Peters Street phase II project nears completion

♦ Work could be done as soon as four to six weeks.

Travelers along Peters Street may have noticed lately that the light at the end of the tunnel may finally be in sight for the most recent improvement project.

Work on the street is around four to six weeks from completion, according to Calhoun Director of Public Works Kevin McEntire. That timeline is dependent on the weather.

“All the curb and sidewalks are installed and all the drainage pipes are installed,” McEntire said. “They also have 90 percent of the landscaping done.”

Funded by money from both the 2011 and 2018 SPLOST, phase II of the

project included relocation of some utilities, widening of the roadway, the addition of sidewalks and landscaping improvements.

The finished product will also include the transformation of the Erwin Street fork into a single roadway where it meets Peters Street, according to McEntire. That section remains one of the final detours in the area around the project.

McEntire said the final step will be the repaving of Peters Street out to Curtis Parkway.

“The curb will end at Richardson Road and the sidewalk will end at the apartments just past Michael Drive,” McEntire said. “The rest of Peters Street from Richardson Road to Curtis parkway will be paved after the rest of the work is complete.”

Blake Silvers Looking west from near Richardson Road, cars travel along Peters Street’s now wider road bed as the surface awaits paving and final landscape work.

Blake Silvers Sidewalks and widening of the roadway, along with a water main relocation, were all part of the improvement project for Peters Street, a project funded by part of both 2011 and 2018 SPLOST funds.

Blake Silvers Signage at one fork of the Erwin Street fork marks one of the last remaining detours of the Peters Street Phase II project, with most areas of the road now drivable ahead of paving.