Crews will install speed cushions on Wynn Place designed to slow traffic without impacting emergency vehicles. On Robins West, 13 streetlights will be upgraded and six more added using LED fixtures to brighten streets and sidewalks without shining into homes.

“This is how we’re utilizing those funds: things like traffic calming measures, streetlight measures, things that can be utilized to improve safety,” said City Administrator James Drinkard.

For residents like Jeffrey Holden, these improvements can’t come soon enough. Holden has lived on Wynn Place for more than 20 years, watching the once quiet dead-end street change after a 300-unit apartment co