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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

I-85 Landscaping Project Takes Shape in Suwanee

Work has begun along Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road.

Suwanee officials have begun another project that is designed to improve the Gateway area near I-85. Workers recently began a landscaping effort along Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road near Exit 117 that will include trees and streetscaping. The project runs from Sawmill Drive to the new police substation just south of I-85, according to a city news release. Eleven plazas, which will include benches and trash cans as well as landscaping, and two smaller seating areas are being created on each side of the interstate ramps and around the intersection, the release said. Also, the I-85 ramps will be re-landscaped. The project will includes 161 elm, maple, crepe myrtle, and magnolia trees; 6,146 holly, juniper, and rose bushes; 4,255 plugs of liriope…

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Steve Burns

5:43 am on Friday, December 7, 2012

Ross, they may yet respond. They are very aware of publicity about the city and citizen feedback.   more ›

Friday, October 12, 2012

Suwanee Council OKs Self Storage Facility Near I-85

The move comes after a delay from September's meeting.

After a delay of a few weeks, the Suwanee City Council on Thursday approved regulations that will allow a self-storage facility near I-85 in the Gateway area. The council, at a special called meeting before Thursday's workshop, unanimously approved both the rezoning and the special use permit that will allow construction at 341 Sawmill Drive. The two-acre lot is located behind a Chevron station nearest I-85, and now contains a vacant building. Owner Amburgy Properties of Duluth will construct and operate the new facility, under the Storgard name. Construction is expected to begin about February 2013 and could be completed by the end of the year. The council had delayed a vote on the project in September. Council members Doug Ireland and …

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